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Gabriela Hearst launched her brand three years ago on the principles of uncompromising quality and durable, elegant design. Independent but well-funded (she married into the Hearst publishing empire), she has the luxury of doing luxury at a level that is rare to find anywhere in fashion these days and especially in New York. Hearst has only intensified her commitment to the finest-made things to accompany the life well-lived, and she served up examples of both, quite literally, at her fall show.
One of the greatest indulgences on the fashion week circuit is finding time for proper food, water. Hearst built sustenance into her show format, taking over Café Altro Paradiso to serve a quick three-course lunch to her guests in a setting that allowed for intimate, though not unobstructed, viewing of the clothes. Nothing gives a sense of this collection like touching the cashmere, wools and silks firsthand, but the private restaurant experience enhanced Hearst’s brand message for those who might not know it.
During a preview, Hearst explained that her seasonal inspiration was “women that have to dress like men to go to work,” she said. Specifically, women coal miners during the Victorian era. She was interested in how social movements,

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LONDON — Anya Hindmarch may not be staging a show this month in London, but that doesn’t mean she’s standing still. On Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, the designer known for her cheeky sense of humor and quirky designs, plans to fill London’s skies — and monuments — with enormous red chubby heart balloons.
Hindmarch has teamed with the Mayor of London, the British Fashion Council, the City of Westminster, the Civil Aviation Authority and a host of businesses and councils across the British capital to plant the giant heart balloons in 29 locations around town.
Starting on Feb. 14 and continuing through London Fashion Week, the balloons will be suspended over — or squashed within — famous London landmarks and locations across the city.
The balloons are set to float near places including Battersea Power Station; Chelsea Barracks in Knightsbridge; 80 the Strand, home of the British Fashion Council’s runways and showrooms; near Central Saint Martins, Leicester Square, The Dorchester, The Ritz and Wellington Arch, and at Westfield London.
They will appear above different locations over seven days, while Ocean Outdoor will screen the campaign throughout the city, including Piccadilly Circus at 7:20 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. People will also be encouraged to follow the campaign

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SCORE BOARD: Moments after the Badgley Mischka fashion show ended at Spring Studios, a group of people had gathered in front of the leader board in the lobby to see the company’s new Badgley Mischka Runway app in action. The board listed the audience’s top 10 favorite looks from those that were just shown on the runway. Although results are still in flux, at that moment in first place was a crimson silk and Lurex brocade gown, followed by a white crepe cape gown and ebony wool lace dress.
“We are capturing sentiment in real time,” said Tom Savoie, retail solution director of SAP, which collaborated with Badgley Mischka to include beacon technology in each of the 
looks going down the runway throughout the show. Savoie said as the show was in progress, audience members could vote on whether they “liked” the look or “loved” the look, and loves were weighted heavier than likes. The app was available to those in the room, as well as globally, so people could vote anywhere, he said.
Later in the afternoon, Mark Badgley and James Mischka said what they found most interesting was the favorite gown was the most “old school traditional ballgown,” which was the

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Interest has been so great in this season’s debut of the Atelier Caito for Hervé Pierre collection that distribution has been capped for the time being.
Pierre, one of First Lady Melania Trump’s favorite designers and stylists, and his cohort in this new label, Nicolas Caito, traveled to Paris last month to show the line to international stores. For the first season in the U.S., the Atelier Caito for Hervé Pierre line will be sold exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman. Meanwhile, Moda Operandi will hold private trunk shows with its VIPs for the new label but it will not be sold online initially. Pierre, Carolina Herrera’s former creative director, first got to know Moda Operandi cofounder Lauren Santo Domingo when she, too, worked at the designer’s company years ago. The compact collection of dresses and gowns is offered in navy or black with retail prices ranging from $1,750 to $5,700.
“All of the stores that we met with in Paris were specialty stores from the Middle East, London, Russia and Kazakhstan. It was very funny. When they did the buy, they knew already which customers they were buying for. [They were saying things like,] ‘This is Mrs. Blah-blah-blah’s size.’ They didn’t guess,” Pierre

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