ON THE MOVE: French luggage brand L/Uniform has teamed with beauty brand Hervé Herau to create a mini vanity case filled with refillable travel essentials.
The kit, launched on March 1 exclusively at Parisian concept store Colette for 495 euros, or $522 at current exchange, is made of cotton canvas and linen and edged with gray leather.
Like all of growing brand L/Uniform’s products, the case can be personalized with felted letters or numbers in situ. It contains a selection of six “essential” Hervé Herau beauty products — Face Cleanser Care, Gel Lotion Care, Skin Care, Extra Rich, Lip Care and Pommade.
“People have always asked me for travel formats, but this is the first time I’ve done them,” said Herau, whose brand, a favorite with celebrities, is exclusive to Colette in Paris.
“Nobody makes vanity cases anymore,” said Jeanne Signoles, a Goyard veteran who founded L/Uniform with her husband Alex two years ago. “We’re also launching a larger vanity case with a shoulder strap that makes it more practical,” she explained. The larger model will sell alone for 595 euros, or $628, in L/Uniform’s full distribution: its Quai Malaquai store and Le Bon Marché in Paris, Isetan in Tokyo and online, as well as

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Jennifer Fisher is taking collection presentation matters into her own hands.
The jeweler is forsaking the traditional in-person presentation format for one accessible by phone.
On Friday morning, Fisher will present her new designs on Instagram — leveling the playing field for both consumers and editors. A portion of the product shown will be immediately shoppable through the Instagram interface.
In keeping with the “raw” spirit of her social media presence, Fisher has photographed much of these new designs on herself.
The launch is purposefully timed to coincide with Paris Fashion Week, as well as the weekend following most consumers’ paydays. “People shop more over the weekend,” she said of metrics observed from her web site.
Fisher said that her label often receives press and consumer requests with screen grabs from her site or Instagram attached for reference. In presenting her new line on social media, Fisher hopes to accelerate this ease-of-access-type culture surrounding the label.
“It’s so hard during fashion week for the accessories market to get any kind of attention — it’s something a lot of accessories designers are wrestling with. I’ve done large-scale presentations with sponsors and smaller things, and wanted to do something different,” said Fisher.
The designer said that given the current political

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE: An army of influencers, including Elisa Nalin, Valentina Ferragni and Vanessa Hong took some time out from building their empires to attend the Rochas show on Tuesday, with a gazillion followers in tow.
Brazilian style blogger and entrepreneur Helena Bordon said she was preparing to open a cafe in her store in Brazil, focused on L.A.-style food — “avocado dill, all the different kinds of tartines….” She’s also busy developing her locally produced sunglasses line, with a recent surprise endorsement from Kate Moss. “She wore one of my frames to the Louis Vuitton men’s show in January, I was super in shock,” she said, explaining that the connection was her mother, Donata Meirelles, style director of Vogue Brazil, who is an old friend of Moss’. Connections, connections. Bordon also chatted about the experience of walking in the Dolce & Gabbana show last week. “I was sweating, and I had to pee right at the last minute, I thought I was going to throw up. It was a mix of emotions, but so much fun in the end.”
A few rows down, glued to her phone, Danielle Bernstein of We Wore What said she’s working on the sophomore collection of her Second Skin Overalls line. “A lot of people

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Aussie-label Sass & Bide’s brand of youthful charm and not-so-subtle embellishment took a worldly approach this season, as they looked to the legendary Hotel Okura Tokyo as their aesthetic inspiration. Its blend of serenity and tradition and urban dynamism were evident in the collection’s contemporary clothes designed for a traveling women. Fluid but with jolts of edginess and sex appeal, it was a flashy display of soft, day-to-evening offerings.
“I think we’re evolving Sass & Bide, keeping what’s core to the brand, which is the embellishments and the sense of fun and creativity, but moving that forward, refining it,” designer Sophia Berman said. The collection’s “gallery” collection of red-carpet dresses featured plenty of that core flash, with hand-beading, long lines and hints of skin to boot. Fish-scale sequins on minidresses and lapels, and gold trim and embroidery throughout kept the spirit alive. The refinement came through soft asymmetric layering and relaxed tailored suiting. Sharply cut blazers and loose pants were juxtaposed with longer layers, like an ivory group with black borders that wrapped and framed the body. Especially noteworthy was cotton shirting with drawstring ties that could be undone or wrapped back-to-front. Elongated silhouettes, flirty knits in pinks and metallic and design elements like

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Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran got their collection in working order for fall. Not that the designers are in the practice of violating professional dress codes with their designs, but the lineup felt like a stylishly melancholy meditation on classic office attire. What would a fashion person wear if chained to a desk all day?
The show opened with a short black wool shirt dress, covered up to the collar, and cycled through austere button-down shirts with extra long sleeves that were paired with classic, conservative black pants or a below-the knee skirt. There was an oversize ivory coat and matching pants in wide wale corduroy over a chunky turtleneck sweater, and a collarless oversize suit jacket and matching pants in drab gray. The angular proportions and cool color felt like a flex of a harder, edgier set of muscles that Lemaire and Tran keep under wraps. They softened, feminized and closed in on the body without losing any chic clinical bite with a clay colored tunic pulled into loose folds over white tights and shoes, and a zipped gray shirt with rounded shoulders and blouson sleeves over a straight skirt.
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