Johanna Ortiz had her first official presentation this season. “I’ve done market for a year in New York but this is my first formal presentation. I feel ready to be here, I have met so many people from New York — and also, I think that my clothes appeal more on models rather than hangers so it was important for me to show it like this,” said the designer at her event in the garden of Ladurée in SoHo.
Fashionwise, Ortiz said that she tried to give her signature Latin flair a Southwestern vibe, while also keeping in mind that the garments ship during the winter, so layering and heavier materials were integrated. The result? Her signature volume-sleeve shirts were layered under short-sleeve striped knits, plaid flirtatious skirts were paired with denim and feather jackets, a one-shoulder ruffled sweater and, for those holiday evenings, candy-striped sequence dresses and skirts.
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Fans of the Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale” had to say goodbye to the eerily topical dystopia of Gilead Wednesday after the show’s season finale aired. But Vaquera codesigners David Moses, Patric DiCaprio, Bryn Taubensee and Claire Sully gave fans in New York a little extra fix of white bonnets and red robes with a “Handmaid”-inspired fashion show/performance art piece Thursday that rivaled the show/Margaret Atwood’s book’s plot line for riveting weirdness. Shown at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, the show featured a lineup of handmaids — male and female, all ages, sizes and ethnicities — in deconstructed versions of the show’s red robe/white bonnet uniform. One wore a white robe draped in cone bras; another held an umbrella shrouded in white gauze. Another wore what looked like red couch cushions. One by one they aggressively stomped around the square white stage, eventually standing in the center and giving a little personal performance. “We wanted people to come into the middle and express themselves in different characters,” said Sully. “It was taking the forced identity of the handmaid and subverting it,” said Moses.
Lest anyone think the show was the result of creative superfans, the Vaquera collective started work on the project before

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Pierre Hardy has had an illustrious career as an accessories designer, holding creative leadership over shoes and fine jewelry at Hermès since 1990 and 2001, respectively — including the launch of the Hermès Apple watch — and notable shoe collaborations with Balenciaga during Nicolas Ghesquiere’s tenure. He launched his own label in 1999 with pieces often described as architectural, graphic and geometric, with pops of vivid color — pushing the limits of form and structure beyond seasonal trends.
He had atypical, albeit very much artistic, beginnings that didn’t lend to a career path as a designer. Hardy trained as a self-proclaimed “very good amateur” dancer for 15 years, illustrated fashion reports for Vogue International and Italian Vanity Fair, worked as a stylist at Christian Dior, and taught fine arts in an academic setting up until four years ago.
On Thursday night, the designer sat down with journalist Melissa Ceria to close out the Art de Vivre program at the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF). The two talked about Hardy’s career trajectory, including his 27 years of working at Hermès, thoughts on Ghesquiere, his first Pierre Hardy shoes, and the current state of fashion (and how he likes it).
Here, highlights from the conversation:
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The French Tennis Federation toasted “Roland-Garros in the City” Thursday night at a cocktail party at the Consulate of France in New York.
With key sponsors such as Lacoste, Longines and BNP Paribas, Roland-Garros aims to bring the excitement of the French Open to the Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place this weekend, where it has built a temporary full-size red clay court and will be sponsoring kids’ tournaments and clinics today through Sunday, said Lucas Dubourg, head of international development at the French Tennis Federation.
There is also a viewing screen where it will be showing the men’s semifinal (Friday), women’s final (Saturday) and men’s final (Sunday).
“The French Consulate is very proud to be part of this opportunity to bring to life the Roland-Garros ambience in the U.S. for the very first time,” said Anne-Claire Legendre, consul general of France in New York. She said they were proud to show everything the French Open stands for, which, besides clay courts, are sportsmanship, bravery, elegance and gracefulness. “Roland Garros would be very proud today to see the French Open exported overseas,” she said.
Among those who attended Thursday night’s event were Miss Universe Iris Mittenaere; stars of “Real Housewives of New York” Ramona Singer

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Frenzy. The name says it all.
Shopify’s flash sales app on Saturday marks its first drop zone event in the U.S. with the release of an exclusive sweatshirt from Antisocial Social Club at Elysian Park. The item will retail for $88.88.
The app in March launched its first drop zone in Canada — a shopping event available only to consumers within a certain geographic location — with the Yeezy Boost 350 Zebra, which drew about 500 people. Frenzy has since worked with brands such as Love Your Melon, Raised by Wolves and Off the Hook. Friday marks the first time the app is trying its hand at the U.S. market.
Consumers who want to purchase something will need the app and Apple Pay. They’ll have to follow Frenzy on social media to see the specifics on the drop zone. The sale then unlocks in the app and the shopper’s thumbprint is used to make a purchase.
The exclusivity factor of how Frenzy works — the requirement of being somewhere physically in order to nab a piece of product — lends itself well to fashion streetwear brands, a hot market segment at the moment that’s managed to oftentimes command lines out the door at the

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MILAN – H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB’s Italian workers are rising up against the company. Last month, the Swedish fast-fashion giant revealed the closure of four stores in Italy and has started the formal procedure for the dismissal of 89 employees. For this reason, workers decided to strike on June 10.
According to a statement released by the UILTuCS Lombardia trade union on Thursday, employees will gather and protest in front of the Milanese flagship in central Piazza San Bibila, which is one of the four units planned to be shut down by the company. The other stores are located in Corso Buenos Aires in Milan and in the cities of Cremona and Mestre.
“We find the dismissal absolutely unfair,” said UILTuCS Lombardia general secretary Michele Tamburrelli, underscoring how the company doesn’t have any financial issue motivating the procedure.
In 2016, H&M group’s sales including VAT, converted into Swedish krona, increased 6 percent to 222.87 billion kronor, or $25.5 billion at current exchange. In the first quarter of 2017, the group’s total sales including VAT rose 7 percent to 54.4 billion kronor, or $6.2 billion.
In the statement, the dismissal was defined as a “clear attempt to [hire younger] employees while further increasing the [company’s] profits.” In addition, the note addressed the

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