IN THE HOOD: The hoodie is as much a clothing staple as it is a divisive cultural symbol and streetwear icon favored by youth subcultures and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs alike. Now, it’s getting its own exhibition at the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, which opens on Dec. 1. The Hoodie, which runs until April 2020, […]
MILAN — The appetite for sneakers does not appear to be waning, with customers spending around $192 for the category in 2019, 39 percent more than in the previous year, according to fashion search platform Lyst’s “Year in Fashion” research. Taking advantage of the category’s global resonance, footwear start-up Acbc is launching on Thursday a […]
AOKI TEAMS UP WITH TATRAS: As an intrepid traveler, DJ and collaborator, Steve Aoki is known to maximize those forces. His latest compilation is a limited-edition collection between the outerwear brand Tatras and his own label Dim Mak. The official U.S. launch will be held with Aoki on Dec. 8 on Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile” at […]
MILAN — Roberto Cavalli now officially has a new owner. The acquisition of the brand was finalized on Thursday, as the founder and chairman of Dubai-based Damac Properties, Hussain Sajwani, confirmed the purchase of 100 percent of the Italian fashion house through his private investment company Vision Investments. Vision Investments, part of the Dico Group, […]
On Nell Tiger Free’s 15th birthday, she was on the set of “Game of Thrones,” filming a scene in a fancy dress, snogging a 23-year-old. If it sounds like she’d made it, she had sort of thought the same growing up — isn’t that what “making it” looks like? “I was in these big dresses, […]