Month: March 2019

ME TOO: London’s department stores are joining forces to mark the centenary of women’s voting rights in the U.K. Harrods, Harvey Nichols — which has been re-branded Holly Nichols for the month of September — and Fortnum & Mason will be commemorating the suffrage movement through dedicated window displays that will be unveiled on Thursday. The window displays will be presented in partnership with the British Fashion Council and are part of London’s #BehindEveryGreatCity campaign celebrating…

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CHANGING NAMES: Belstaff is the latest brand to transform and introduce a new logo, which will be unveiled with a global brand campaign this week. The new logo will see the addition of “England 1924” written beneath the Belstaff name to reference the year of the brand’s launch and its long-standing heritage. The global campaign in partnership with Brave New World, to be unveiled on Thursday, marks a fresh start for the brand under its…

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COLOR WHEEL: Selfridges is getting a rainbow makeover via its latest collaboration with United Colors of Benetton. The exclusive capsule collection will launch with a pop-up at Selfridges on Sept. 14 to coincide with London Fashion Week, which runs Sept. 14-18. “It’s our first collaboration with a department store and it is an exciting new line that celebrates the colorful look, history and Italian ethos of the brand,” said Tommaso Bruso, chief operating officer of the…

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COTTONING ON: Gimme a “T,” and a “T” — and another “T.” London Fashion Week hasn’t started yet, but there’s a big trend emerging already, around that original unisex item, the T-shirt. Early Thursday, Riccardo Tisci teased out his first design for Burberry ahead of Monday’s show, a black T-shirt with the new Thomas Burberry monogram, which he designed with the British art director and graphic designer Peter Saville. The Burberry shirt is the first drop from Tisci’s…

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WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS: French monthly magazine Marie Claire is putting the spotlight on six female photographers with an exhibition during Paris Fashion Week. “Aux Yeux des Femmes” (“Through Women’s Eyes”) will feature the fashion images of Sarah Moon, Betina du Toit, Françoise Huguier, Sacha van Dorssen, Marianne Chemetov and Elina Kechicheva, who have all worked with the magazine. The exhibition at Paris City Hall is part of the “La Mode Aime Paris” program organized…

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MASKIT TAKES NEW YORK: Friends of the Israel Defense Forces’ tristate region is hosting Maskit Fashion House’s NYFW debut today at Metropolitan West. Started in 1954 and known as the first fashion house of Israel, the company belonged to the Israeli government in its earlier years. The idea was to provide work for immigrants and to teach them craftsmanship as well as new techniques. In its prime, there were 2,000 employees and 10 freestanding stores, including…

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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST: Padded survivalist jackets, feathery skirts for men, breast-baring knit tunics for women and beaten leather jumpsuits were among the runway looks at RISD’s senior show Wednesday night. Afterward, RISD president Rosanne Somerson praised the students, “What’s obvious in their work is the thought process in each collection — the structure, the materials, the craft and the ideology of a new way of thinking about their line of fabric. Each collection was…

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Click:25M 4P For TNS ART ON THE WALLS: Gucci on Thursday unveiled murals in Milan, New York, London and Hong Kong. The art walls celebrate the upcoming exhibition supported by Gucci called “The Artist Is Present.” Running Oct. 11 to Dec. 16 at Shanghai’s Yuz Museum, the show was curated by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. The murals re-create the poster of the exhibition, which features an original artwork dating back to 2010 for Marina Abramovic’s…

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H&M’S SUPER DAY: For the first time, H&M dove into Super Brand Day Wednesday on Tmall, one of the leading e-commerce platforms. To try to maximize its efforts, H&M China staged a see-now-buy-now H&M Studio A/W 2018 fashion show in Shanghai with some H&M-clad, well-known guests: Model Ju Xiaowen, pop idol Wang Ziyi, actress Rayza and musician and actress Summer. The garments worn by the celebrities sold out within minutes, according to H&M. In total,…

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Model, best-selling cookbook author and social media super-influencer Chrissy Teigen has her next major collaboration on the way — this time with Target. The line of kitchen and tabletop goods, dubbed Cravings by Chrissy Teigen, is slated to launch at Target on Sept. 30. The collection is comprised of 40 items, ranging from $4 for glasses to $140 for a 12-piece cookware set. On Sept. 18, Target will also release a special edition of Teigen’s…

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