The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents PUNK: Chaos to Couture. The highly anticipated exhibition, on view from May 9 through August 14, 2013 examines punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the 1970s through its continuing influence today....
Gucci has lost its 4 year legal battle against Guess in Italy. Gucci has hereby lost 7 trademark registrations as the Italian Court ordered the cancellations of 3 Italian trademarks and 4 trademarks covering the European Community. The suit was filed in 2009 in Milan by Gucci against Guess. The...
Acne Studios will be opening a new flagship store in the Eastern Columbia Building in Los Angeles in the Fall of 2013. The store will carry men and women RTW collections as well as denim, bags, accessories and footwear and will also feature a coffee shop from the creators of II caffé. Mikael...
Riccardo Tisci, creative director of Givenchy, has designed ballet costumes for Boléro, an Opera Ballet production by Maurice Ravel running through June 3rd. The debut took place during a performance at Opèra Garnier in Paris on May 2nd. The designs consist of body-con catsuits...
Finish designer Satu Maaranen has been selected as the winner of the Première Vision Grand Jury Prize 2013 in the form of a 15,000 € cash prize. The winner was chosen during the Hyères 28th international Festival of Fashion and Photography by a jury leaded by Felipe Oliveira...
The Woolmark Company announced the global nominees for the International Woolmark Prize 2013/14. Twenty-one nominating bodies from across the world have selected 49 of the most important emerging designers from Asia, Australia, Europe, India andMiddle East and USA. Each nominee will design a...
The new Paris store marks MM6′s first ever European store and second ever store, the first being in New York, since the line was launched in 1997. The 80-square meter store can be found at 22 place du Marché Saint Honoré, Paris. The interior stays true to the Margiela aesthetic...
Ugiaj Milano (uge-eye-me-lahno) is a new line of supersoft, ultralight glasses, the intuitive brainchild of Angelo Piccioli and his young designer assistant, Irene Basili. Made entirely of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), the designer frames are one-hundred-percent non-toxic, non-irritant. EVA is...
Stella McCartney is the new Patron of the fashion talent award “Designer for Tomorrow by Peek & Cloppenburg Duesseldorf”. “I am delighted to offer my active support to up-and-coming talent in the fashion world and am excited about looking through all the submissions and...
In 2013 adidas and Yohji Yamamoto celebrate ten years of Y-3. The communication campaign for Spring/Summer 2013 captures the essence of Y-3, led by photographer and director Pierre Debusschere, it explores the partnership of the opposed - the transmission of ideas from the two worlds of Japan and...
Multi-brand retailer Peek & Cloppenburg started its new e-store called FASHION ID. Online partner Anson's offers at FashionID.de 20.000 products by more than 300 brands. The German Peek & Cloppenburg...
Wave-O is an eco-fashion line launched in 2010 by Ondine De La Feld – architect-designer – who after a long experience in the field of design, decided to create her own label, defined by an ironic cross-vision of contemporary glamour. For Autumn/Winter 2013, WAVE-O adds layers to...
Calvin Klein announced that the label´s Women Creative Director, Francisco Costa has partnered with Ellsworth Kelly for a collaboration combining fashion and art in honor of Mr. Kelly´s 90th birthday on May 31st. Mr. Kelly selected Mr. Costa to recreate and modernize a minimal, color...
Opening Ceremony has opened a new Tokyo flagship store at 6-7-1-B Jingumae on Cat Street in Omotesando. Opening Ceremony has relocated from its Shibuya shop, which originally opened in 2009, to a brand new 1,200 square meter, four floor building, designed to encompass the full range of Opening...
Tommy Hilfiger has appointed Gernot Lenz as Chief Operations Officer for Europe. The role has been newly created within Tommy Hilfiger Europe, and is effective immediately. “We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Gernot Lenz in this new position,” said Daniel Grieder, Chief...
Fornarina presents the new SportGlam F/W 13.14 collection in which it combines trendy details and technology taken from the most advanced sport shoes. The latter come in a range of ultra pop colours and are a revisit of the classic models in a balance between sport and glam. Funlight, a hi-fashion...
Palo Wooden Eyewear creates their sunglasses with fair trade made out of sustainably grown and harvested wood from carefully monitored plantations. No two pairs of Palo wooden sunglasses are alike because each central frame is carved from a single piece of natural hardwood. Each set of frames...
Alessandro Benetton, president of the Benetton Group has launched a book on the story behind the creation of the Playlife brand and store concept. The book´s launch was celebrated with an inauguration event in Rome on the 18th of April 2013 where exclusive copies of the book were hand-signed...
On the 29th of May the luxury lifestyle company Bally will celebrate the 60th anniversary since the first climbing of the Mount Everest during which Sherpa Tenzing Norgay wore Bally Reindeer-Boots. To honor this special day Bally will show an orginal replica of the HIMALAYA Boot which is also an...
Show & Order will take place 2nd till the 4th of July 2013. The new art work that represents the upcoming edition has been released. In addition to strong business partners, new international brands and next generation designers will be present at the upcoming edition. The "Late Night...








