Month: May 2020

Rhude and Clot Team on Double Happiness Collaboration

Los Angeles-based label Rhude and streetwear and lifestyle brand Clot have teamed up on a collaboration launching May 29 at Juice, Clot’s fashion and lifestyle store. The capsule, titled “Double Happiness,” merges Rhude’s California sensibility with Clot’s streetwear ethos. The eight-piece collection, ranging in price from $166 to $708, is composed of short- and long-sleeve […]

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Seven Iconic Naomi Campbell Runway Moments

With a career spanning three decades, Naomi Campbell has cemented herself in the cultural lexicon as one of the most iconic supermodels. Campbell, who turns 50 today, began her career in the late Eighties, walking the runways of virtually every major fashion designer where she’s produced several memorable catwalk moments that are still talked about […]

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Panasonic Corp. Announces Investment in Blue Yonder

Panasonic Corp.’s equity investment in Blue Yonder, the end-to-end supply chain software provider, has been made via a secondary sale of shares values at an enterprise value of $5.5 billion. The investment gives Panasonic a 20 percent minority ownership stake and one seat on the board of directors of Blue Yonder. The partnership builds upon […]

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Market Moments: New Balance x Staud Collaboration

For Sarah Staudinger’s first steps into activewear, the Staud designer partnered with New Balance to design an optimistic collection that launched exclusively on both brands’ web sites on May 14. The collection includes 20 styles across activewear-cum-ready-to-wear and accessories. The designer focused on color grouped sets (green, pink and blue) and color-blocked details in ponte […]

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Market Moments: Fall 2020 Stripes Fashion Trend

From left: Acne Studios, Ganni and Mozh Mozh  Courtesy Photo Like many others in the industry, fashion p.r. agencies have had to pivot operations and adapt under lockdown. The new normal has given rise to digital press days, where new collections and product launches are highlighted on Instagram instead of physical showrooms, with trends easier […]

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Lizzo Partners With Quay for Eyewear Collaboration

Grammy winner Lizzo and Australia-based eyewear company Quay are unveiling the Quay x Lizzo collection of eyewear and accessories. The collection is available online today at Quay.com. To support the launch, Quay is partnering with Lizzo and hunger-relief charity Feeding America, donating one million meals through a Buy One. Get One. Give 100 Meals program. […]

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WWD EXCLUSIVE: Dior to Bring Museum Exhibit to China in July

CHINA BOUND: As fashion exhibitions worldwide linger in lockdown limbo, Dior is preparing to bring its blockbuster retrospective to Shanghai in July. “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams,” which bowed at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2017, will run at the Long Museum West Bund from July 28 to Oct. 4. “After enchanting visitors to […]

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Get to Know: Lecavalier

A portrait of Marie-Ève Lecavalier.  Courtesy Photo A dreamer and Montreal native, Marie-Ève Lecavalier is feeling reflective, imaginative and inspired by her beginnings while quarantined at her childhood home. Through a 2020 that has so far been melancholic and unforgiving, Lecavalier remains optimistic regarding her namesake brand, which exudes fantasy and a polished undercurrent of […]

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Dior Rolls Out Beach Collection Despite Travel Bans

ETERNAL SUMMER: Dior is betting on a pickup in European summer travel, as countries prepare to gradually reopen their borders amid signs that the coronavirus pandemic is easing. The French luxury house will begin to roll out its Dioriviera collection across resort towns next week. The beach line will land at the Dior boutiques in […]

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Complex Launches Sole Collector App

Complex today will launch the Sole Collector app, a sneaker shopping and content tool named after its web site devoted to sneaker news and culture. The app gives users the ability to compare prices of up to 40,000 new and existing sneakers through brands, retailers and resale platforms including Adidas, Converse, StockX, Goat and Flight […]

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