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☆ The Gap comeback that might actually be working
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Cathleen Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Designer Zac Posen — now creative director at Gap Inc., at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in March 2024. Danny Moloshok/ReutersSince 2014, the Gap brand has nearly halved its presence in North America, going from 968 stores in the market to 472 as of February. It makes up about 20% of overall Gap Inc. revenue, while Old Navy accounts for more than half. Before Gap, Posen was on track for a similar trajectory to Mizrahi’s. They started by redefining the positioning of each brand: Gap as a pop culture brand.

Persons: CNN — Zac Posen, Richard Dickson, Posen, Donald, Doris Fisher, Mickey Drexler, Drexler, Uniqlo, Zac Posen —, Danny Moloshok, Sonia Syngal, Dickson, Barbie, Troye Sivan, Da’vine Joy, Anne Hathaway, ” Posen, won’t, Zac, Isaac Mizrahi, ”, Gabriella Santaniello, Mizrahi, Zac Born, Saint Ann’s, Lola Schnabel, Julian Schnabel, Lena Dunham, Nicole Miller, Naomi Campbell, Grimm, —, Da'Vine Joy Randolph —, Jamie McCarthy, Yucaipa, Ron Burkle, Sean Combs, Zac Posen, Neiman Marcus —, Zac Posen — that’s, Zac Posen’s, it’s, Paco Rabanne, Patrick Robinson, Ye, Julie Gilhart, Gilhart, ” Dickson, Bernadette Peters, “, Harrison Ball, Ryan Murphy, ’ ”, TJ Maxx, Kennedy, Anne Hathway, Pietro S, Robert, William Fisher, didn’t, Mark Breitbard, Horacio Barbeito, Chris Blakeslee, Goodman, Stephanie Keith, Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s, Sivan, Hathaway, Julia Fox, influencer, Lee Peterson, hasn’t Organizations: The, Fashion, CNN, Old Navy, Inc, New Yorker, Gap Inc, Navy, Banana, Reuters, Mattel, Hollywood, Xcel Brands, QVC, Saint, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Saint Martins, New York Times, Centric Brands, Barneys, New York City Ballet, Swans, Disney, rockstar, Old, America ., Collins Group, Vogue, Bloomberg, Council of Fashion Designers of America, New York, Dôen Locations: Posen, San Francisco Bay, New, Banana Republic, Athleta, San Francisco, Oxford, Zara, North America, Asia, China, Republic, New York City, American, London, Bloomsbury, Balthazar, SoHo, Rome, Italy, New York, America, America . Banana

In a little over a month, they will learn whether they have won of one of the most coveted competitions for emerging designers: The Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund. It provides 10 finalists with access to industry leaders, with mentorship on everything from growing their brands to showing at New York Fashion Week. “The fashion fund is also beyond the tangible mentorship or grant, it’s a visibility play,” the CEO said. “The first fashion fund was the reason we started doing runway shows,” he said. Rogers and past finalist House of Aama will be taking their designs to the CFDA/Vogue Americans in Paris Initiative during Paris Fashion Week.

Persons: —, Proenza Schouler, Thom Browne, Browne, Anna Wintour, Roopal Patel, Steven Kolb, There's, Grace Ling, Ling, ”, Kolb, Sebastien, Marianne Amisial, Sebastien Ami, “, “ It’s, Christopher John Rogers, Michelle Obama, Tracee Ellis Ross, Rogers, Shawn Grain Carter, Michael Kors, ” Jackson Wiederhoeft, prepping, Wiederhoeft, Tommy Hilfiger, Rebecca Henry of House, Aama, she's, what's Organizations: New York, Fashion Designers of America, Vogue, Fund, Saks, American, Pacific Islander, Associated Press, Fashion Institute of Technology, Paris Initiative, Paris Locations: New, U.S, Singapore, ” Louisiana, Bushwick, Soho, Paris, Manhattan, ”

☆ The Man Who Never Says No to Zendaya
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | More About Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last March, Law Roach seemed to be at the peak of his career as a celebrity stylist. He had won the first stylist of the year award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and was working with Zendaya, Celine Dion, Anya Taylor-Joy and Anne Hathaway, among others. Rumors that he had thrown a tantrum because Louis Vuitton wouldn’t seat him next to Zendaya in the front row. On May 6, Mr. Roach is dressing Zendaya, a host of the Met Gala, which he is also attending. And he is plotting a certification course for would-be stylists, which will, essentially, mass-market and formalize his approach.

