Maxfield is set to debut the Miu Miu Type capsule collection, a customizable collection that features illustrations and letters. The idea was inspired by Miu Miu’s fall 2018 show staged in Paris in March, in which the elegant halls of the Perret building were hung with generic poster-size sheets of white paper, each bearing a highly distinctive, large-scale, monochrome illustration of a female face or body interlaced with a letterform. This Miu Miu “alphabet” —…
MARY J. GLADLY O-BLIGES: Nine-time Grammy winner Mary J. Blige is accustomed to performing in front of thousands, but walking the runway with Dennis Basso at his show Monday afternoon was a different kind of appearance. “Of course, I was nervous. I’m not a runway model.” she said backstage after the show at Cipriani 42nd Street. “I was hoping that I would walk right and my train wouldn’t get caught on my shoes so I…
COUNTDOWN TO VOTING DAY: Perry Ellis International Inc. founder George Feldenkreis is moving closer to attaining his goal of buying back the company he founded. In a regulatory filing, the company said shareholders would get a yay or nay vote on Feldenkreis’ proposal to take the company private during a special meeting on Oct. 18 at the company’s headquarters in Miami. If the merger is approved and completed, each share of common stock will be converted into…
Minnetonka has found an “It” girl for its spring collection. The footwear brand best known for its moccasins has partnered with British model Lottie Moss, the half-sister of Kate Moss, in a multiyear deal beginning in 2019. The Lottie Moss x Minnetonka footwear collection will launch in the spring and feature up to 15 models inspired by Moss’ free-spirited femininity mixed with Minnetonka’s heritage construction. The styles will retail for $58 to $80. “I absolutely…
SPOTLYTE ON SELF-CARE: “Consumers want high-quality products and are willing to invest to get their desired outcomes,” said Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, a cofounder of Gilt Groupe and now the senior vice president of consumer strategy and innovation at Allergan. Wilkis Wilson joined Allergan in February. She’s been focused on identifying emerging beauty trends and how consumers are engaging with the medical aesthetics category. “Millennials want physical products and care about the experience. They are open to…
PARIS — In the latest sign that Dior is beefing up its men’s business, the French fashion house plans to stage its first men’s pre-fall runway show with a collection designed by Kim Jones scheduled to bow in Tokyo on Nov. 30, WWD has learned exclusively. The choice of location reflects not just the brand’s long-term relationship with the country, but also the British designer’s fondness for Japan and the strategic importance of the Asian…
COUNTDOWN: Just nine months after its launch, Celine has halted trading on its e-commerce site in the latest move building up to creative director Hedi Slimane’s debut collection for women and men, scheduled to be unveiled in Paris on Sept. 28. Since Lady Gaga whipped up a frenzy by posing on Instagram on Aug. 30 with what is widely believed to be Slimane’s first bag for the French fashion house, the brand deleted its entire…
LONDON — The British Fashion Council will be putting the spotlight on data — and the social reach of London Fashion Week — via a joint partnership with tech companies including Google and Holition during a five-day showcase that starts on Friday. The new project, dubbed Blossoming Fashion Conversation, will showcase the number of posts and the reach of a series of LFW-related topics on social media and other digital outlets. Topics will include sustainability, model…
Kaia Gerber will properly welcome her capsule collection with Karl Lagerfeld to New York on Wednesday, when she’ll be making an in-store appearance at the designer’s SoHo boutique at 420 West Broadway at 10am. And the model isn’t simply rolling up in an Uber; Gerber will be arriving in a double-decker bus kitted out for the occasion. The Karl Lagerfeld x Kaia collection, which launched with Revolve on Aug. 30, is now available at the…
MILAN — The fifth edition of the Fashion Film Festival Milano has offered its support to the “Style Routes to Shanghai” project, aimed at showcasing a selection of Italian labels in the Chinese city during Shanghai Fashion Week running Oct. 11 to 17. The partnership comes in the form of a short fashion movie produced by the festival committee, which will be screened during the upcoming edition of the event running Sept. 20 to 25…