Fashion News Alert: McQueen Cancels, Kane Grows, and Target’s New Guest Designer

January 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Photo courtesy of time.com

Alexander McQueen designer, Sarah Burton, has decided to cancel the fall 2013 runway show this February. Burton is expecting twins this February.

Burton is not the only designer to pull out of next month’s fashion week events. Other designers that have opted out of this season’s runway shows are Peter Som, Chris Benz, and Katie Holmes.

The collection will still be shown to a select group of 100 editors on March 5th after the fall 2013 season shows have ended.

Kane Grows 

Scottish designer Christopher Kane has been all about expanding his label. PPR, the luxury corporation that owns Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and Balenciaga owns a 51% stakes in Kane’sLondon-based label.

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Photo courtesy of shefinds.com

“Christopher Kane is already established as a luxury label and has a tremendous intrinsic growth potential,” states PPR CEO Francios-Henri Pinault. “We thus have great ambitions for the brand and will enable it to benefit from our expertise and know-how, while providing the space for it to further develop its own creative identity.”

It has been reported that the designer is planning to open his first official store along with launching a ready-to-wear line.

Target’s New Guest Designer

While Prabal Gurung has yet to hit the Target shelves (February 10), they have already announced the next guest designer—Kate Young.

With clients like Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams, this celebrity designer/stylist has designed slightly less formal dresses for the retail brand.

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Photo courtesy of eonline.com

 

“Kate is a nontraditional partner for us. This is the first time we’ve worked with a stylist,” a Target representative told WWD.

The designer’s exclusive collection for Target will range in prices from $14.99 to $89.99. It is scheduled to arrive at Target stores and Target.com on April 14.

—Cory Orlando

Fashion News Alert: Milly Joins Banana, Rachel Zoe Dazzles, and Marc Jacobs New Makeup

January 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Banana Republic is collaborating with Milly designer Michele Smith to create a 60-item collection.

“I don’t think Michelle thought her style could be translated into men’s wear. I was excited by the challenge and she was open to the idea. We’re turning the Milly brand into something interesting for our guys,” says Simon Kneen, Banana Republic’s creative director.

The collection will incorporate new prints and some updated prints. Price points range from $45 to $175 for women’s apparel, $24.50 to $65.50 for menswear, and $39.50 to $130 for jewelry and accessories. The collaboration will be launched in May at select Banana Republics and online.

Rachel Zoe Dazzles 

Rachel Zoe has joined the online footwear brand, ShoeDazzle, as chief stylist.

“I don’t think there is anybody else in the world who understands trend as well as Rachel. I think we are bringing in the very best, and I think that elevates the style aspect of ShoeDazzle,” says Brian Lee, co-founder of ShoeDazzle.

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Photo courtesy of ShoeDazzle.com

ShoeDazzle surveyed over 50,000 customers, and the stylist who ranked highest with customers as a style advisor was Zoe.

We look forward to seeing some of Rachel Zoe’s style and expertise at ShoeDazzle along with her premiere of season five of “The Rachel Zoe Project” set to show in the spring.

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Photo courtesy fashionbased.com

Marc Jacobs New Makeup 

Although Fashion Reverie first learned of the project last April, Marc Jacobs’s new line of cosmetics under Sephora is set to hit shelves this fall.

“I always wonder, ‘Is there really going to be something else [other than fashion] that we’re going to do that I’m going to sit through and enjoy? I get jaded, then I get excited all over again,” says Jacobs on the new line.

Jacobs already had a hand in the beauty jar,  featuring several fragrances , such as the popular Lola , Daisy and others.

There is no word on what the collection will include , but we are sure it will be amazing.

—Cory Orlando

Fashion News Alert: Nail Art Changes, Inauguration Dress Collection, Gap Revamps, and T’s New Staff

January 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Photo courtesy of China Glaze

Photo courtesy of China Glaze

Polish options seem to get more and more advanced as beauty takes on the 21st century. The latest nail phenomenon is created by China Glaze and features color-changing polish.

Titled the Tranzitions collection, six different color-changing shades  that deepen and change shades after applying a clear top coat to the polish. This innovative design gives an endless amount of possibilities using fading and blending.

The 12 different shades featured include: Split Person-NAIL-ity Dusty pink shifts to fuchsia, Duplicity Mint green shifts to vibrant teal, Modify Me Periwinkle blue shifts to indigo blue, Altered Reality Teal blue shifts to turquoise, Metallic Metamorphosis Silvery grey shifts to bluish-charcoal grey and Shape Shifter Smokey violet shifts to dark purple.

