The day after Naomi Osaka defeated Serena Williams to win the U.S. Open women’s final, the 20-year-old showed that she can compete with Williams’ fashion game, too. Osaka, the first Japanese-born tennis player to win a Grand Slam event, wore a white Comme des Garçons collection dress for a championship trophy photo op at the Top of the Rock observation deck at Rockefeller Center in New York. It’s the first time the Japanese brand, designed by…
SOFT-SHOE: Mytheresa.com is teaming with Tod’s as part of a strategy to offer its clients one-off products from some of its best-selling labels. The latest partnership is called “Tods 80km/h,” and the footwear label has re-created its Gommino loafers as well as a pair of shearling-lined moccasins and minimal sneakers in plush velvet fabrics in a range of jewel tones, from emerald green to burgundy to a deep navy blue. Tiffany Hsu, fashion buying director…
NEW YORK — It’s the “little moments” that Bethenny Frankel is most drawn to in her first fashion venture. This week, the reality show star and entrepreneur will finally reveal her Skinnygirl Jeans collection with a multipronged launch including in-store appearances and a major social media push. “I call them ‘little moments,’” she said during a last-minute line review at the One Jeanswear Group Seventh Avenue offices here last week. She pointed to a red…
GUEST BOOK: A Magazine Curated By has tapped Simone Rocha as its guest editor and curator for the 18th issue, WWD has learned. Rocha’s edition, set to be released in print in Europe and online on Oct. 4, will explore her heritage and identity with a spotlight on Ireland and Hong Kong. It will feature an international cast of collaborators, friends and family. “Curating an issue of A Magazine is always a dialogue, an exchange. We have watched Simone’s…
ALL WOMAN: Delvaux, the heritage Belgian leather goods brand, has tapped American director Zoe Cassavetes for its latest film ad campaign. Set to a funky Seventies soul soundtrack, the retro film, titled “Le Diva,” showcases the brand’s new Le Diva Brillant bag, created for the 60th anniversary of the original Brillant designed in collaboration with renowned Belgian architect Paule Goethals. For the storyline, three glamorous female strangers from different generations — played by Pat Cleveland, Rachel…
CINEMA VERITE: Rag & Bone will unveil its latest film, “Time of Day,” Monday night on the High Line. Photographed over the course of six weeks on 16-mm. film by Greek cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis (“The Lobster” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”), the short coincides with the launch of the brand’s fall collection. (The brand is showing spring 2019 by appointment.) The New York event starts at 7 p.m., and the film will be screened…
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Nicki Minaj has been a hot topic during New York Fashion Week. According to social media analytics firm Talkwalker, the rapper has been the most talked about celebrity on social media, by a large margin — she clocks in at over 66,000 mentions, while Michael Kors follows behind at over 7,000. Ralph Lauren at over 6,000, and Tom Ford at nearly 5,000. While Minaj has been making the NYFW rounds, sitting front row at shows…
WWD’s Style Director Alex Badia and Prestige Beauty and Digital Editor Alexa Tietjen discuss the fashion and beauty trends of the moment, and how to wear them both on and off the runway with Cynde Watson Beauty, Bit Sanders, Melany C. Rodriguez, and Ally Love from #WWDStyleDimension at Samsung 837. Powered by Estee Lauder