Month: March 2019

DRESSING DOWN: With its 30th anniversary show done-and-dusted, Badgley Mischka has turned its attention to new horizons and has inked a licensing deal for denim. The fact that a brand steeped in red-carpet dressing is broadening its assortment to offer more relaxed roots isn’t all that shocking. Ath-leisure is an all-day, all-night look for many and designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka appear to be adhering to increasingly casual dress codes with this latest deal.…

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WINDOW SHOPPING: London’s Serpentine Sackler Gallery will present its first fashion-focused exhibition, “Passer-by,” which opens this week and runs until Jan. 6. Produced by Atelier E.B, the creative company set up by fashion designer Beca Lipscombe and artist Lucy McKenzie, the exhibition focuses on the future of retail display. The gallery has been sectioned into three distinct spaces with a focus on the mannequin as the central theme. There is a bespoke showroom housing Atelier E.B’s…

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NEW YORK — Calvin Klein Inc. is collaborating with Amazon Fashion to bring a digital experience to life in New York’s Flatiron District and on college campuses across the U.S. Following the success of last year’s holiday retail experience, the Calvin Klein x Amazon Fashion NYC Market will be an interactive brand event at the Flatiron Plaza on 23rd Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue. It opens to the public on Friday for a three-day…

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MCM has partnered with Nordstrom on pop-up shops to house an exclusive capsule collection. Nordstrom vice president of creative projects Olivia Kim worked with the MCM team to delve through its archives and unearth retro styles for the project. Merchandise will become available for sale on Oct. 5 in select Nordstrom stores as well as online. In addition to handbags and accessories, the MCM pop-ups will also feature hats by New Era, Everlast boxing gloves,…

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A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: Actress Shay Mitchell stared in wonder at the venue for the Louis Vuitton show: a neon-lit white maze in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris. “I’ve been to the Louvre once before, but never like this,” she exclaimed, adding that she listened to Beyoncé’s “Apesh*it,” the video for which was filmed at the museum, on the way to the show. The “Pretty Little Liars” star has just released…

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MILAN — The return of Margherita Maccapani Missoni to the family’s fashion company is one of the first signs of change following the sale of a stake in the firm in June. The designer, daughter of president and creative director Angela Missoni, has been appointed creative director of the younger M Missoni line, tasked with further differentiating, repositioning and expanding the brand globally. Her first collection will be for spring 2020. “I would like for…

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IT TAKES TWO: Karl Lagerfeld arrived fashionably late to his own party on the last day of Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday night for the final stop-off of a series of events celebrating the launch of his collaboration with Kaia Gerber. A party was held at the Revolve Social Club in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, with Gerber making an in-store appearance at the Karl Lagerfeld flagship at 420 West Broadway in New York on…

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HAIL TO THE CHIEF: First Lady Melania Trump spent part of Wednesday morning visiting Obama Hall in the Emintsimadze Palace in Ghana’s Cape Coast. A photo of President Obama, who visited the site during his first year in office, is hung in the lobby, according to a press pool report. Trump was greeted with an “Awkwaaba” (Welcome) sign with a photo of her own likeness and name. She had traveled there to meet with Osabarima…

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Ugg is celebrating its 40th anniversary by looking back and forward with a new campaign featuring Heron Preston and Adwoa Aboah. The campaign, shot by photographer and visual artist Erik Madigan Heck, goes live on Thursday and has Preston and Aboah wearing its 40:40:40 collection, a limited-edition range of product reissued in its most beloved styles — Classic Boot, Tasman, Ascot, Neumel and Jesse II — in the original colorway, Sand. Heck brought a fine…

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Diane von Furstenberg has decided to cease production and use of fur in all upcoming collections. Concerned about the ethical and environmental impact of using farmed fur in fashion collections, and responding to the consumer’s desire for ethical fashion, DVF has partnered with the Humane Society of the United States and PETA to end the exploitation of animal fur in fashion “It’s time for us to make this change and accept responsibility to ensure that…

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