MOVIE DRESSES: A new exhibition in Rome is spotlighting the city’s long-standing tradition of the “sartorie di costume,” or costume atelier and the relationship between the film and fashion industries. Rome with its Cinecittà studios is considered Italy’s capital of…
Read MoreItalian Emerging Brands Find Opportunities in Affordable Luxury
MILAN — Affordable luxury seems to be the most appealing market segment for emerging Italian brands. Instead of prioritizing creative fantasies and indulging in expensive fabrics and treatments, up-and-coming designers are trying to find a balance between aesthetics, quality and…
Read MoreForging Through ‘the Chaos of Life’ Together
Because marriage is an ever-evolving experience, we constantly shift, change and, in some cases, start over. In It’s No Secret, couples share thoughts about commitment and tell us what they have learned, revealing their secret to making it work. (Answers…
Read MoreKallmeyer RTW Spring 2021
Galleries Collection Daniella Kallmeyer wasn’t planning on designing a spring collection. After reopening her Orchard Street namesake shop post-quarantine lockdown, the designer thought it would likely be best to focus energy on restocking styles that answer to the community. But…
Read MoreKiko Kostadinov x Asics
Kiko Kostadinov’s women’s wear designers, Laura and Deanna Fanning, are expanding the brand’s eccentric ethos in their third and final installment of their collaboration with Asics. The release of the Gel Teserakt is an embodiment of what the brand already…
Read MoreFondazione Prada Kicks Off Three-Year Project on Neuroscience
PRADA-BRAINIACS: It eventually happened: As teased by Miuccia Prada ahead of her fall 2020 fashion show in February, Fondazione Prada is mounting a three-year program of exhibitions, conferences, talks and editorial activities dedicated to neuroscience. Called “Human Brains,” the multidisciplinary…
Read MoreMoon Choi RTW Spring 2021
Galleries Collection Moon Choi’s collections are often personal narratives reflecting aspects of human connection in subtle ways through refined and polished tailoring that plays with movement and the interaction with the body. For spring, Choi continued that journey, developing looks…
Read MoreStreaming Service Quibi Shutting Down
That was quick. Short-form streaming service Quibi — named after a mashup of “quick bites” — is shuttering after six months on the market, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The report reveals that Quibi founder Jeffrey…
Read MoreBaja East RTW Spring 2021
For Baja East, a brand synonymous with cozy cashmere hoodies and sweats worn by Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Hailey Bieber and others, doing COVID-19-era, at-home chic is a no-brainer. But figuring out how to do business in a pandemic is…
Read MoreHilfiger Hosts Charity Auction for T-Shirts Digitally Created Using 3-D Design Tools
Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp., is hosting a charity auction for 24 T-shirts digitally created by friends of the brand using innovative 3-D design tools. All proceeds are being donated to the World Wildlife Fund’s water stewardship…
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