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3.1 Phillip Lim is making a comeback to the Los Angeles retail scene — its previous L.A. store on Robertson Boulevard closed last year — with a new concept opening in the buzzy downtown L.A. Arts District at the end of April. The 5,000-square-foot store, located at 734 East 3rd Street, will carry the women’s and men’s ready-to-wear and accessories and footwear collections.
The “new concept” part of it isn’t the collections being carried, but rather a residential-meets-gallery-meets studio vibe that has been a retail trend of late. Lim’s store was designed in collaboration with New York-based retail designer Kate McCullough and New York-based architecture firm MR Architecture + Decor to reflect its surroundings and harness the prized L.A. light.

Wen Zhou and Phillip Lim 
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In addition, the store will feature partnerships on non-fashion items designed by like-minded brands including Apparatus, Patrick Parrish Gallery, M. Crow, and Li Inc. It could be an end table, a light fixture or tabletop items, designed or curated with the residential feel of the space in mind.
“This is a concept store where conversations can happen. It’s different from a lifestyle store as the curation is the opposite of ‘everything you need in your life.’ In the times

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ENDLESS SUMMER: Next time Karl Lagerfeld heads down to Saint-Tropez, he will be able to don beachwear bearing his own likeness — even if he generally favors a white suit for his Riviera jaunts.
The Karl Lagerfeld brand has collaborated with French luxury swimwear maker Vilebrequin on a limited-edition capsule collection of eight items that includes men’s and women’s swimwear, beachwear and beach accessories.
The two brands have a common shareholder: G-III Apparel Group. G-III, headed by Morris Goldfarb, owns Vilebrequin and has a 19 percent stake in the Lagerfeld label.
The new line will go on sale in May at select Karl Lagerfeld stores, Vilebrequin stores and on their respective e-commerce sites, with prices ranging from 60 euros to 210 euros, or $65 to $225 at current exchange.
Inspired by iconic Rivieras and coastlines, the pieces come in a vibrant azure shade set off with pops of graphic black and white, and feature Lagerfeld’s instantly recognizable silhouette printed in black in lieu of a logo.
For men, they include a polo shirt and two styles of swim shorts: one fitted with a flat-belt waist, and the other inspired by classic Seventies silhouettes. For women, the offer consists of a bikini, a tunic and swim

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NEW YORK — In what it described as “a new era in design and manufacturing,” Adidas on Thursday officially unveiled its Futurecraft 4-D, performance-oriented footwear with midsoles finessed with light and oxygen-infused technology.
Silicon Valley-based Carbon pioneered the Digital Light Synthesis, which created Adidas Futurecraft’s teethlike-molded midsoles. Through analysis of 17 years of athlete-driven running data, the digital-enhanced footwear wipes out the need for traditional prototyping or moulding in the design process. In doing so, Adidas has developed a different manufacturing scale and athletic performance component, leaving behind 3-D printing.
Eric Liedtke, Adidas Group executive board member responsible for global brands, said, “With Digital Light Synthesis, we venture beyond limitations of the past, unlocking a new era in design and manufacturing. By charting a new course for our industry, we can unleash our creativity — transforming not just what we make but how we make it.”
Carbon’s programmable resin platform is said to enhance technical-oriented features, durability and elastomeric responsiveness. This month, Adidas is releasing 300 hundred pairs of Futurecraft 4-D to friends and family, and 5,000 pairs will be available at retail for fall.
Digital Light Synthesis was created by Carbon blending hardware, software and molecular science. The effort brings together Adidas designers,

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NEW YORK — Barbour Inc., the North American subsidiary of J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. of Great Britain, is reprising its role as Presenting Platinum Sponsor of the 19th annual New York Tartan Day Parade on Saturday.
Barbour is also sponsoring the Barbour Tartan Dog Pack of Scotties and West Highland Terriers, one of the most popular elements of the parade. As platinum sponsor, Barbour is the exclusive outfitter of contemporary clothing, accessories and dog accessories.
“The Tartan Day Parade gives Barbour a great opportunity to creatively showcase its association with tartan, and we look forward to taking part again this year as the Platinum Sponsor for 2017 while still supporting the Scottie and Westie dogs,” said Tom Hooven, general manger, Barbour Inc. North America. “Each season, we design new lifestyle collections for men, women, children and dogs using our exclusive tartans that celebrate our heritage in the British countryside.”
Before the parade, Helen Barbour, vice chairman of J. Barbour and Sons Ltd., South Shields, England, and Hooven will judge the Tartan Dog pack in three categories including Best Scottie, Best West Highland Terrier and Best Overall, and will award prizes to both dogs and their owners. A competition will be held to find up

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MILAN — A strong personal connection, as well as a solid, trusting husband-and-wife relationship, lie behind the arrival of Luke and Lucie Meier at Jil Sander.
In an exclusive interview, the fashion house’s chief executive officer Alessandra Bettari confirmed the appointment of the Meiers as co-creative directors of the brand, succeeding Rodolfo Paglialunga, who exited in March. WWD was the first to report on Jan. 11 that the married couple was expected to be named Jil Sander’s new designers.
They already are making changes: The Meiers will work together on both the men’s and women’s collections and they are embracing the coed show format, starting with the pre-collection.
Luke Meier is the cofounder and designer of men’s label OAMC and he will continue to also design that brand. His wife worked in the design studios of Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton earlier in her career and then headed, along with Serge Ruffieux, the spring and fall ready-to-wear and couture studios, respectively, under Raf Simons at Dior before stepping into the spotlight between the exit of the couturier and the arrival of his successor, Maria Grazia Chiuri. This is the first time the married designers have worked together, however.
WWD sat down with the Meiers and Bettari

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