NEW YORK — Capping Climate Week and heated conversation on climate change at the General Assembly was the United Nations Champions of the Earth gala, which celebrated the youth visionaries and corporate executives leading the charge on climate action. The honorees at this year’s gala included Fridays for Future, an organization started by youth activist […]
YOUNG BLOOD: On the ground floor of the Palais de Tokyo, this season’s Designers Apartment showroom gets the added advantage of passing traffic from the several runway shows held at the venue each day, making it easier for buyers to pop in and view the collections of the 13 young labels. Newcomers this session at […]
Working with your spouse is not always the most advisable move, but usual rules don’t apply when it’s Gwyneth Paltrow. Thursday night at the New York premiere of Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix show “The Politician,” Paltrow and her husband Brad Falchuk were on the same pink carpet, joining Paltrow’s costars Ben Platt, Zoey Deutch, Bette Midler, Jessica […]
This past week’s Climate Week New York City convened citizens, activists and politicians — and also served as a moment for brands and businesses to tout sustainability initiatives. Even Hello Kitty had something to say about the need to address climate change. And while President Trump’s pending political woes and related headlines followed him from […]
Lanvin SA and Marchon Eyewear Inc. have inked a long-term exclusive, global licensing agreement for eyewear, with a four-piece sunglass capsule collection to be released in March, and full range rollout at retail starting in the fall of 2020. Lanvin’s creative director, Bruno Sialelli, collaborated with the Italian eyewear company to develop the styles seen […]
How does a new brand break into the industry and make a splash while balancing the ideals of sustainability? For young designers Catharine Dahm and Jacqueline Rabot, it means growing slow by developing made-to-order, smaller batch garments for their new contemporary brand, Rabôt. Pronounced “Rah-Beau,” the line aims to combat the industry’s issue of disposable […]
It’s rare for Aaron Walters, chairman and chief executive officer of the Maryville, Tenn.-based Altar’d State women’s fashion chain, to step out in a public kind of way. “We are very low-profile,” Walters acknowledged at Tuesday’s opening of Altar’d State’s first New York store in The Westchester mall in White Plains. Altar’d State’s second New […]
MILAN — Max Mara’s contemporary label Max & Co. has signed a five-year licensing agreement with Italian manufacturer Marcolin for the development, production and global distribution of its eyewear collections. The deal runs through 2024. The brand’s first eyewear collection under the partnership will bow in early 2020. Sunglasses and optical frames for the label, […]
Brooks Brothers can now dress entire families, from grandparents to toddlers, with the introduction of its infant collection. The American retailer launched the collection as gift sets at select stores and online, offering warm- and cold-weather wool, linen and cotton pieces made in Italy. The collection is composed of 10 box sets and five options […]
HERE COMES THE BRIDE: Wacky designer PZ Opassuksatit is renewing her collaboration with publisher Idea, releasing an imaginary wedding catalogue filled with crazy ideas and kitsch artwork in collaboration with friends including Virgil Abloh and Sarah Andelman. Like last year’s PZWorld issue — which included items like salad sliders — certain items from the PZWorld […]