Persons: Law Roach, Zendaya, Celine Dion, Anya Taylor, Joy, Anne Hathaway, “, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Louis Vuitton, ”, Roach, Julia Fox Organizations: of Fashion Designers of America

As always, Browne’s models did not strut a runway but instead were players in his fantasy, walking deliberately and serenely around a wintry wasteland filled with snow and bare trees. Of nearly 50 looks, everything was in black-and-white — typical of Browne's color discipline — with a little gold at the end. In the second, black birds emblazoned a white coat that itself covered a black jacket and skirt. And there was a rare hint of skin for the label — a sheer black blouse covered with roses and a sheer skirt. Indeed, Coon ended it with frightening screams of “Nevermore!” But for Browne and his audience it was Valentine's Day.

Persons: — Thom Browne, Edgar Allan Poe’s, ”, Janet Jackson, Queen Latifah, Browne, Carrie Coon, Lenore, Ginger, —, Hector —, Coon, Andrew Bolton, tromp Organizations: New York, of Fashion Designers of America, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art Locations: Manhattan, Paris

☆ What Do Beyoncé, ‘Dynasty,’ and Halle Berry Have in Common? His Clothes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Ilana Kaplan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He has had a fashion business in New York since the late 1980s, the same decade that Michael Kors and Donna Karan started their namesake lines. From 1999 to 2018, he showed two collections each year, some on the schedule at New York Fashion Week. But Michael Brown, 66, and his brand, B Michael, are not household names. For most of his career, B Michael has focused on made-to-order pieces — some everyday items, and others for red carpets, galas or photo shoots. He describes his aesthetic as “modern day Audrey Hepburn.” Beyoncé, Halle Berry, Whitney Houston, Diahann Carroll, Lena Horne and the jazz singer Nancy Wilson have all worn B Michael clothes.

Persons: Michael Kors, Donna Karan, Michael Brown, Michael, Audrey Hepburn, ” Beyoncé, Halle Berry, Whitney Houston, Diahann Carroll, Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson Organizations: of Fashion Designers of America, New York, Saks Fifth Locations: New York

☆ The designer of the ‘Bushwick Birkin’ is rewriting the rules of fashion
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

By contrast, even the most expensive Shopping Bags often cost less than $300. Telfar Clemens at the CFDA x Vogue Fashion Fund 'Americans in Paris' event, Paris Fashion Week, France in March 2018. Maker of the ‘Bushwick Birkin’“This Telfar bag imported. The Covid-19 pandemic sent the popularity of the Shopping Bag to new heights — new bag releases announced online sold out in minutes. ‘For everyone’In 2015, Telfar had an unusual partner at New York Fashion Week: fast-food chain White Castle.

Persons: Bella Hadid, Alexandria Ocasio, “ Abbott, they’re, Birkin, ”, Telfar Clemens —, ” Clemens, Clemens, He’s, Telfar, Telfar Clemens, Hagop Kalaidjian, Clemens “, Lois Sakany, Beyoncé, Gonzalo Marroquin, Patrick McMullan, Solange Knowles, David X Prutting, Bushwick Birkin, —, Adrienne Jones, Samia Laaboudi, Edward Berthelot, Chanel, Laticha Brown, ’, Robert F, Kennedy, Babak Radboy, “, It’s, Elliott Jerome Brown Jr, ” Sakany, Sakany, Pratt’s Jones, Radboy, ” Telfar, DiCianno, Jones, ” Jones, it’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Rep, ABC, Brooklyn, tote, Gay Times, Fund, Paris, CNN, Liberian, New York’s Pace University, Breakfast Club, of Fashion Designers of America, Vogue, Guggenheim Museum, ” Pratt Institute, Security, New York, Reuters, Analysts, Bag Security, Fashion Institute of Technology, White, Kennedy Human Rights Liberty, Justice Fund, Old, Fast Locations: New York, Alexandria, Cortez, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Paris, France, New York City, Liberian, Queens, Liberia, United States, USA, . Clemens

☆ See the best red carpet looks from the 2023 CFDA Awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images Hari Nef arrived in hot-off-the-runway JW Anderson. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images Molly Ringwald stepped out in a scarlet red Zac Posen number. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images Jenna Lyons opted for a classic back suit with a fitted waist. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesSerena Williams, who became the first athlete to be honored as a CFDA Fashion Icon, similarly opted for an all-American designer. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesKim Kardashian and Law Roach, meanwhile, broke from the ranks and chose to amplify smaller US designers in two equally eye-catching looks.

