Stockholm fashion sensation Totême has opened its L.A. flagship, a Swedish-serene meets Art Moderne design in a prime location on Melrose Avenue, neighboring celeb hangout Craig’s and the Maxfield, James Perse and Acne stores. The 2,600-square-foot space created by Swedish design studio Haelleroed delights from the street view with its Italian beige sandstone facade, two … Read more
This week, CNN is honoring the work of 14 people in its 2024 Champions for Change series, including Amy Denet Deal, founder of the sustainable, upcycled fashion brand 4Kinship. Denet Deal spent 37 years in the fashion industry, starting at the Fashion Institute of Technology, then as a senior designer at Reebok, design director of … Read more
Ralph Lauren’s runway bow is one of the most eagerly awaited in the fashion business, number one to see what he is wearing, and number two to see how warmly he acknowledges his family, always his most enthusiastic cheering section. On Monday night, everyone felt like family at his offices at 650 Madison where the … Read more
What a loss. WWD’s exclusive on Dries Van Noten‘s announcement Tuesday that he’d be stepping down from the brand he founded 38 years ago hurt. Particularly among fashion-world lifers who attended his shows and collected his pieces over the years, it felt like a death. But what it means for the industry also feels profound … Read more
Fashion month just wrapped up, during which many front-row celebrities and designers wore sunglasses before, during and after the show. They view eyewear as more than an accessory, but also part of their outfit or a reflection of their own personality. Arianna Mereu, a professor of strategic foresight and trend forecasting at Florence-based fashion institute … Read more
Stealth-wealth fashion queens Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen stoked controversy last week when they asked of The Row showgoers at Paris Fashion Week, “no photos, please.” Several media outlets had a field day poring over the move as a f-you to the everywoman who has recently had a front-row seat to luxury fashion shows through social … Read more
Gucci‘s financial turnaround may still be a work in progress but a year in, and just ahead of his fall 2024 women’s runway, creative director Sabato de Sarno is putting the pieces in place. His first women’s runway collection just hit stores, offering a sexy, Italian spin on fashion’s minimalist moment with rich-looking camel-hued outerwear, … Read more
Thom Browne is in a class by himself in American fashion. The master runway storyteller hosted a story hour to close out New York Fashion Week, with a staging of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” that was a phantasmagoria of poetry and craft, but commercial at its core. The set centered around a ginormous black … Read more
There has been precious little politics at New York Fashion Week this season, but Ukrainian designer Svitlana Bevza’s mere presence was a reminder of the ongoing war, and the much-needed American aid package winding its way through Congress. The designer, who founded Bevza in 2006 in Kiev, where it is still produced, chose a symbolic … Read more
Foregoing a traditional runway show, Elena Velez counter programmed the Super Bowl with a costumed literary salon on Sunday night, calling it “an opportunity to bring the fashion industry into my community of writers and podcasters, public intellectuals, poets and philosophers.” (Full disclosure, I did not make it — not because of football; I just … Read more
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