DRAMA QUEEN: Sean McGirr dialed up the drama with a theatrical runway show featuring a smoke-filled runway and Irish lore-filled looks. It was the creative director’s second Paris Fashion Week outing. Salma Hayek sat with husband and Kering chief executive officer François-Henri Pinault, as she showed off the cut of her gold sequined dress. It … Read more
PARIS — Givenchy has selected Sarah Burton as its new creative director, WWD can confirm exclusively. The British designer, who spent her entire fashion career at Alexander McQueen in London, becomes Givenchy’s eighth designer — and its second female couturier. She will be introduced this week to the workers in the ateliers at Avenue George … Read more
“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Heather Dubrow seemed immune from Wednesday night’s sweltering air on the rooftop of the Aman Hotel’s Fifth Avenue location. Dressed in a white and black sleeveless Alexander McQueen dress, she looked unfazed by the muggy summer temperature and chatted unhurriedly with guests about her upcoming collaborative collection with Susan … Read more
For a guy who lives in a remote village with 700 residents on one of the Balearic Islands, Miguel Adrover seems to have a lasting allure for the world of fashion. Twenty-five years after the Spanish designer first shook up New York Fashion Week with his mash-up of repurposed legacy logos, fine tailoring and streetwear, … Read more
Just when you thought every celebrity’s red carpet turn at the 2024 Met Gala’s had been critiqued to the nines, an offshoot encore performance, so to speak, is coming up — “the Pet Gala.” You read that right. Designer Anthony Rubio is orchestrating Monday night’s event with the AKC Museum of the Dog in New … Read more
Generations of fashion-striving students are often left with one question as graduation nears — “What now?” The Sarabande Foundation, which was started by the late Lee Alexander McQueen, helped a few hundred industry hopefuls answer that question Tuesday at The Standard East Village in New York. Presenting its “What Now?” graduate mentorship program in the … Read more
FIT FOR MCQUEEN: As part of its “transformation strategy” under new designer Seán McGirr, Alexander McQueen has named Gaelle Collet its chief brand and communications officer, WWD has learned. She starts on May 15 and reports to Gianfilippo Testa, president and chief executive officer of the London-based fashion house. Previously, Collet spent five years at … Read more
LONDON — The search is over. Harvey Nichols has found a new chief executive officer, and she comes from Alexander McQueen. Julia Goddard, current EMEA president at the Kering-owned luxury house, will join the upmarket department store chain in June, taking over the responsibilities from interim CEO Pearson Poon, son of Harvey Nichols’ owner, Hong … Read more
In light of consumers’ shrinking attentions spans, visual overload, and a sea of entertainment options, it is no surprise that the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is upping the multisensory components of its spring show “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” As a precursor to the May 10 public opening, The Met has enlisted … Read more
He got the savage, but maybe not the beauty. Sean McGirr’s debut was like an old school Alexander McQueen runway show in one respect: we were in the middle of effing nowhere in the dark and rain, and everyone left with an opinion. Taking over a damp warehouse, and using industrial tubing for seating, McGirr … Read more
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