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Scandal's actress Kerry Washington honors the shows costume designer, Lyn Paolo at Variety & WWD's inaugural "Style Makers" Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday. Paolo has a respectable resume as a Hollywood costume designer. She has also worked on show, The West Wing starring Rob Lowe. Read More »
Jennifer Lopez has been keeping busy this year. With her bootylicious "Booty" music video featuring Iggy Azalea, a BodyLab campaign that featured her perfectly toned body, and a gorgeous Elle UK editorial, it seems like 2014 was the year of J. Lo. In addition to all of that, the Latina singer partnered with Endless Jewelry for a collection of charms and bracelets. Jesper Nielson, chief executive and founder of Endless Jewelry, tells WWD, "It's simple yet unique, and Jennifer Lopez's extraordinary style and charisma perfectly represents the new collection." Read More »
Sophia Amoruso, founder and chief executive officer of Nasty Gal, opened her first brick-and-mortar at 8115 Melrose Avenue. "I can't believe I'm standing here. Is this really my store?" Amoruso asked the circle of staffers who were surrounding her two days before the grand opening. "It's magical." Read More »
Alexander Wang is touching down in London. The brand plans to open its first UK shop on Albemarle Street in Mayfair by early 2015. It's the first European outpost for the designer, who already has stores in Tokyo, Beijing and New York. Wang will join brands including Paul Smith, Amanda Wakeley, Buccellati and Garrard & Co. on the street, which is fast evolving into a retail hotspot. The Alexander Wang shop will span 6,500 square feet, according to a report on central London retail by British estate agents Knight Frank. Read More »
After two quarters of flat sales growth, American Apparel took a small nosedive in the third quarter of 2014, which wrapped up on September 30. In those three months, net sales dropped 5 percent, coming in at $155.9 million as compared to $164.5 million at the same time last year. Total net loss for the quarter was $19.2 million, compared with a net loss of $1.5 million loss the same quarter last year. Read More »
U.S. authorities seized an estimated $1.8 million in counterfeit Hermès Birkin handbags at the Port of Savannah, Ga., last month, marking the largest counterfeit seizure at the port this year. Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection snagged 198 of the fake Hermès handbags in early October after inspecting a shipment from China that was logged in the manifest as polyurethane handbags. Read More »
Louis Vuitton beat Lojas Renner as the most engaged fashion brand last month in Internet marketer Stylophane's monthly compilation of Facebook "post likes." Other fashion and sports brands finishing in the top 20 included Alpinestars (1.1 million), Chanel (980,000), Adidas (723,000), Michael Kors (713,000), Dolce & Gabbana (569,000), Christian Louboutin (543,000) and Roberto Cavalli (486,000). Read More »
Cara Delevingne is cutting back her modeling to focus on film. The 22-year-old told WWD she is preparing for the release of a slew of movies next year starting with "The Face of an Angel," Michael Winterbottom's take on the real-life story of Amanda Knox. Among her upcoming projects are "London Fields," starring Johnny Depp and Amber Heard; "Tulip Fever" with Christoph Waltz, and director Joe Wright's "Pan," which features Hugh Jackman and Rooney Mara. Read More »
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, John Galliano, the creative director of Maison Martin Margiela, lost his unfair dismissal lawsuit against his two former employers: Christian Dior SA and John Galliano SA. Galliano was fired from Dior and his namesake label — both owned by LVMH — after his public, anti-Semitic and racist rant in Paris in 2011. Back in 2013, Galliano thought he was winning the suit after a French court ruled in his favor, moving the trial to a labor court instead of a commercial court. But according to "WWD," at a hearing Tuesday, the French labor court ruled against Galliano, who was asking both parties for damages from $3 million to $16.3 million. Galliano now owes each winning party one symbolic euro — approximately $1.26 — each because of the ruling. "Fashionista" reports Galliano claimed that both employers were completely knowledgable of his debilitating addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol. Read More »
Michael Kors has debuted a new, cutting-edge line of very fashionable tech accessories, including phone-charging cases, earbuds and portable chargers designed to resemble lipstick and compact cases, with prices ranging from $59 to $140. "The men and women who I design for are constantly on the go," Kors told "WWD." "They live full lives, and they need their phones to work from morning until night, breakfast to boardroom, on business trips and vacation." Like Tory Burch, Ralph Lauren and Burberry, among others, Michael Kors is taking his tech accessories game to the next level. In 2014, Tory Burch launched a collection of bracelets for "Fitbit," Rebecca Minkoff designed technology-enabled jewelry, Ralph Lauren debuted the US Open's smart shirt and Diane von Furstenberg introduced a collection of optical frames and sunglasses for Google Glasses. Read More »
Manolo Blahnik had its annual sample sale at the Warwick Hotel in NYC, exclusively for editors and VIPs. Page Six reports, shortly after the doors opened, Women's Wear Daily beauty editor Julie Naughton grew angry after several other editors tried to crash the line. A witness told us Naughton went "full-on crazy" while waiting to get in, and "started freaking out that people who had just walked in were getting queued up before her." Read More »
A decade has passed since Karl Lagerfeld did a one-off collaboration for Swedish retailer H&M and the fashion industry has never been the same. "I never expected it to make such a splash," said Lagerfeld. "Inexpensive is not 'cheap' anymore, that's why the luxury industry has to make an even bigger effort. I think all that is very healthy." Lagerfeld shares his thoughts on fashion in "The First Ten Years," a commemorative book H&M is releasing on November 6. Read More »
R&B superstar Beyoncé Knowles and London-based Topshop have formed a 50-50 joint venture company — Parkwood Topshop Athletic Ltd. — to produce an athletic streetwear brand. WWD reported it could launch in stores and online in fall 2015 at the earliest. The deal's expected to be unveiled by Topshop in London today. Read More »
