Month: March 2019

BEIJING — Fashion students at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University can now practice what it takes to run a real-world omnichannel store with the launch of a retail platform from the school, simply called “Store.” The university’s Institute of Textiles and Clothing, which claims Vivienne Tam as one of its graduates, has made available the best of the designs from its thousands of students and some alumni at the shop. It also provides a training ground in which…

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GETTING CREATIVE: The Burberry Foundation, an independent charity set up by the brand, is introducing a new educational initiative for schools in Yorkshire, England, to measure the impact that an arts and creative education can have on young students’ lives. This will be a four-year initiative, with research done at the King’s College London. The aim is to measure how disciplines such as film, dance, art and theater can impact students’ academic and personal development…

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COLOR YOUR SWEAT: C.P. Company is celebrating its heritage with a bespoke project launching on Nov. 1. The Italian sportswear brand will pay homage to its history rooted in the garment dyeing technique of utilitarian, functional sportswear, which it pioneered in the early Seventies. Named “Bespoke Colour,” the project will allow users to customize the signature heavy fleece goggle hoodie with any available Pantone color through a dedicated platform on the brand’s web site. Upon…

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Designer and Indian celebrity favorite Sabyasachi Mukherjee has dipped into cosmetics with beauty giant L’Oreal Paris, working with actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the 21-piece collection, which is now available for sale online. While the makeup is positioned as a festive collection, Sabyasachi wrote when debuting the line on Instagram late on Monday evening that he wanted the range to feel classic and simple. “For me, classic is iconic, because classic is unforgettable,” the designer said.…

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WOMAN IN MOTION: Kering’s Women in Motion initiative will honor Jane Fonda with a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française that will kick off with a talk with the actress and activist on Oct. 22, the French luxury group said on Tuesday. Fonda will discuss her career and causes with Costa-Gavras, president of the Cinémathèque Française, and Frédéric Bonnaud, its head. The talk will be followed by a screening of “Klute,” for which Fonda won the…

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SET IN STONE: There’s no rest for Karl Lagerfeld. Following countless collaborations under his namesake line, and days after wrapping his latest show for Chanel, the designer is readying his first sculpture exhibition, “Architectures,” at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris on Oct. 19. Spanning gueridons, tables, lamps, consoles, fountains and mirrors, the ensemble of one-off functional sculptures was inspired by antiquity, a period that for Lagerfeld represents the origin of beauty, culture and modernity.…

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Click:timken bearings BACK TO SCHOOL: Independent media platform Dazed & Confused is taking action to support creative education in the U.K. with its latest project, Dazed + Labs. The initiative is created in partnership with Red Hook Labs, a U.S. public benefit corporation composed of a photography studio and school in Brooklyn that aims to create dynamic, free-to-access spaces where students can get together to share ideas, create work and get mentoring. “Cuts in U.K.…

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OLD NEW ADDRESS: Giorgio Armani plans to relocate his signature brand flagship from Via Montenapoleone to the original and storied address on Via Sant’Andrea. That unit opened in 1983 until the designer moved his flagship to the nearby tony shopping street of Via Montenapoleone in 2008. The Via Sant’Andrea space housed the Armani/Casa collection from 2010 until 2017, when that line also moved to the former De Padova space — a pillar in the history of the…

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BLURRED LINES: While numerous designers remain transfixed on the unisex fashion trend, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston will debut “Gender Bending Fashion” next year. Considered to be the first major museum tackling the subject in a historic exhibition, the show will bow March 21, running through Aug. 25. The 60-plus boundary-pushing looks have been culled from Rad Hourani, Jean Paul Gaultier, Gucci’s Alessandro Michele, Palomo and Rei Kawakubo. For historical context, there are references…

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TIME SAVER: Need a manicure? Or a new hairstyle? Or just want to put your kids somewhere while you shop? Rebecca Taylor is offering harried women a time-saving shopping experience. Beginning this Saturday, Taylor’s boutique at 980 Madison Avenue in New York will offer customers complimentary babysitting, hairstyling, manicures and workout classes, among other things. Called Saturday Services, the Rebecca Taylor brand will strategically align with other brands such as Dry Bar, Pure Barre, Paint Box…

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