Inauguration  Dress Collection 

Following the fashion of the political season, White House | Black Market has created an exclusive line of glamorous gowns inspired by the Presidential inauguration.

Photo courtesy of White House | Black Market

Photo courtesy of White House | Black Market

All designed with the fashion-forward First Lady in mind, the limited-edition collection features nine looks.

Retail for many of the designs range from $250 to $300 and are sold exclusively online along with other four White House | Black Market boutiques including The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, Tyson’s Corner, Wisconsin Place, and Westfield Montgomery.

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Image courtesy of fashionetc.com

Gap Inc.  Revamps Image

With the acquisition of the Intermix specialty chain, Gap Inc. is well on its way to rebrand its image as a retail conglomerate that also includes luxury clothes. As word leaked out a few weeks ago about the acquisition, fashion insiders pondered how the seemingly disparate companies could be congenial brand-mates.

With the acquisition of Intermix for a reported $130 million in cash, brand compatibility does not seem to be a concern for the retail giant. As reported WWD, senior team of co-founder and CEO Khajak Keledjian and president Adrienne Lazarus will stay on to run the business from New York.

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Photo courtesy of Getty Images

T’s New Staff 

Someone’s loss is someone else’s gain. In November, Kate Lanphear left her position at Elle as style director after five years. Where she would end up next was still undecided.

Fashion journalist, Jim Shi, had tweeted that, “Kate Lanphear has joined T: The New York Times Style Magazine as style director. She’ll be at the upcoming women’s shows with Team T.”

Later that day T magazine retweeted Jim Shi’s tweet, confirming the rumors and speculation about where Lanphear has decided to continue her expertise in street style.

—Cory Orlando

Fashion Reverie Reaches 3 Million Hits

January 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Fashion Reverie is starting off 2013 with a bang. Since our inception, Fashion Reverie has reached over 3 million hits. Fashion Reverie would like to thank its dedicated readers who keep coming back day after day, perusing Fashion News Alerts, Celebrity Style articles, Editor’s Picks, Editorials, and Lifestyle and Culture articles that take our viewers from the front lines of fashion to the front row.

We have accomplished quite a few things in 2012 and there are new initiatives to look forward to in 2013. In 2012 with our feature, “The Demise of Made in the U.S.A,” Fashion Reverie took a concentrated look at the state of manufacturing in America. And we have already continued this perspective with two articles in 2013, “The Human Cost of Cheap Labor” and “The Adoni Factory Group: The Promise and Fulfillment of Made in the U.S.A.”

In 2012, we covered Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks fall/winter 2012 and spring/summer 2013, as well as Miami Fashion Week 2012.  In February expect more inclusive coverage of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week fall/winter 2013 with more runway/presentations reviews, backstage images, video-taped backstage interviews, exclusives and street fashion.

Now, let’s look at our esteemed executive staff. With the additional of fashion director Nolé Marin, Fashion Reverie has produced fashion-forward, sexy cool, beautiful fashion editorials. Our creative liaison Coco Mitchell has brought her wealth of knowledge and industry sensibility, resulting in our bi-weekly forum “Conversations with Coco.” Look for her art direction on editorials in 2013.

Jeanine Jeo Hi-Kim, our editor-at-large, has brought her expanded knowledge of not only fashion, but film, art, and theatre. Cory Orlando, our managing editor, has been a stalwart, rock-solid force that has contributed his technical acumen, as well as a fresh perspective of where fashion is heading. Fashion Reverie would not be the online magazine it is today with his skills.

In 2013, look for our monthly newsletter, Reverie, videotaped interviews as a part of “Conversations with Coco,” more monthly giveaways and promotions, as well as our continued, insightful coverage of all things fashion.

—William S. Gooch, editor-in-chief

Fashion News Alert: Lady Gaga Announces, J.Crew Unveils, and the Current/Elliott Departure

January 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Duo Emily Current and Meritt Elliot are leaving their namesake label Current/Elliott.

Although there is no stated reason for the sudden departure, the ladies will continue to work together.

“We are so proud of what we have accomplished with Current/Elliott. Parting ways has been a difficult decision, but we are thrilled for our next chapter in design and to perpetuate our whimsical Americana aesthetic across multiple categories,” states Current and Elliot.

