Edited by Lester Brathwaite
In lieu of a traditional runway presentation, Prabal Gurung is going digital. For his latest collaboration with ICB, Gurung is turning to digitalfashionshows.com, an initiative by superstar PR firm KCD and branding agency King & Partners that has the potential to revolutionize the business of fashion shows.
Edited by Nicole Vardo
After experiencing last night’s 92Y “Fashion Icons” talk with Fern Mallis and Donna Karen, it’s time to finally up the ante on the new Donna Karen Spring 2012 ad campaign that will be featured this March. The editorial inspired by Haiti and modeled by one of the world’s most beautiful women, Adriana Lima. “I have never used her before, and I am totally in love with her. She shows the heart and soul of Haiti,” Karan told WWD of Lima. Click through the images and see a side of Adriana Lima that you’ve never seen before.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
After a busy year of redefining and reinventing herself, Carine Rotifeld doesn’t seem to be slowing down in 2012. The former French Vogue editrix recently finished a stint as guest editor for VMAN, where she used “real people” — because as we all know models aren’t actually people — in the spring fashion issue’s editorials. Said “real people” were a combination of celebrities, chefs, mechanics, architects and a fireman; however for the bonus pin-up calendar, Rotifeld turned to her stable of models, including Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
The British are coming! The British are coming! One If By Land, Two If By Sea in the West Village last night housed Stella McCartney fête to her Pre-Fall 2012 collection; a British Invasion of grown up English prep school. Stella is celebrating 10 years of business, and her mates Liv Tyler and Naomi Watts were there to raise a glass.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
While the Republicans scramble to choose a nominee from their clown car of potential candidates, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have already laid down the groundwork for their 2012 campaign. The Obama-Biden ticket has recently partnered with 22 fashion designers for Runway to Win, an initiative to create T-shirts, tote bags, scarves and wristlets benefiting the Obama Victory Fund. And the driving force behind it is none other than Vogue‘s very own iron lady, Anna Wintour.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Black Friday — that ugliest and most desperate of shopping days, in which consumers buck all self-respect and dignity while elbowing each other about the face and throat to secure the lowest price on a crock pot — is once again upon us. Analysts are predicting this to be the blackest Black Friday in history, with sales for the first time reaching $20 billion. With dollar signs in their eyes, retailers are planning to be as accommodating as possible to separate you from your hard-earned money before the turkey even gets a chance to settle in your colon. Happy Holidays!
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Valentino Garavani might be retired and just shy of 1,000 years old, but he and longtime partner Giancarlo Giammetti are still very much with the times. To wit, the duo has conceived the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum, a downloadable desktop application that archives 50 years of the designer’s work — officially launching December 5.
Edited by McArthur Joseph
WWD is giving you a front row seat to see Tory Burch in action with our first-ever-WWD live stream from the WWD CEO Summit.
