by Aaron on December 2, 2008
We’re loving how Michelle Obama is helping out American designers by wearing their designs and giving them exposure.
Her endorsements of these designers in the coming term are sure to be more powerful than ad spots.
Michelly O. has an opportunity to really help the U.S. fashion industry and our designers thrive and become more well known. [...]
by Aaron on December 2, 2008
WOW!
The Anna Wintour job watch has just been kicked (back) into high gear. Gawker is reporting that rumors are rampant “that Si Newhouse was meeting in Paris with Carine Roitfeld to work out the final details of the French Vogue editor’s move to New York, where she is expected to take over flagship [...]
by Aaron on December 1, 2008
Now is the Wintour content?
Anna Wintour was recently appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. We’re not exactly sure what that entails but it sure sounds fancy.
The former Vogue editor travelled across the pond to Buckingham Palace to receive the award in her hometown of London.
Decked out in a chic [...]
by Aaron on November 18, 2008
Mulberry closes two US stores. [DNR]
Target sees the silver lining even as profits fall. [DNR]
by Aaron on October 29, 2008
Not long after buying a landmark house in Vermont designer Karl Lagerfeld is making the place home as he gets ready to shoot the new Chanel ad campaign there.
Lagerfeld was drawn to the locale for it’s “trees and lake views” he says. Watch the video after the jump coutesy of WCAX.
by Aaron on October 29, 2008
Tom Ford is moving full steam ahead with his much anticipated Hollywood career.
The designer cum director with be maing his cinema debut with A Single Man, a movie adapted from a Christopher Isherwood novel of the same title.
And FOrd has picked some Hollywood heavyweights for his cast. Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode will [...]
by Aaron on October 21, 2008
Andrew Lahde was the boss of a successful hedge fund until he took his money and told his peers, “Screw you guys! I’m (taking my money and) Goin’ Home!”
After hitting it big by foreseeing housing collapse and betting against subprime mortgages, Lahde became the working man’s hero by quitting the business and writing an open [...]
by Aaron on October 21, 2008
The Queen does indeed have clothes. So many in fact that she can wear clothing given to her two decades ago.
Sticking with the British tradition of not ostentatiously flaunting one’s wealth, the Queen will not be buying a new gown for a state banquet she’s attending in Slovenia. Instead the monarch will don an evening [...]
by Aaron on October 21, 2008
Blackbook endorses a candidate for the first time in it’s existence. Guess who! [BlackBook]
The fashion industry sees Obama Blue this election year. [WWD]
Tommy Hilfiger sees sales go up by 30.5%. [DNR]
Coach’s earnings are down because of the retail scene. [WWD]
Balenciaga has made latex chic this season. [The Independent]
by Aaron on October 21, 2008
Sean “Diddy” Combs sees the current financial crisis as a fitting time to go shopping.
The Sean John founder and financial partner The Yucaipa Cos. have acquired the Enyce streetwear brand from Liz Claiborne Inc. for a reported price of $20 million.
“Enyce is a brand that I have always admired, and they have been a very [...]