Both ladies were inducted into the CFDA this year and have stated they already are working on a few projects.  Despite their departure from Current/Elliot fashion pundits and fashionistas should key their eyes on this dynamic denim duo.

Lady Gaga Announces 

Pop singer Lady Gaga has announced that fashion photographer Terry Richardson is  making a movie about her.  Via her personal Twitter account on Dec. 25, Gaga expresses her deepest appreciation to Richardson for his collaboration.

 

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“Merry Christmas little monsters! Terry Richardson @Terry_World is making a #LadyGagaMOVIE documenting my life, the creation of ARTPOP + you!,” tweets Gaga.

Richardson has made a name for himself  shooting campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Yves Saint Laurent, Aldo, and others, as well as having editorials in Vogue, Vanity Fair, i-D, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Vice.

Gaga also released that her fourth studio album, ARTPOP, would be released in this spring. No dates have been announced on the launch date of the documentary or album release date.

J.Crew Unveils 

Commercial brand J.Crew has been showing at New York Fashion Week for several seasons . and is now taking steps to extend the brand to include more luxury  items.

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Earlier this month J.Crew launched an alligator purse, retailing at $1,500, that forwards their high-end mission. The purse is made of alligator and resembles the style of their signature Edie purse.

According to J.Crew, they will only manufacture and release nine of these luxury bags. The alligator bag is currently being sold exclusively at J.Crew’s Madison Avenue location.

—Cory Orlando

Fashion News Alert: Conde Nast Surprises, Chanel Launches, and Posen Replaces Kors

December 23, 2012 by 1 Comment

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A collaboration I am sure you thought you would never see  is the new business relationship between retail giant, Walmart, and publishing company, Conde Nast.

According to Women’s Wear Daily, Walmart will be featuring in their stores their own beauty/fashion magazine, Beauty Scoop .  Inside the magazine, readers can get tips, how-to’s, and stories written by editors from Glamour, Allure, and Lucky.

Walmart is looking to push their products in a more “tasteful” manner by looking to a bigger publishing company for assistance. Conde Nast is not the only publishing company to work with Walmart, Time Inc. also has a long standing relationship with the megastore.

Chanel Launches 

Chanel is taking spring 2013 back to the kind of luxury that gives their brand that timeless chic appeal. Starting with their makeup line, Printemps Precieux de Chanel, the cosmetic collection is inspired by Coco Chanel’s simple and sophisticated aesthetic.

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Elegant neutrals and plush pinks team up with bold and vibrant polish shades to give a line of contrasting colors. The new collection will include powders in soft peach and warm beige shades ($68), Quadra Eye Shadow palettes ($59), eyeliners with new shades of brown ($30), the Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lip Color ($34), and classic pink, polished brown or pink-red Le Vernis Nail Colors ($27).

The Chanel spring 2013 makeup line will be available at department stores and on chanel.com in January.

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Posen Replaces Kors 

Project Runway judge, Michael Kors, is bidding auf wiedersehen after ten seasons with the fashion reality show. It has been revealed that designer Zac Posen will be taking his spot as a  judge.

“So excited to be the new judge on @ProjectRunway Season 11!! Joining @heidiklum @ninagarcia and @TimGUnn,” Posen tweeted on his personal Twitter account.

Kors departure to the show is apparently due to scheduling conflicts but do not worry, it will not be for too long. Kors is planning to make a guest judge appearance at the season finale.

—Cory Orlando

Fashion News Alert: Jonathan Adler Collaborates, H&M Goes Eco-Friendly, and Chris Benz Teams Up

December 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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Home decor icon Jonathan Adler will be merging his presence into a completely different demographic, cosmetics. Adler is partnering with bareMinerals for a limited edition  cosmetic set, Happiness by Design.

“It’s intended to evoke the promise that both brands distinctly and consistently make to their customers: that every single product we create should make your life better, easier, cooler, way more interesting, way more entertaining… or in one word, happier,” says Leslie Blodgett, bareMinerals founder.

The limited holiday set will include an oversized version of the beauty brand’s original Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 15 and a Handy Buki Brush.

The design guru’s chevron pattern in pink set will be available in select retailers in February for $60.

H&M Goes Eco-Friendly

Remember the eco-friendly red carpet line H&M launched back in April? Well, they are at it again, except this time the company will tacklen the challenge of textile waste. At 48 global H&M market locations you will be able to recycle unwanted clothes in exchange for H&M discount vouchers to use in their retail stores. The clothes will then be taken by I:Collection, a partner of H&M, which will enable the garments to be reprocessed and reused.

