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For Sir Paul Smith, the secret to success is simple: just have a distinctive point of view.
Over the past four decades, the British fashion designer has created a successful business built on the premise of being “classic with a twist.”
In an entertaining and self-depreciating presentation, Smith showcased his colorful and quirky personality — traits that shine through in his clothes, as well.
One thing he’s perhaps most proud of, he said, is being independent. After being introduced as the chief executive officer of the Paul Smith brand, he said: “I didn’t know I was a ceo, I’ve always just been known as the boss. I have a tiny business in comparison to most of you guys out there. We do sell in over 70 countries, but the delicious thing about Paul Smith is we’re still independent. In the morning when I shave the only guy I have to answer to is the guy in the mirror.”
As a result of this independence, Smith said he can “be very spontaneous. I’m very happy to run a relatively small business.”
The magic behind that business begins in an office in Covent Garden that is jam-packed with so many knickknacks, toys, books and memorabilia that the
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Antoine Arnault, chief executive officer of Berluti, doesn’t feel Millennials’ tastes, ideas and purchasing practices pose a threat to the luxury business. In fact, he believes they want similar things to previous generations: Creative, durable, desirable and beautiful products.
Addressing the idea that digital natives would be radically different from those that came before them, and purveyors would have to decipher their strange habits like an occult code, Arnault said, “Frankly, I’m not so sure of it, and I wouldn’t shake our traditions too soon, dispose of all our stores, stop advertising in print magazines, and design only T-shirts or sneakers because we have to attract Millennials.”
Arnault explained that LVMH’s maisons date back to the 18th or 19th century. Over the years, they have had to adapt to technological innovations and to cultural changes that occurred, and they had through creativity to find a “suitable mix between their strong heritage and the new demands or fashions that came up decades after decades.” Arnault said their mission has been to make sure that the maisons are able to remain at the cutting edge of fashion without being “cornered in dead ends: non-diversified product portfolio, non-diversified customer base, non-diversified geographical mix.”
“Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and
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The fashion industry has woken up to sustainability in a major way in the past few years. Designer Eileen Fisher and Yael Aflalo, chief executive officer and founder of Reformation, are ahead of the pack, having made sustainability core to their businesses and seen considerable growth as a benefit. The executives discussed their philosophies on sustainability and business along with Cara Smyth, founder of the Fair Fashion Center and vice president, executive board member of the Glasgow Caledonian University, on a panel moderated by WWD news director Lisa Lockwood.
In 2015, Eileen Fisher implemented her Vision 2020 commitment to making her company completely sustainable. Making sustainability part of her business model had a core part of the company culture for years. “We’ve had a head of social consciousness and sustainability for 25 years now,” Fisher said. “It’s very embedded but we didn’t talk about it because it never felt good enough.” When she put Vision 2020 into the public domain, it was a result of a “leadership moment,” Fisher said. “We decided at a large offsite to commit to this idea to become 100 percent sustainable, and I remember thinking, ‘I have no idea if that’s possible.’”
Accepting the fact that addressing
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Alice + Olivia by Stacey Bendet is unveiling a capsule collection featuring the artwork of Keith Haring.
Past Alice + Olivia collaborations include Domingo Zapata, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Donald Robertson. The collection will be available today.
When Bendet was designing the resort 2019 collection, colors such as canary, cherry and cobalt were featured heavily, reminding her of Haring’s work, the company said. His signature, vibrant, fun palette of primary colors embodied Bendet’s creative spirit, which inspired the capsule collection of ready-to-wear and accessories featuring Haring’s trademark dancing figures and prints in patchwork collages.
“I have always been a fan of Keith Haring’s work — the colors and graphics,” Bendet said. “He was also one of the first artists to advance social causes, and I think at this time in our world, it’s especially important to support artists who have made a difference.”
Haring, whose work responded to urban street culture of the Eighties, died in 1990 at the age of 31. He was inspired by the graffiti artists whose marks covered the city’s subway cars.
The Keith Haring x Alice + Olivia capsule collection includes a dancing figures print on a leather jacket, reversible bomber, cardigan, T-shirts, ballgown skirts, a clutch and booties, and a
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Heidi Zak was never a fan of the bra shopping experience and that was solidified in her early 30s when she needed to purchase a bra for a Google holiday party — she previously served as senior marketing manager at the tech company — and went to Victoria’s Secret.
“I went and there were the angels and the feathers and the smell,” Zak said. “I found myself with a bra that didn’t fit. That was a moment of revelation for me that I was shopping at a store I didn’t love.”
This informed the launch of ThirdLove, a digital intimate apparel brand that lets shoppers purchase a bra online and determine their size using the Fit Finder survey, which has collected 600 million data points on bra sizes.
Zak believes that the next revolution for apparel is personalization, and ThirdLove works toward this with the Fit Finder and its breadth of bra sizes — ThirdLove offers 70 while competitors such as Aerie, Calvin Klein and Victoria’s Secret have around 30. ThirdLove is also the only brand to offer half sizes and launched the New Nakeds, which caters to a variety of skin tones.
Internally, Zak said she’s created a culture of innovation for her
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