Givenchy to Show During NYFW

Ricardo Tisci will be showing Givenchy's Spring 2016 line are New York Fashion Week, scheduled to run September 10 - September 17.

Givenchy's extravaganza will take place on September 11, followed by an after party. The French design house is also designing a flagship store at 747 Madison Avenue, set to open at the end of August.

“It’s a very delicate day for America, and so the show is going to be a celebration of family and love,” Tisci said in an exclusive interview with WWD, also disclosing that he is collaborating on the event with his friend, the performance artist Marina Abramović. “She’s going to help me to art direct the show. It’s going to be very interesting.”

Sarah Jessica Parker The New Face of Jordache

Sarah Jessica Parker will appear in ads for Jordache Look, which launched online today, and the Jordache women's collection.

Joardache is known for it's sexy, fashion-forward styles. In addition to new styles, the brand's new collection will include silhouettes from the 70's and 80's, including the original high-rise, straight-leg silhouettes, rigid denim, classic back pocket embroidery designs and Jordache horse head logo stitched on the coin pocket. The prices range from $89 to $149.

Louboutin To Open First Location In Houston

 Red-sole lovers in Houston get ready because Christian Louboutin will open their first store in Houston at The Galleria in Fall, 2016.

The Galleria location will be the designer's 19th U.S. boutique and will carry women's and men's shoes, handbags and small leather goods. Louboutin will be located in Galleria I towards Neiman Marcus.

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Decadence by Marc Jacob

This fall Marc Jacobs will launch his new fragrance, Decadence.

Like his other fragrances (or should we say girls), Decadence has it's very own personality - sexy and sophisticated!

“I like the idea of that extrovert, that show-off, and I like the things that symbolize her — whether it’s the beads or the feathers or the sequins,” said Jacobs of his newest girl. “It’s all the trappings of the extrovert more interesting to me than they ever were before.”

Giorgio Armani's 40th Anniversary

Giorgio Armani celebrated his 40th anniversary on Thursday.

Armani started the day with a tour of his new museum and exhibition space, Silos. With 600 of his signature looks are on display at the venue, Silos recounts the 40-year history of his fashion legacy. Armani said he doesn’t like to refer to Silos as a museum. “I don’t want this space to be static; [I] plan to renew the displays with pieces from the new collections every six months,” he explained.

Afterwards guests attended a runway show at his theater. The show consisted of selections from the designer’s Privé collections over the years.

NYFW Moves to Midtown and SoHo

IMG has confirmed that New York Fashion Week will move to two spaces in September: Skylight at Moynihan Station at 360 West 33rd Street and Skylight Clarkson Sq at 550 Washington Street. The shows had been held at Lincoln Center for the past five years. 

Limited Edition Barbie Lagerfield Doll

This year toy giant Mattel, Inc, is celebrating Barbie's 55th birthday. And what better way to celebrate than to create a limited edition Barbie Lagerfield!

“It’s not everyday that Barbie dresses like the world’s most famous fashion designer", commented  Kim Culmone, global vice president of Barbie product design.

Part of the Barbie Collector series, the doll is dressed according to Karl Lagerfeld's custom: in a tailored black jacket, a white shirt with a high collar and skinny black jeans. Accessories include a fat necktie, dark sunglasses and black ankle boots.

Mattel plans to release Barbie Lagerfield this fall, more details will be released closer to the date.

Diane Von Furstenberg Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the Wrap Dress

On Friday, Diane Von Furstenberg celebrated the opening of "Journey of a Dress," an exhibit honoring the timeless style she introduced in the early 1970s, the wrap dress. The wrap dress is a flattering, easy-to-wear dress that fastens with a simple tie at the waist.

"This is the first time that I ever honored the wrap dress, and she did so much for me," said an ebullient Von Furstenberg, wearing a black wrap dress with floor-skimming yellow kimono sleeves. "She made me famous. She paid for all my bills. And tonight we celebrate the wrap dress."