Persons: Willy Chavarria, Catherine Holstein —, —, Olsen, Anne Hathaway, Dimitrios Kambouris, Demi Moore, Carolina Herrera sequined, Taylor, Devon Lee Carlson, Jeremy O, Harris, Chloe Sevigny, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hari Nef, Molly Ringwald, Zac Posen, Jenna Lyons, Greta Lee, Emma Chamberlain, Thom Browne, Ashley Graham, Anne, Ralph Lauren’s, jean, Britney Spears, it’s, Ralph Lauren, Vanessa Hudgens, Vera Wang, Anne Hathaway's, Serena Williams, Williams, Thom Browne —, “, ” Williams, Hudgens, Wang, Wang —, Kim Kardashian, Law Roach, Roach Organizations: CNN, of Fashion Designers of America, American Museum of, Getty, Anderson, Housewives, New York, U.S ., York Locations: New York City, New York, Carolina, Los Angeles, Brooklyn

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams will be honored at Monday’s Council of Fashion Designers of America awards for her career and contributions to American fashion. Williams, who retired from tennis last year, is the first athlete to win the CFDA's Fashion Icon award. Adira River Ohanian is the second child — and second daughter — for Williams and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. In 2018, she launched her “S by Serena” clothing line, and in 2019, a jewelry line. ___This story corrects the age of Serena Williams.

Persons: — Serena Williams, Williams, Anne Hathaway, —, Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, Serena ”, Thom Browne, Browne, “ I’ve, Serena, I’ve, Kim Kardashian, Serena Williams Organizations: Monday’s Council of Fashion Designers of America, American Museum of, Amazon Fashion Locations: Manhattan, Olympia

☆ Look of the Week: Kim Kardashian sparkles with new Swarovski x Skims collaboration
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Whether you’re going out or just going to bed, Kim Kardashian wants to make sure you can glisten head-to-toe. The reality star-turned-business mogul’s clothing brand Skims revealed this week a new partnership with jewelry brand Swarovski: A line of shimmering crystal bodysuits, dresses and even underwear launching November 7. Courtesy Swarovski x SkimsThe launch comes at a time when Kardashian is using her label to experiment. Alongside body chains and glittering second-skin dresses, the Swarovski x Skims collection includes embellished flesh-toned jumpsuits and crystal-encrusted briefs. Rabbani and Solimene Photography/WireImage/Getty ImagesAnd while the latest Swarovski collaboration is not quite couture, it is certainly more accessible.

Persons: you’re, Kim Kardashian, ”, Kardashian, Skims, Coco Chanel, Daniel Swarovski, Maison Gripoix, Robert Goossens —, Dior, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Cristóbal, Viktor, Rolf's, Rolf’s, lookers, Maggie Rizer, Rolf, Adam Selman, Rihanna, Rabbani Organizations: CNN, Skims, NBA, Fairchild, Penske Media, of Fashion Designers Locations: New York City

☆ Today, Shapewear. Tomorrow, the World.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | More About Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

and USA Basketball, Kim Kardashian was sitting in her office in Calabasas, Calif., framed by two picture windows that offered views of manicured green lawns, and talking about size. Her long hair was dark brown again, after another brief platinum period, and framed her face as neatly as the view outside. I don’t really start out to do anything not the biggest possible.”This is Kim the mogul. Founded four years ago, the brand went from being valued at $1.6 billion in 2021 to $4 billion last summer. In between, it became the official underwear outfitter of Team U.S.A. for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and won the 2022 Innovation Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Persons: Skims, Kim Kardashian, “, Kim, Kanye, MJ Corey, ” Organizations: USA, Team U.S.A, of Fashion Designers of America Locations: Calabasas , Calif, “, Skims

NEW YORK (AP) — “I always know, because I've lived life long enough, you can change things," Bethann Hardison said at the start of "Invisible Beauty,” a new documentary focused on her more than five decades in fashion. “She has changed the way beauty is defined.”Hardison co-wrote and co-directed the film with Frédéric Tcheng ("Halston," “Dior and I”). TCHENG: I didn't know who Bethann was when I was asked to do a short film when she received the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Founder's Award (2014). She’s really changed the way fashion looks. I think the fashion model might be here to stay, but I have my foot on the clutch, just in case.

