John B. Fairchild passed away Friday morning at the age of 87 after an accomplished career in fashion publishing.
Mr. Fairchild served as the publisher and editor-in-chief of Women’s Wear Daily and was the founding editor of W magazine. His death will likely spark a celebration of his life and accomplishments and drive attention to the publications he impacted throughout his lifetime.
He was feared by generations of fashion designers. However he always was considered as fair and most of them listened to his wise advices.
Fashion icon, Mr. Fairchild became the European
Celebrating a milestone decade of creating fearlessly, Gareth Pugh triumphantly marked the occasion with his return to London, and to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Fashion designer Kate and Laura Mulleavy sisters turned to the beauty of birds and their poetic migration patterns to inspire their romantic yet rock and roll creations.
Last Monday, the favorite designer of the former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Carolina Herrera made waves on the catwalk for a Fall/Winter collection inspired by water.
The Alexandre Vauthier Spring/Summer collection 2015 was a good ready-to-wear show. We liked it and we liked the photos too and God knows how difficult it is to estimate a collection on photos!!!
Luxury fashion eyewear brand, Dita, has opened a new store in New York. The boutique is the brand’s first on the East Coast, and follows openings in Los Angeles and Tokyo. The store is located on 273 Lafayette Street, in the heart of Soho, and measures 900 ft². The interiors were designed by Tag Front architecture studio, who have designed all the Dita boutiques. Luxurious hand-finished interiors are contrasted with bare concrete walls and an exposed ceiling, for an LA-meets-NYC-style.
Since their return to Haute Couture, the designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have presented a pink, plastic and black pebble-esque fabric collection. To add to their list of eccentric couture themes, the duo came up with a blooming flower garden this season. Imagine a gorgeous garden drenched with color from early Spring to the first frost of Autumn. A daydream, you say?
At the Peninsula Hotel we sent the famous fashion blogger Dgena who only reorted onto the designer Bowie Wong’s catwalk this year as she is preparing her A level. Two years ago we met Bowie Wong in Paris thanks to Dimitri, the Manager of the magazine L’Official for UK, Australie and New Zealand.
Founded a year ago by Philippe A. de Vilmorin, Delage is a new brand in luxury Leather Goods and luggage. On the 9th February Delage is opening a new Leather Goods store in Notting Hill in London.
Gucci, owned by French luxury goods group Kering SA , has suited to Court the Italien label Guess and has accused the trademark Guess of selling products such as wallets and belts which copied or mimicked its own designs.
ON AURA TOUT VU loves to distort Haute Couture, fashion and glam. This season, in a spray of sequins and preciosity and magical crystals, the spirit of the designers “On Aura Tout Vu” “re-dress” our daily life, showing us new facets, giving it sparkle, and offering it back to us a shiny precious and rafinated collection.
Immortalised in Botticelli’s Primavera and Poussin ‘s Realm of Flora, the Goddess of Spring is celebrated by Ralph & Russo in a magistic collection that symbolises nature’s regenerative powers. For Spring/Summer 2015, the Ralph & Russo woman is an exultant deity, whose gifts lend themselves to delight.