PARIS — Could Virgil Abloh be a contender to succeed Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy?
According to sources, the French fashion house has held discussions with the American designer behind the Off-White label, who is also Kanye West’s creative director.
Givenchy confirmed to WWD exclusively last week that Tisci has exited the house after a 12-year tenure, in the latest chapter of creative upheaval in the top ranks of international fashion, launching immediate speculation about who could succeed him.
Asked about the Abloh rumors, a spokeswoman for the house said on Monday that it had no comment. Reached on Monday, Abloh also declined to comment on Givenchy specifically, though he reiterated his previously stated aim of eventually taking the reins of a leading luxury house. “My trajectory is to update and provide something new in the fashion industry by way of creating a project and using it as a case study on how to update a luxury house,” he told WWD.
Part of a rising generation of young designers that includes Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga and Vetements and Gosha Rubchinskiy, Abloh designs men’s and women’s collections and has spoken in the past about how he would like to shake up the establishment.
“I have a litany of

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SAPPHIRE SOVEREIGN: Queen Elizabeth II has broken yet another record: Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who turns 91 this year, has become the only one to mark a Sapphire Jubilee. It was 65 years ago that King George VI died and Princess Elizabeth became queen (as all of those watching “The Crown” on Netflix can attest).
To mark the occasion, Buckingham Palace has reissued a portrait of Queen Elizabeth by David Bailey. Shot in 2014, it shows the queen wearing the sapphire jewelry her father gave her in 1947 as a wedding gift. The original photograph was taken in 2014 for the British government’s “Great” campaign, to promote the U.K. globally.

“She has very kind eyes with a mischievous glint,” said Bailey. “I’ve always liked strong women, and she is a very strong woman.”
Princess Elizabeth became queen following the death of her father King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952, and sapphire is the gemstone that marks a 65th anniversary. The necklace dates from the 1850s, and is made with sapphires and diamonds. It has matching drop earrings. The Queen had the necklace adjusted with the large stone turned into a pendant.
While the monarch is not publicly celebrating her sapphire jubilee, events are being

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Valentino has opened a 1,076-square-foot store at Iguatemi São Paulo, the upscale shopping center whose tenants include Chanel, Cartier, Gucci, Prada, Saint Laurent and Ferragamo.
The store, which is Valentino’s first unit in Brazil, represents a concept developed by the brand’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli and British architect David Chipperfield. Valentino operates stores elsewhere in South America in Argentina, Chile and Columbia.
During the Aughts, when a newly minted middle class was shopping with gusto, luxury brands flocked to Brazil. However, the pipeline of high-end names slowed in recent years as the economy softened with high interest rates and rising inflation sapping consumers’ spending power.
A new Brazilian president, Michel Temer, took office in May after his protégé, Dilma Rousseff, was removed following her impeachment. Consumer confidence has improved, albeit from record lows. Brazil’s economy is expected to grow a feeble 0.2 percent this year.
Valentino has been courting Brazilian customers, dressing actress Marina Ruy Barbosa and other celebrities.
With areas for ready-to-wear, accessories and fragrance, the store combines old and new elements into the design. Piccioli and Chipperfield moved away from the traditional store model, using architecture to suggest a palazzo. “This is the idea of a new future that’s not nostalgic, but full of memories,” Piccioli said. “The architecture is designed

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Coach is never one to shy away from a fashion trend. The house will now make the switch to a dual-gender fashion show, WWD has learned.
Coach will move its men’s show from London to New York, and present it in tandem with its women’s collection — following a two-show-a-year model going forward.
Previously, the house staged four shows a year – two each for men and women.
The leather goods house made its first move toward dual-gender shows in December, with its 75th anniversary show. There, Coach presented its fall 2017 collection for men and pre-fall 2017 collection for women.
On Feb. 14, the show will feature fall 2017 women’s ready-to-wear as well as previously “unseen” men’s looks from the same season. Reasons for why these looks were not presented in the original fall 2017 men’s lineup could not be learned.
A Coach spokesperson did note that the forthcoming show will feature a “greater proportion” of women’s looks.
Coach last held a men’s show in London last June, when it unveiled its spring 2017 collection in the English capitol.
Going forward, pre-fall and resort collections will be shown with look books and editor appointments.
Chief executive officer Victor Luis and creative director Stuart Vevers were unavailable for comment.

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It’s still a man’s world — sort of — and for their pre-fall women’s lines, designers drew from the sartorial flair of traditional men’s wear fabrics like Prince of Wales, shepherd checks, tartans, plaids and pinstripes.

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