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Jennie Lyons has a new job. And it is not the sort of job that you might think Jenna Lyons would get.
Since leaving her post of President of J. Crew in 2017, Lyons has been waiting and anticipating a new opportunity. “I remember when I left, I was scared and all my friends and co-workers were like, ‘Don’t worry, the phone is going to ring off the hook,’ and it just didn’t,” she told Page Six.
“And then all of a sudden, I didn’t have anything on my agenda, and no one was calling, and no one was getting me lunch, and no one was inviting me anywhere and I was like, ‘Whoa,’” Lyons continued. “It felt like the bottom dropped out. I had to really come to terms with the fact that I was not invited to anything because I was Jenna Lyons. I was invited to things because I was the president of J. Crew. It’s actually a good reckoning and a really healthy thing to go through.”
But that is all over with now. Lyons has a new show on HBO MAX‘s, “Stylish with Jenna Lyons” which follows Lyons and her team as they work on fashion projects and fashion makeovers with her new company, Lyons L.A.D. Additionally, young fashion hopefuls will compete to be a part of Lyons’ fashion squad.
Lyons said the show “actually feels real, as opposed to a lot of other reality shows.” Lyons adds, “it’s not scripted” and, “We didn’t have producers telling us what to do.”
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Zadig & Voltaire’s arts initiative
If you don’t remember Benjamin Millepied, then you should. He was the choreographer of “Black Swan,” starring his wife Natalie Portman, the former director of the Paris Opera Ballet, and a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.
Well, Millepied is now the artistic director of L.A. Dance Project. And L.A. Dance Project has launched its first collaboration with Zadig & Voltaire. This collaboration is a part of an initiative by Zadig & Voltaire in their support of the arts.
“Benjamin has had a long relationship with [artistic director] Cecilia Bonstrom; they’ve done collaborations in Kyoto and Paris. I wanted to get involved, so I joined the board. It’s been a tough time for them as they can’t engage in live performances with all the restrictions, which is how they raise money. We’ve raised a good amount of money through social media collaborations and the T-shirt we designed for them,” as reported in fashionweekdaily.com.
The collaboration is available online now. The 17-piece collection includes joggers, leg warmers, and sweaters, and ranges in price between $98 to $428.
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Goodbye, Tony
Another high-ranking fashion industry professional bites the dust. This time it is Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos. Hsieh succumbed to injuries sustained from a house fire at his New London, CT home on November 18.
Tony Hsieh retired from Zappos in 2019 after starting what was then called ShoeSite.com in 1999. The company was sold to Amazon in 2009 for $1.2 billion. Hsieh stayed on with Zappos as chief executive until this past August.
“Tony’s kindness and generosity touched the lives of everyone around him and forever brightened the world,” a DTP Companies statement said. “Delivering happiness was always his mantra, so instead of mourning his transition, we ask you to join us in celebrating his life.”
“The world has lost a tremendous visionary and an incredible human being,” the online shoe retailer said in a tribute post on social media. “His spirit will forever be a part of Zappos.”
Tony Hsieh died at Bridgeport Hospital in Connecticut. He was 46 years of age.
—William S. Gooch
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