Laure de Sagazan’s chic spring collection was presented in her new SoHo atelier with Parisian grace that flowed throughout the collection. Sagazan’s love of the Twenties and using quality fabrics inspired two-piece sets and drop-waisted Parisian dresses. Standouts were a Swiss dot skirt with boxy top and sleek slipdress.
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Alon Livne pared down his typically lavish style for a bridal collection that was subtler, with an old Hollywood glamour inspired by Joan Crawford. “This season it’s much more soft, much for feminine, a little bit old-school,” the designer said in his showroom. “I’m trying to look for something new, fresh, modern, and cleaner.” Still, even softer dresses factored in intricate beading and embroideries.
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“Christos is a touch of tradition for the non-traditional bride,” Amsale Aberra said at a preview. “It’s a more relaxed, romantic girl.” Prime examples included a slim crepe gown with floral beaded bodice and a V-neck ballgown with a sheer, cutout bodice.
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Galia Lahav showed his Galia Lahav Haute Couture and Gala by Galia Lahav lines together this season with a whirlwind of embellished gowns. His couture collection included gowns inspired by the Victorian era, with high necks, corsets and neck pieces that were all new for the brand. Gala’s collection aimed toward the more bohemian bride, with an abundance of handsome embellishments, embroideries and shine.
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s brand is hitting the Net. Net-a-porter will launch Goop product on its site starting April 26. For a limited time, the 12-piece Goop collection, including Goop skin care and Goop fragrance, will be featured alongside Paltrow’s favorite Mother’s Day gift ideas from the retailer. This is the first time Goop fragrance will be sold through an outside retailer.
The next day, the brands will throw a Mother’s Day celebration to be cohosted by Paltrow, founder and chief executive officer of Goop, and Alison Loehnis, president of Net-a-porter and Mr Porter. The wellness-minded lunchtime event at The Butcher’s Daughter in Venice Beach will feature mini-treatments from Goop’s favorite wellness experts.
“We’ve had a rich history of successful content and experiential partnerships with Net-a-porter, so it was natural for us to evolve that synergy into e-commerce,” said Paltrow. “Goop’s tightly-edited digital shop is one of our hallmarks, and this is the first time we’re lending that curation to an outside e-commerce retailer. The edit includes some of my favorite Goop products — elevated basics from the Italian-made Goop Label apparel collection, award-winning items from our organic skin-care line and beautiful fragrances that are free of harmful chemicals.”
Founded in 2008, Paltrow’s lifestyle platform is
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NEW YORK — Karl Lagerfeld — one of the world’s most famous, prolific and admired designers — is to receive the 2017 John B. Fairchild Honor at the WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit here on Oct. 24.
Named after WWD’s late chairman and editorial director and chosen by its current editors, the honor was introduced in 2016 as part of an annual celebration of creative vision, performance and leadership in the fashion industry. Ralph Lauren was the first recipient.
The recognition for Lagerfeld comes as the multitasking designer readies Chanel’s cruise collection for a Paris runway on May 3 — and amidst an illustrious career that has spanned more than 60 years.
The German designer is most closely associated with Chanel, where he has been its couturier since 1983. He is also the creative force behind the furs and ready-to-wear at Fendi, which he has designed since 1965, and his signature fashion house, now best known for handbags in the burgeoning affordable luxury segment.
Karl Lagerfeld RTW Spring 2017
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More than a designer, Lagerfeld is something of a fashion mastermind, adroit at all aspects of image making and public relations, and a business maverick who ignited the so-called “masstige” movement in 2004 by teaming with
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LONDON — Italian luxury sportswear label Paul & Shark will open its first U.K. store on April 27 at St. James’s Market, a new central London development not far from Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus. The store, which spans 2,000 square feet across one floor, is located in Grade II-listed building at 20 Regent Street.
“London is a hub in Europe where people from finance, fashion and key tastemakers gather — and those are the kind of customers we want to approach,” said company owner and chief executive officer Andrea Dini. “We are growing nicely in this market, reaching a very contemporary, sophisticated and trend-aware target, looking for fashion collections that mix high-tech fabrics with the exclusivity of Italian craftsmanship.”
He said St. James’s was an ideal location, “as it combines a more traditional customer and international consumers with a growing audience of sophisticated and younger more trend-led shoppers.”
The store’s design takes its cue from a modern gallery space. It has a contemporary look with minimalist bespoke furnishings and polished stainless steel mirrored fixtures. The concept was designed in-house by Four Marketing, which worked on the store’s interiors, a mix of steel-blue painted surfaces and shelves with concrete flooring.
The space will carry the label’s
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R/Label, a new collection that offers effortless, flattering and affordable clothing for women, will be launched May 1 as part of web site Thereset.com, which combines community, content and curated commerce.
The collection features easy, timeless, go-to-pieces that can be worn from day to night and work to weekend.
Maria Peevy, founder and chief executive officer of Thereset.com, based in San Francisco, said she’s a firm believer that looking great shouldn’t be so hard, and women shouldn’t have to wear trends that don’t work for them, that they don’t have to buy another bad boxy cut or pay for overpriced fashion.
Thereset.com, which launched in March, is a source for inspiration, information and ideas on how to reset one’s life after major life changes such as losing a job or a spouse, making a career change, or a break-up or divorce. The site features women sharing lessons they’ve learned in resetting their lives and going down a new path.
Peevy made a major career switch herself after spending 16 years developing SimplyShe, which she began with message T-shirts, greeting cards and books for the boutique market and morphed into a pet lifestyle company in 2006 for the mass market. For the last 10 years,
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LONDON — Craig Green, the London men’s designer known for his finely tailored workwear, loose layering and the sort of dramatic, floor-sweeping silhouettes that Genghis Khan might have favored, is bulking up his main line with the addition of pared-down core pieces meant for everyday.
The designer admits that his showstopping looks, which have included tapestry-like fabrics, karate outfit silhouettes and swooshing strap and fringe details, aren’t necessarily for everyday — or every retailer.
So he’s reworked about 15 bestsellers and key pieces from his archive, and is offering them as supplements to his main line, giving retailers a bigger opportunity to buy more fully each season.
“No one wants to wear a statement look every day,” said the good-natured Green, who’s dressed for a walk-through of the collection in his everyday uniform of a boxy workwear jacket with patch pockets and dark trousers.
He admitted his look has pretty much stayed the same since his days at Central Saint Martins, when he favored a “delivery-man jacket that was boxy and short — like the way I’m built.”
Green said he took past pieces, stripped them down and put them back together in a “uniform, wardrobed way, the way we dress every day, and with [my] recognizable silhouette.”
The garments
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Former USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus, who led a federation that brought home 156 Olympic medals during his 20 years at the helm, has died. He was 67.
USA Swimming says Wielgus died Sunday in Colorado Springs of complications from colon cancer. The cancer was first diagnosed in 2006 and Wielgus underwent regular chemotherapy while leading USA Swimming to record growth before retiring in August.
He was well-known in Indianapolis for overseeing numerous national and world-class meets at IUPUI’s natatorium.
Wielgus was the longest-tenured leader among U.S. Olympic organizations. The 156 medals represent about one-third of America’s overall total from the last five Olympics.
During his two decades, USA Swimming’s revenue increased by about 600 percent, and its four-year, Olympic-cycle budget grew from $35 million to nearly $160 million.
Wielgus was criticized in later years for his handling of numerous sexual-abuse cases against the organization. He apologized to victims in 2014.