Kellwood acquires Rebecca Taylor
Kellwood, the company which already owns Baby Phat, Phat Farm, Vince, and Adam has acquired Rebecca Taylor, the eponymous Manhattan-based label co-founded by an expat New Zealander and her business partner Elizabeth Bugdaycay. Taylor came to prominence through the Gen Art Fresh Faces in Fashion show in the late 1990s, and successfully developed her […]
Blogs are good for fashion, as long as we can find them
Above Journalist Simone Werle’s Style Diaries: World Fashion from Berlin to Tokyo uncovers the fashion blogosphere and the personalities behind some of the influential blogs. (Click for Amazon.com, Amazon UK and Amazon Deutschland.) The first time I encountered a fashion blog, I thought it was pretty crap. All its ideals aside, blogging, initially, seemed to […]
Stitch Ministry closes, according to statement
Stitch Ministry, the label founded by Kylee Davis, formerly of Insidious Fix, and Jason Gitmans, has announced that it will close. A statement issued by the company was released this evening, stating, ‘While the relationship has been a successful one, the market has become increasingly tough in the extreme. Reluctantly Kylee and Jason have […]
Ex-Mexicana Airlines flight attendants launch racy calendar
Related story: Ryanair launches 2012 cabin crew calendar It’s becoming a more regular idea now: if you’re a flight attendant and your airline is in trouble, then get your kit off and print a calendar. Weeks after the annual Ryanair calendar—which, this year, was more toned down compared to the 2010 edition—a group of […]
Wellington’s Hobbit party almost overshadows inauguration
I hadn’t planned on a big night. I attended the inauguration of Mayor Celia Wade-Brown in Wellington, New Zealand, and joined her and some of her newly sworn-in councillors at St John’s Bar earlier tonight. But on the way to the latter, we got word that The Hobbit, the troubled Warner Bros. production that had […]
Relaunched Façonnable spawns jeans’ line
Façonnable, founded in the 1950s, is now going after a younger consumer with the launch of the Façonnable Jeans’ Collection. The spring–summer 2011 collection, just announced, marks another stage in the relaunch of the Façonnable brand. In the medium term, Façonnable’s owner plans to open free-standing boutiques, and has appointed ex-VF and Levi Strauss […]
WedgeWelly gets £65k from Dragons’ Den
On last Monday’s Dragons’ Den on BBC Two, retail guru Theo Paphitis invested £65,000 in exchange for 25 per cent of fashion footwear company, the WedgeWelly Family. The company sells what it calls ‘practical yet fashionable wellies for women,’ made with fashion and comfort in mind. The wellingtons have a patented 2½-inch wedge heel, […]
Kiwi entrepreneurs launch Snapr to share mobile photos
[Cross-posted] My friend Edward Talbot (son of fashion designer Helen Talbot), and his friend and business partner Rowan Wernham, launched their Snapr (sna.pr) service today. It’s the ideal way to share geotagged photographs in the 2010s, and I expect these guys to do some great things as Snapr takes off. Snapr was the only […]
Jean Paul Gaultier finishes collaboration with Hermès
Hermès has announced in a press release that Jean Paul Gaultier is working on his final collection for the brand. The spring–summer 2011 collection, unveiling this October, ends a seven-year partnership between Gaultier and the Hermès brand. Hermès, however, remains the main shareholder of the Jean Paul Gaultier fashion house, holding 45 per cent. […]
Tyra Banks has joined IMG, according to a release issued by the company. It is the first of several ‘new partnerships between IMG, Banks and Banks’ business interests.’ Banks had previously been with IMG when starting out in the modelling world. ‘The last time I was with IMG, I was set on taking […]
