In an evening marked by heartfelt emotion, a degree of humor and some celebrity star power, the best in fashion and retail in 2024 were recognized with WWD Honors at Cipriani South Street in lower Manhattan on Tuesday evening. The Honors Awards dinner, cohosted by Amazon Fashion, is always a high point of the annual … Read more
A VITAL HISTORY: A standing-room-only audience crowded into the back room of the Rizzoli bookstore on Broadway in Manhattan on Friday night to hear a discussion of WWD‘s new book, “Black in Fashion,” between designer Jeffrey Banks and Tonya Blazio-Licorish, archives editor of WWD parent Penske Media Corp., who cowrote the tome with former WWD … Read more
Amanda Smith has been promoted to chief executive officer of Fairchild Media Group. The post gives her strategic oversight of Fairchild’s brands, including Women’s Wear Daily, WWD Weekend, Beauty Inc, Footwear News, Sourcing Journal, Rivet and Fairchild Live Events. All together, the properties reach a global audience of 18 million. Smith, who has been president … Read more
This interview first appeared in WWD on June 27, 1989. By LAWRENCE CHUA NEW YORK — Christian Francis Roth is not our average piece of press bait. He may be every fashion journalist’s dream: young, good looking, with nice white teeth and, of course, talent, but this 20-year-old designer is well aware of the shelf … Read more
“When you design for a brand that has legacy and heritage, you have to think that times have changed,” Fausto Puglisi said in a conversation with Miles Socha, WWD‘s international editor, during the WWD Global Fashion Summit in Riyadh. “The wardrobe of today is not the wardrobe of 20 years ago. “Working for Cavalli, we … Read more
Black designers, models and other fashion industry figures will take center stage in a new book that will be published by Union Square & Co. based on the archives of Fairchild Media Group, owner of Women’s Wear Daily. The book will be published Sept. 3. Titled “Black in Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence & … Read more
Carter Brantley Love, a senior photo editor at The New York Times, died Tuesday in his Brooklyn apartment. Love, 41, started his career at Women’s Wear Daily and later worked for W magazine. Love took his own life, according to his uncle Ben Brantley. “He had just been very unhappy lately. He was a paradoxical … Read more
Ron Cohen, Women’s Wear Daily’s former longtime city editor and financial editor, died on Nov. 22 at his New York apartment. Cohen, 93, was under hospice care at the time of his death, which was due to natural causes following pulmonary and respiratory issues, according to his son Laurence Frazen. In addition to his 43-year … Read more