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“Our sustainability efforts are rooted in a dedication to social and environmental responsibility. We want to do good for the environment, which is why we are now offering our customers a convenient solution: to be able to leave their worn out or defective garments with H&M,” states H&M’s CEO Karl-Johan Persson.

Starting in February, H&M will begin collecting unwanted clothes in many of their global stores. It will be the first store to ever roll out a collecting event worldwide.

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Chris Benz Launches Collection

Fashion designer Chris Benz has teamed up with Anthropologie’s Made in Kind monthly collaborations. Made in Kind is a brand new e-commerce platform from retail giant Anthropologie that offers exclusive designer collections each month.

“It’s a little something fun to spice up ladies’ wardrobes before the holidays. Our intent was to bring unique pieces that embody my aesthetic– rich in color and print,” Benz told The New York Times. 

The exclusive line will include chic separates, drappy blouses, big off-the-shoulder bows on a variety of playful party dresses, all in time for the holidays. Check out this one-of-a-kind collaboration in an Anthropologie store near you!

—Cory Orlando

Fashion News Alert: Alexander Wang Confirmed, Karl Lagerfeld Collaborates, and Monique Lhuillier Hits NYC

December 3, 2012 by 1 Comment

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After much speculation on who would take over as creative director at Balenciaga, Alexander Wang has been confirmed. The French fashion house announced Wang will also continue to design for his own label alongside his duties at Balenciaga.

“I am deeply honored to embark on this new role for a brand and house that I have such great admiration and respect for,” Wang said in a recent press release.

Wang will replace Nicolas Ghesquiere who had been the helm of Balenciaga for several seasons.

Karl Lagerfeld Collaborates

Karl Lagerfeld latest collaboration will be with Brazilian-based footwear brand Melissa. Melissa has a very prominent collaboration history with Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Alessandra Ambrosio featuring Melissa’s fun jelly shoe designs.

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“We are very excited about the partnership with Melissa who have been great in translating Karl’s inspirations and designs into truly iconic and fun fashion products that many women in the world will happily wear,” states Lagerfeld’s CEO Pier Paolo Righi.

Releasing in March, Lagerfeld will be designing capsule collections featuring various styles for Melissa over the next four seasons.

Monique Lhuillier Hits NYC

It has been a long time coming, but Monique Lhuillier has officially opened her New York City flagship store. The two floor boutique showcases the ready-to-wear and accessories on one floor with an intimate bridal salon on the second.

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“The New York Story marks an exciting new phase in the growth and development of Monique Lhuillier as a global luxury lifestyle brand. It is a dream come true for Monique to have significant retail footprint in New York,” said Monique Lhuillier CEO, Tom Bugbee.

With grey suede walls and Waterford chandeliers with tiers of crystals, be sure to check out the new boutique located at 19 East 71st Street, between Madison and Fifth Avenues.

—Cory Orlando

Fashion News Alert: Cacharel Evolves, Yoko Ono Designs, and Repetto Pirouettes

November 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment

 

After appointing Richard Aibert as the new CEO of  Cacharel, there are some major changes being made company wide to  the Parisian brand.

The brand’s name will be changed from Cacharel to Cacharel Paris, debuting the name change in Fall 2013. Another major change to the brand is the plan to drop prices by 30% to 40%.

With  new price points  just off $650, this high quality design label could make a smash hit this coming February.

Yoko Ono Designs

Yoko Ono will be collaborating with Opening Ceremony to create a limited edition menswear line, Entitled Fashions for Men. The inspiration for this limited edition menswear line  is Ono’s sketches for wedding to  former Beatle  John Lennon.

The collection will feature18 different funky looks with prices ranging from $75 to $750. Launching next week, every piece will include a copy of a book featuring Ono’s drawings.

Repetto Pirouettes in a New Direction

 The iconic French ballet-slipper brand Repetto has decided to launch their first ready-to-wear collection this month. The ready-to-wear collection is inspired by dancers’ clothing which  includes flowing skirts and stretchy garments.

Emilie Luc-Duc designed this 18-piece collection.

“We see a big enthusiasm for ballet,” Repetto’s chief executive Jean-Marc Gauchet said. “After ballet flats and leather goods, [ready-to-wear] was important to complete the silhouette.”

With this new launch and the addition of two new stores, Repetto hopes company growth will be significant.

— Cory Orlando

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