Eager to expand beyond Pucci prints, Massimo Giorgetti has been digging into the “total color” side of the house archive for the past couple of seasons. “I will always love print,” he said before the fall show. “But Emilio Pucci can be a color brand, optimistic and positive.” Going happy, bold and bright should be encouraged, but Giorgetti seems to equate these ideas, which often go hand-in-hand with youthfulness and energy, with kookiness. He went a tad overboard at times.
An orange wrapped dress with a smattering of long fringe for swing? Great — it had just enough color and movement. But what of a split-pea green sequined top cuffed with fringe so long it dragged on the ground alongside mint green pants? And the various looks worn with floppy-brimmed cashmere hats trimmed in floor-length — yes, floor-length — fringe that covered the face like a jellyfish? Giorgetti said they were “fun,” but the silliness landed neither here nor there within the theme of the show.
As it turned out, though, he pursued color as a big message in this collection, the things that looked best were the graphic paisley prints — Giorgetti’s first original print for the house — on a quilted wrap poncho

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It was a pivotal season for Bally: Not only does it have a new corporate and creative structure, but it presented its first coed show. Design director Pablo Coppola left the company late last year, and the accessories and ready-to-wear collections are now overseen by an in-house team. Later this year, the brand plans to move from London to twin hubs in Milan and Caslano, Switzerland, Bally’s historic home.
The show, a static presentation at the imposing Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense on Via Brera, reflected the company’s new direction: With rtw representing just 5 percent of the business, Bally’s focus is now on accessories, which telegraphed a sense of “happy luxury, whimsical and joyful,” said Bally’s chief executive officer Frédéric de Narp during a walk-through. He’s also been working on broadening Bally’s entry prices and clarifying the offer.
Bally took the sensible route this season, riffing on some of its best-selling styles, such as the Janelle loafer — a slim shoe with a fat buckle and a crushable back — and the Sommet B-Loved bag, a boxy, structured style done with playing card motifs in line with the season’s casino theme.
Bally has also been putting a fresh spin on the works in its considerable archive, such as a pair of haircalf

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There appears to be a price discrepancy amongst resellers of the Supreme MetroCards.
The collaborative transportation billets had induced frenzy at select subway stops across New York earlier this week. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has since announced that the Supreme MetroCards — which cost $5.50 and were pre-loaded with a round-trip fare — have sold out.
On eBay, MetroCards are currently sold for anywhere between a $0.99 starting bid and a $5,000 set price.
Local deals in New York have also emerged. At the guerrilla Supreme resale shop Unique Hype Collection on Elizabeth Street in Manhattan, the cards are plentiful — and priced at $25.
The 500 percent markup is a stark contrast to some eBay sellers’ premiums.
Unique Hype — a notable stop for tourists with streetwear affections — has an unknown amount of the cards in stock. A sales clerk declined to comment about the quantity.
According to MTA rules and regulations, there is a $60 fine for each unauthorized sale of a MetroCard — an offense it finds particularly indictable when a card’s price is marked up.
Unique Hype would not comment on its status as an authorized MTA merchant.
Both Supreme and the MTA did not respond to requests for comment on the reselling of

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While pink, stripes and patchwork were some of the top style trends during and after New York Fashion Week, it was Tommy — as in Tommy Hilfiger – that saw a 196 percent jump in searches.
That’s according to ShopStyle, which analyzed its influencer networks through ShopStyle Collective to see what looks were trending and resonating with audiences.
In addition to the different style trends, ShopStyle said there was a 196 percent increase in “Tommy” searches. And while “Tommy Hilfiger popped all over the place,” a spokeswoman for ShopStyle said it was the Gigi cardigan that was the “most clicked-on piece.” The cotton varsity cardigan, $199.50 is part of an exclusive capsule collection designed by Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger.
The top trend was the color pink — all shades of pink. Among the top items cited according to the Collective’s analytics were: Zimmermann’s Caravan ruffled striped bikini in antique rose, $295; Holding Horses Lilibet dress in pink with a wide, white border on the hemline, $138, and Kate Spade’s Whimsies t-rex cross-body purse, $378.
As for stripes, the most popular, or top clicked item, was a structured striped top from Moth, $98; a stripe knit bell-sleeve top by Pleione, $49; breakout loungers from

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PARIS — Mourners packed into the Grande Coupole at the Père-Lachaise cemetery on Thursday for the funeral services of French ready-to-wear pioneer Emmanuelle Khanh.
Joining friends and family of the designer, who died at her home here last Friday at 79 following a short battle with cancer, were Didier Grumbach, former head of the French fashion federation, Martine Sitbon, Vanessa Bruno and Sueo Irie.
Among the speakers, Claude Brouet, former deputy fashion editor of French Elle, described the outfit Khanh was wearing when she first met her in 1962, saying: “She had such a fresh attitude, in this tiny waistcoat that was longer at the front and a skirt with a slightly dropped waist. I asked where she got her outfit, and she told me she made it herself.
“Then, there were her glasses and her Vidal Sassoon haircut. I can remember her bringing him over to Paris to do a show,” recalled Brouet, adding that it was Khanh who introduced her to Paco Rabanne. “There she was in this mini waistcoat, only this time made from fine gold beads. I asked who it was by, and she said: ‘A Spanish friend who is doing couture jewelry.’”
Cacharel founder Jean Bousquet, for whom Khanh worked as a freelance

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Danish advanced contemporary collection Ganni has photographed a slew of  new faces for a special photography project.
Photographed by Jen Steele, the “Ganni Girl” crew consists of Taylor Warren, Zaga Grau, Coco Baudelle, Fara Homidi, Jess Green, Yum Komatsu, Arianna Margulis, Abby Sierros, Marisa Competello and Lilli Millhiser. They are not all actual models (just Grau and Baudelle), but rather restaurant owners, florists, artists, stylists, makeup artists and a model agent.
The photos, which show Ganni’s effortless street style, will appear on the company’s social media platforms and will be featured on their retail partner’s site, Need Supply Co.
“I’m excited about the increased focus on authenticity and diversity that is happening in the fashion world at the moment, and I wanted to contribute to that movement,” said Ditte Reffstrup, creative director of Ganni. “Women with a personal sense of style and with something to say are gradually earning more limelight in fashion media, and I fully support this more inclusive point of view. At Ganni, we do not work with a specific woman in terms of age, occupation or origin, it’s the real women I see on the streets everyday who I find truly inspiring.”
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Ganni is family-owned and has

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The Diamond Producers Association will capitalize on one of television’s glitziest nights.
The agency — known as the DPA — was established by seven of the world’s biggest diamond mines in an effort to recapture the Millennial market. It is set to air its “Real Is Rare” campaign for the first time, during the Academy Awards.
The commercial, titled “Runaways,” looks to capture the essence of an Airbnb generation. It begins on a farm, trailing a woman in a satin bomber jacket and a man with billowing hair — both frolicking with a rooster. Amid a saucy scene in a ramshackle apartment, a necklace strung with a trio of diamond rings appears on the woman’s neck.
“This is a generation that has never been exposed to a category of [diamond] marketing geared toward them,” DPA chief executive officer Jean-Marc Lieberherr, told WWD at the Real Is Rare campaign launch in October.
“The whole point is to put the meaning of a diamond in perspective. People spend a lot of money on completely disposable things — changing phones every year, spending a lot of money on tattoos for that matter. We live in a world where everything is ephemeral, everything is disposable and completely dematerialized.
“Millennials

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Director Petra Collins takes us on a magical journey.