Month: March 2019

OVERSEAS HAUL: The British Fashion Council is fast at building commercial bridges with China: After cooperating with JD.com and VIP.com during London Fashion Week earlier this month, the organization announced that 500,000 pounds worth of deals were made between the BFC and JD.com, one of China’s largest online retailers, and Ruyi International Group, the Chinese textiles and fashion company. The money from the Chinese e-commerce platforms will go toward the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, Britain’s Department of…

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Count Nasty Gal in as the latest company looking to broaden its customer base by offering more sizes. The e-tailer said Tuesday it released a capsule collection with pieces ranging from sizes 0 to 18. The company’s product offering typically goes up to size 10 or a large. The capsule totals more than 25 stockkeeping units dubbed transitional wear into fall with items such as graphic T-shirts, dresses, blouses and jackets retailing from $12 to…

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PARIS — A line of guests formed in front of the Edouard VII in the 9th arrondissement, but they were there for something other than the theater’s program. Designer Alexis Mabille was officially unveiling Froufrou, the theater’s new restaurant and bar. Formerly Café Guitry, Froufrou was decorated by Mabille in lavish Belle Epoque style. The designer had spent the day presenting his spring collection, but showed no signs of fatigue as he greeted guests in…

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NEW YORK – Backstage at the David H. Koch Theater here last week, red devils and modernist clowns intermingled off stage right, as dancers of the New York City Ballet ran through a dress rehearsal for the company’s Fashion Gala. The annual event — set to mark its seventh iteration on Thursday evening — assigns fashion designers and choreographers the team objective of creating a new work that’s innovative in both its movement and visual…

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Arielle Charnas, the influencer behind the popular fashion blog and social channels Something Navy, had a “wildly successful” launch of her collection exclusively at Nordstrom on Monday, according to a Nordstrom spokeswoman.  The brand was so popular it crashed the site in the first hour, which was quickly remedied. Many customers complained online that they weren’t able to buy what they put in their shopping bag since the site crashed, and once it was back…

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Click:Anti-aging Beauty Device Brand NEAT KNITS: Don’t take your sweater for granted. This felt like the underlying message relayed by Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. executives speaking before a crowded room of journalists gathered for a Uniqlo exhibit about knitwear in Paris. People squeezed into the entrance of the show, a wide room covered with dangling wheels of colored wool, the hues arranged like a giant, three-dimensional rainbow. Held at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris,…

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TOWER POWER:  The timing was perfect: the Eiffel Tower started its hourly sparkling act just as the last guests were finding their seats for the Saint Laurent show. While actress Catherine Deneuve paused to take in the view before entering the venue, Carla Bruni praised the row of frosted palm trees alongside a long, shallow pool. “I think the décor is absolutely amazing,” she said. “I love the white palm trees, and of course the Tour…

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KICKING AROUND COLORS: Manish Arora has teamed with French soccer team Paris Saint-Germain for a capsule collection that will be shown at the designer’s Thursday runway show. Arora said he was inspired by France’s “iconic” FIFA World Cup victory this year, and splashed colorful portraits of soccer stars Kylian Mbappé and Neymar onto the clothing. “For me, creativity has no boundaries, and I really challenged myself to explore a new field,” the designer said. The…

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PARIS — Maison Alaïa, one of the industry’s most discreet brands, is planting its flag in the digital sphere with the launch today of its first online store in partnership with Yoox Net-a-porter Group. The introduction of Maison-Alaia.com, a project started with the house’s namesake founder, who died unexpectedly in late 2017, marks an important milestone 
in the history of the cult brand and reflects parent company Compagnie Financière Richemont’s commitment to investing in its…

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FAST TRACK: Deborah Lyons is taking her show on the road — and the tracks — showcasing her brand’s first presentation aboard the London to Paris Eurostar on Wednesday afternoon. “The idea was that you have this captive audience, everyone’s essentially going to the same place and they have time for the duration of that journey. So how could you make the journey an experience in and of itself?” said Lyons, who launched her London-based…

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