The exhibit is on view at the Wilshire May Company Building until April 1 It features the designer's favorite dresses from throughout the decades. Scores of mannequins stand in neat rows, their narrow waists all belted, each in different versions of the wrap dress.

David Yurman Limited Edition Pieces In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

David Yurman CLASSIC(R) Women's Timepiece in Pink Ceramic
& Starburst Pendant. (PRNewsFoto/David Yurman)

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, David Yurman, has two new limited editions: the women's CLASSIC® timepiece in pink ceramic and the Starburst pendant featuring brilliant pink sapphires. 20% of the purchase price of both styles will benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF), representing the company's sixth year supporting the fight against breast cancer (www.bcrfcure.org).

Oscar de la Renta Will Have One Show At NYFW

Oscar de la Renta has chosen to downsize his audience this season. He will focus on those with a legitimate professional purpose to have priority to see his line up close and personal.

Last season he had two 316-seated shows, this season he will have a single 350-seated show. Practically cutting his list in half will leave many people with no invite coming there way.

“When you do megashows, it loses the reason of why we’re showing,” he said, adding that anyone who’s interested can “see the show on the Internet 20 minutes later.

Creative Recreation's Spring '14 Collection

(WWD) - Creative Recreation is all about bringing something different to sneakers. After several seasons of more muted styling, the spring line will mark the return of flashier looks and playful combinations — styles that the brand had became known for in its early years. The collection will feature high-tops, low-tops and boots for men. Initial price points will start at $80. The collection will deliver for spring ’14 to boutique and department store accounts.

Levi's Introduces Revel

Levi's will introduce Revel, its latest advance fit next month, boosting it's  patent-pending “liquid-shaping technology” that promises to mold the wearer’s assets into a shapelier, leaner and more sensual form. Revel will debut on levi.com on Aug. 4 and roll out to Levi’s stores in the U.S. and more than 30 international markets through the month, supported by a global marketing and advertising campaign.

Revel builds on the shape-defining platform Levi’s established with its Curve ID label in 2010, which offers fits based on the actual shape of a woman’s body — such as slight, demi or bold curves — rather than just traditional waist and inseam measurements. Over the past three years, Levi’s has sold more than eight million pairs of its Curve ID jeans, which are priced higher than core Levi’s product at $78 to $98.

Kanye Teams Up With A.P.C.

Kanye West has teamed up with French contemporary brand A.P.C. on a capsule collection. They are to go on sale at A.P.C. stores worldwide on July 14, which is Bastille Day in France, as well as online.

The collection will consist of jeans, t-shirts and hoodies.

 

Viva La Vintage: Bridgett Artise

By: Stacey Angela, Fashion Reporter for Grand Life Daily

Bridgett Artise
The Vintage Expert

Tory Burch On Kanye West & Celebrities Wearing Her Clothes

(AP) -- Designer Tory Burch, with her chic town-and-country collection, has an unlikely super fan: Kanye West.

West has been a regular at Burch's Fashion Week presentations and the 45-year-old mom of six says the two hit it off right away.

"Well I think we met through a mutual friend and then we became fans of each other. I'm a big fan of his music and he loves fashion, so we hit it off."

The celeb fave designer has other high-profile fans including Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey and her designs are regularly featured on TV's "Gossip Girl," where Burch had a cameo as well.

Kenneth Cole Launches "Where Do You Stand?"

This September, with the launch of a new, interactive digital platform ("WHERE DO YOU STAND?"), Kenneth Cole will spark a dialogue about important social issues, and encouraging individuals to get involved.  The platform, which is the start of a larger ongoing initiative, will function as a virtual community hub for discussion and debate, and will launch with four of today's most relevant social issues: Marriage Equality , Gun Control , A Woman's Right To Choose , and War .

Versace Designs Fall 2011 Collection for H&M

H&M's fall 2011 designer collaboration will be with Italian fashion house, Versace.