French leather goods maker Moynat is joining the Mount Street juggernaut, setting its first boutique outside Paris on the luxurious London strip. The 2,000-square-foot unit opposite the Connaught hotel officially opened on March 12th. The two-level London unit, boasting four arched display windows, is to showcase women’s products on the main floor, with men’s designs […]
Pharrell Williams is teaming with Comme des Garçons to launch a scent for men and women. Called Girl — echoing the title of Williams’ new album — it marks the first time fashion maverick Rei Kawakubo has teamed with a musician to create a fragrance. Adrian Joffe, chief executive officer of Comme des Garçons Parfums SA, […]
This season, the Anna Sui Fall 2014 collection is inspired by Serge Luten’s photographs for Shiseido, fashion illustrations from La Gazette du Bon Ton, Biba, art deco jewelry, the interiors of Rose Cummings, and chinoiserie rooms and pavilions from European palaces. I’m mad about the colors of jade, cinnebar and kingfisher blue. The collection features ruby red striped Mongolian […]
The Marc Jacobs Beauty Collection is undeniably eclectic and vastly diversified. Based on the beauty truths of the multi-dimensional designer himself, this line depicts the essence of Marc’s imagination and vision. The collection features a large array of different products in four categories: Smart Complexion (foundation, concealer, powder), Blacquer (eye liner, lash lifter, gel crayon), […]
As Alessandro Dell’Acqua made his debut at the fashion house, the Rochas Fall 2014 collection featured strong connections between his predecessor Marco Zanini’s recent collections and Dell’Acqua’s first, both in terms of silhouette (full, voluminous) and materials (velvets and brocades). layered two winter coats on top of each other over wool dresses, accessorized many of […]
To celebrate the opening of the newly relaunched Bridal destination boutique in Notting Hill, UK, Temperley London teamed up with quintessential diamond jewelers De Beers for an elegant event in store. Across the two floors of the Notting Hill Boutique the brand new Temperley London Iris collection was showcased alongside classic bridal gowns while gaining an insight […]
The Etro Fall 2014 collection featured layering of textures, patterns, colors, and embroideries, and chock-full of Fall trends like blanket dressing and shearling. Veronica Etro has long had a knack for sussing out which direction fashion is heading and putting an Etro gloss on that. Backstage the designer was talking about timelessness, and more than […]
The Chloé Fall 2014 collection was an injection of a new element: something wild. The coherence and boyish discipline, together with the pretty-prettiness of the brand, was given an additional jolt with the wild and woolly. Fabrics and textures are always very well done at Chloé, but this season they were particularly effective, with added warmth—both […]
Being a luxury goods house, Alessandra Facchinetti created most of the Tod’s Fall 2014 collection look in leather. She said afterward, was to find ways to treat it less like a skin and more like a fabric. There was undoubtedly outerwear with a crinkly black patent peacoat with a stand-up collar lined in white mink; a loosely cut […]
The Barbara Bui Fall 2014 collection featured statement ponchos draped like pelts and her leather Perfectos, spliced with shaggy sleeves. The designer exposed turtlenecks but then transformed the collection into a night message in which she revisited two of her favorite themes: rock ‘n’ roll and sharp tailoring. The former played out in swirls of shiny studs from jacket collar […]
Karl Lagerfeld created a megastore—un grand magasin—under the sign of the double C, for the Chanel Fall 2014 collection. The shelves of his extraordinarily detailed set were stacked with more than a hundred thousand items, brazenly advertised at 20 or 50 percent more. No bargains in these aisles. It was entrancing to see the fashion world’s […]
Louis Vuitton has teamed with BMW to produce what it calls the “luggage of the future.” Louis Vuitton created what it claims is the world’s first high-end carbon-fiber luggage, designed to fit into the carmaker’s new BMW i8 rechargeable hybrid sports vehicle. The four-piece luggage set consists of soft, flexible bags and semi-rigid thermoformed cases […]