Persons: — “, I've, Bethann Hardison, Hardison, ” Tracee Ellis Ross, “, ” Hardison, Frédéric, “ Dior, Frédéric Tcheng, hadn’t, America’s Organizations: Garment District, Girls ' Coalition, Diversity Coalition, of Fashion Designers Locations: “, Versailles, ”, New York, London, Paris, Milan, Brooklyn

☆ Thom Browne on the inspiration behind his first ever couture show
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week and Haute Couture Week. Paris CNN —On Monday evening in Paris, American designer and Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) chairman Thom Browne debuted his first haute couture collection in front of an audience of 2,300. The scene was meticulously staged by Browne’s team, many of whom worked overnight. “I wanted to turn the tables (of a traditional couture show) and make everybody sit on the stage along with the show,” Browne told CNN. “We all want to be respectful to what’s going on here in France and in Paris,” Browne said.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Thom Browne, Browne, ” grinned Browne, Palais Garner, Thom Browne's, Stephen Jaffe, Diane Keaton, Cardi, Anna Wintour, Baz Luhrmann, Pierre Suu, Baz Luhrman, Ayo, “, ” Browne, it’s, ”, Lizzo, I’m, Grey ”, Visage, tortoiseshell brogues, Hector, Corey Tenold, Marc Jacobs, ” It’s, Merzouk, Hedi Slimane, Celine, David Bowie, Browne’s, Bowie Organizations: CNN, Paris Fashion, Couture, Paris CNN, of Fashion Designers of America, Palais Garnier, Browne’s Locations: Paris, Paris , American, Paris ’, British, New York, France, Parisian, Nanterre, “ Couture

☆ Thom Browne debuts Paris haute couture with dramatic show at Opera
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Model Alek Wek presents a creation by designer Thom Browne as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023-2024 collection show at the Opera Garnier in Paris, France, July 3, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierPARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - Thom Browne marked his debut on the Paris haute couture calendar on Monday with a dramatic display of voluminous fashion in the French capital's famous opera house. The curtain lifted at the start of the show to reveal a full theatre -- the red velvet seats and gilded balconies occupied by rows of cardboard cutouts of a man in a grey suit and sunglasses. Some wore headgear in the shape of birds, while others had bandages wrapped around their heads, worn with elaborate grey wigs. The Paris Haute Couture shows run until July 6 and include fashion houses Chanel, Balenciaga and Valentino.

Persons: Thom Browne, Opera Garnier, Sarah Meyssonnier PARIS, Browne, Mj Rodriguez, Chanel, Balenciaga, Valentino, Mimosa Spencer, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Haute Couture, Opera, REUTERS, of Fashion Designers of America, Paris Haute Couture, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, American

☆ New York Fashion Week: social media, economy could influence trends
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Alicia Powell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A model presents a creation from the Michael Kors spring summer 2023 collection during New York Fashion Week in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin OchsNEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Big brands and emerging labels will present their new collections at New York Fashion Week, which kicks off on Friday, seeking to entice trend-followers with their latest creations and perhaps some viral moments. At a time when social media is opening up once-exclusive catwalk shows to fashion followers around the world, brands will be seeking to stand out and create plenty of buzz. Solá-Santiago said she expected to see a Y2K revival and the continued resurgence of nightlife attire as well as designers looking to social media trends for inspiration. “There's a lot of niche TikTok aesthetics that are really emerging like #Cottagecore #Regencycore, #Balletcore," she said.

☆ Meet Thom Browne, the stripe-obsessed designer who took on Adidas and won
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Thom Browne defeated Adidas in court this month over its right to use its four stripe design. Adidas sought roughly $7.8 million in damages — equivalent to the amount Adidas believed it would have earned through a licensing agreement with Thom Browne and profits Thom Browne made off the parallel stripe designs. Fashion Designer Thom Browne arrives at Manhattan Federal Court on January 03, 2023. Thom Browne made $285 million in 2021 revenue compared to $23 billion for Adidas, according to the New York Times report. By then, Thom Browne was dressing sports teams like the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and European soccer club FC Barcelona for pregame appearances.

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