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TURNING TEN: Federico Marchetti raised a toast this week to Alison Loehnis, president of Net-a-porter Group, to mark her 10 years at the company. The party was held at Laylow, the newly refurbished private members’ club in west London, with Bella Freud DJ’ing in glittery Gucci flatform sandals.
Olivia Palermo, Mary McCartney, Jacquetta Wheeler, Justin Thornton, Thea Bregazzi and Roksanda Ilincic were among the guests at Monday night’s party. They mingled with the Yoox Net-a-porter team, including Lucy Yeomans, editor in chief of Net-a-porter and Elizabeth von der Goltz, the site’s global buying director.
Loehnis joined Net-a-porter.com in 2007 as vice president of sales and marketing before becoming president of the site in 2011. In 2015, she was promoted to president of the group, overseeing Net-a-porter, Mr Porter, Theoutnet.com and Porter magazine.
While they may have let their hair down at the party, the YNAP team remained tight-lipped about Richemont’s proposed takeover of the group. YNAP’s chief executive officer Marchetti said he couldn’t comment, but said that “Alison has been a great sparring partner. When you do a merger, you want someone beside you who’s supportive. It has been great working with her.”
The big question on everyone’s lips wasn’t about the future of YNAP but rather what will happen

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HOLD THE SPICE: Spice Girls groupies, look away now. The British press may have breathlessly reported that a Spice Girls reunion tour was imminent after the group reunited earlier this month at the home of Geri Horner, aka Ginger Spice, for a friendly catch-up.
Beckham said it’s premature to talk about touring and performing together again. “There is nothing tangible. It was great seeing the girls. Everybody got very excited, but there is no tour, there is no recording,” she said on the sidelines of her Victoria Victoria Beckham presentation during London Fashion Week on Tuesday.
“I think, for us, it’s about protecting the legacy, and asking how we continue the girl power message. How do we continue that, and pass it on to future generations? We’re just looking at how we pass that message, as opposed to us going on tour or recording or doing a TV show. It’s not about that. It’s about us looking the legacy and protecting it. And we all feel the same about that.”
The timing couldn’t be better what with the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements in full swing, and the group certainly wouldn’t have any trouble telegraphing messages to their audience. British media outlets report on every

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JEWEL BOX: A little bit of Laguna Beach has made its way to NoLIta with the opening of jewelry brand Gorjana’s second store.
The jewelry company — known for its delicate necklaces, rings and bracelets made for layering — opened its first store in Laguna in 2016 followed by last year’s expansions onto Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice and its first New York store at 4th and Bank Streets in New York’s West Village in a space previously occupied by Marc Jacobs.
“The West Village store is doing fantastic,” founder and creative director Gorjana Reidel said. “It’s been wonderful to have a store in the neighborhood we’ve been part-time residents in for the last decade and be so well received. Customers are drawn to our light and airy Californian aesthetic and are loving all the positive energy.”
Reidel noted the store has helped expose the line to a good number of Parisian customers visiting the space.
Last year’s move into New York was a significant one for the business, which Reidel started with husband and chief executive officer Jason Reidel more than a decade ago when the two bootstrapped the company and shopped the line themselves from boutique to boutique and at trade shows.

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THE QUEEN AT QUINN: Queen Elizabeth made a surprise appearance at emerging designer Richard Quinn’s runway show on Tuesday afternoon as part of a visit to London Fashion Week and to present Quinn with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.
She wore a duck egg blue tweed dress and jacket embellished with Swarovski crystals. It was designed by Angela Kelly, her longtime dressmaker.

Richard Quinn and Queen Elizabeth 
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The Queen visited LFW’s Designer Showrooms to view the collections and then attended Quinn’s runway show before presenting him with The Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.

Queen Elizabeth sitting front row between Caroline Rush and Anna Wintour 
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The award, initiated in recognition of the role the fashion industry plays in society and diplomacy, will be handed annually to an emerging British fashion designer who shows exceptional talent and originality, while demonstrating value to the community and/or strong sustainable policies, according to the British Fashion Council.
Born and raised in Eltham, southeast London, Richard Quinn holds a B.A. and M.A. from Central Saint Martins. He graduated from the M.A. program in 2016, and launched his line that year.

Sarah Mower, Richard Quinn, Queen Elizabeth and Caroline Rush 
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The young designer, who’s worked at Christian

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Fashion for Conservation presented two collections during London Fashion Week that were inspired by the Amazonian rain forest to raise awareness about the damaged ecosystem. Each collection featured zero waste and included materials from end of bolt textiles from interior design companies and upcycled pieces from donated clothes.
Kent-based designer Kalikas Armour opened the Rainforest Runway show with a collection inspired by the indigenous tribes who are living, and subsequently suffering, within the rain forest as the ecosystem declines. He sourced ethically made fabrics from around Europe and produced the one-off pieces in his studio. The black and gold collection was focused on eveningwear including shimmery gowns in varying lengths, sweeping opera coats and sequined suits with gold floral motifs.
Houston-based designer René Garza for the Magpies & Peacocks nonprofit design house utilized off-cuts and end of bolt textiles and discarded clothes and tablecloths and gave them a new life as beautifully draped dresses — some were long and fluid while others were nipped at the waist or featured plissé detailing. The show closed with a billowing yellow gown that started life as a tablecloth.
Celebratory cocktails followed the show, where Fashion for Conservation raised funds for Hoja Nueva, a non-profit organization that

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Toast the Irish this St. Patrick’s Day with a whiskey that is the force behind a move to higher-quality spirits made in Ireland.

Well-known tastemaker Nina Runsdorf shares her highlights from this year’s big fair.

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Reviewing Switch, the borrow-your-designer-jewelry site we found on IG.