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“It’s a new downtown Herrera,” said Emmy Rossum on Monday morning, patiently awaiting Carolina Herrera’s fall collection. The Herrera loyalist had followed the designer down from her show venue of the last few seasons, The Frick Museum, to a space on Little West 12th — a fact she seemed certain would be reflected in the designs. “I mean, she’s quintessentially New York, so uptown, downtown, doesn’t really matter.”
Rossum was joined by Karolina Kurkova, Hilary Rhoda, Nicky Hilton, Prabal Gurung, Emily Robinson and Skyler Samuels and in addition to pledging her excitement at seeing the new collection, spoke about how the designer is inspiring her in her own career changes.
“I just finished directing an episode of a show for TNT called ‘Animal Kingdom,’ with Ellen Barkin. I go back to my show [‘Shameless’] in the summer; I did a movie for Netflix this summer, it’s called ‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture,’ if that’s still the name. It’s a comedy — and I’m working on writing and directing,” Rossum said. “It’s my second time directing and I’m doing another episode of my show this year, and maybe another Showtime show. I really like it. One thing about Mrs. Herrera that I think is so

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An L.A. Lipstick Launch: Fashion brands aren’t the only ones landing in Los Angeles.
Dior Beauty joined Rebecca Minkoff and Tommy Hilfiger in taking its show on the road to the city of angels. The color cosmetics authority drew Amanda Steele, Ahna O’Reilly, Camila Coelho, Aimee Song, Jaime King, Portia Doubleday and Julianne Hough to West Hollywood, Calif., hotspot Delilah Wednesday to check out its range of Dior Addict Lacquer Sticks, high-shine and hydrating lipsticks in sleek packages and 18 shades.
“In the process of creating this new line, L.A. became a source of inspiration, driven by the links that Dior has with Hollywood and also, of course, by the wonderful Jennifer Lawrence,” said Peter Philips, creative and image director of Dior Makeup. “It was obvious for us to launch in L.A. to make our story a full circle. Dior and L.A. have, through our shared love for beauty, a long and exciting affair.”
For the affairs of the evening, social media influencers and the celluloid famous experimented with the Dior Beauty lacquer sticks on their puckers in shades such as Party Red, Underground, Alive, Sassy and L.A. Pink to keep the bash buzzing with props to the West Coast.

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Prps is moving back into women’s.
Donwan Harrell, Prps’ founder and designer, believes there’s a need for different types of denim, and as a result, he’s relaunching the women’s collection for spring.
“I was looking at women’s denim out in the stores and it was all the same. It’s all dark, skinny, stretch pieces that don’t differentiate from brand to brand. I wanted to create something that was bold and stood out,” said Harrell. “Designing for women allows me to have more creative freedom than when I design for men, which made creating this collection extremely fun. I got to run wild.”
The collection, which has been picked up by Ron Herman, Shopbop, American Rag and Revolve, is made up of 25 to 30 pieces and retails from $198 to $535 for specialty pieces. The denim in the assortment consists of overalls with vintage washes and patches, boyfriend jeans with a slight taper, drop-crotch jeans with paint splatters and skinny jeans coming in a variety of washes. Apparel includes bomber jackets and a patchwork denim dress.
The last time Harrell created a women’s collection was fall 2011. Harrell said he had to abandon the line to focus on building his affordably priced Prps Goods

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Could Lacoste be the next French brand to collaborate with Supreme?
According to market sources, a collection is in the works. Neither Supreme nor Lacoste would comment on the project.
A Lacoste collaboration with Supreme would come after the streetwear brand’s recent partnership with Louis Vuitton, which debuted its collection last month at the luxury brand’s men’s fall show in Paris. The assortment, which includes cobranded products ranging from sneakers to graphic T-shirts to an almost $70,000 trunk, will be available in July. James Jebbia, the brand’s founder, was present at Lacoste’s fall show in New York on Feb. 11.
Supreme is well-known for working with long-standing brands on products — repeat collaborators include Schott, The North Face, Vans and Stone Island — but the Louis Vuitton news was a watershed moment for the luxury market, which has always mined streetwear for ideas but is starting to make its relationship with the popular category more official.
“Now the fashion world has come to us,” Angelo Baque, Supreme’s former brand director, previously told WWD. “It used to be straight copy or inspiration, now it’s the other way around, whether it’s Vetements, Off-White or Gucci. Gucci is streetwear. They are selling hoodies and denim.”
Supreme also recently confirmed via its Instagram

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Your front row view, no ticket required.

Can I do fringe? I can do fringe.

Your front row view, no ticket required.

Statements from Public School, Tome, Gypsy Sport, and Prabal Gurung.

The superstar only wore his designs last night.

Co designers Stephanie Danan and Justin Kern tapped Yelena Yemchuk, the Ukrainian director, photographer and painter, to photograph their fall look book, which features Yemchuk’s own artwork as a backdrop. Those paintings — which depict sensual, sometimes awkward, often nude renderings of women’s bodies — also served as a source of inspiration for the fall collection. “Yelena’s paintings embrace the imperfections of a woman’s body,” said Danan. “I wanted to do a collection that was about our relationship to our bodies, embracing our bodies.”
Channeling a Forties vibe, which Danan referred to as “the era of the hourglass,” the duo offered silhouettes with accentuated shoulders, cinched waists and midi lengths. They introduced artful textures into the mix, including hand-painted velvet, polka-dotted sheer chiffon and geometric floral-patterned lace, as well as prints, including a graphic black-and-white plaid, which added drama to a romantic bell-sleeve shirtdress. All of it captured romance and unapologetic femininity.

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