Yesterday

the British Guardian posted its web page an article denying Karl Lagerfeld’s retirement from Chanel house.

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says Chanel representative to Relaxnews “KL is Chanel’s creative director and has a long-term contract that is by no means reassessed.” “His sucession is not on the agenda.”

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first signs of Lagerfeld’s leave Chanel house was rumoured in the last summer. Then among fashion circles was rambling a rumour about talks of Lanvin’s creative director Alber Elbaz with Chanel to replace Karl Lagerfeld.

Today the news on Galliano’s return to the London Fashion Week has aired. Indeed the head of Dior house will be in London Fashion Week in the next September.  The reason of his return to London is an honorary chairmanship of Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden.

 

Concerning to his new role he says: "I am hoping we find a rebel genius. I will work for someone who reminds me of me when I was starting out - someone original, unique, who has their own style and handwriting and isn't afraid to try something new."

 

Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden was launched in 2004 under the creative direction of fashion historian, Colin McDowell, and global sports, media and entertainment company IMG as a nationwide search to discover, nurture and sustain cutting edge design talent across the UK, with the Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden event taking place during London Fashion Week in September.Before this position was handled by Donatella Versace.

Today the editor of Italian’s bilingual Vogue Franca Sozzani has published a piece titled “A Thought about Italian Fashion”.  

The piece begins with the importance of fashion sector. Focusing to Italy’s fashion landscape she says: “Fashion is surely fun and dream, but is also a huge business that, especially in Italy, involves plenty of people.”

Further the editor touches Italian style. Based on great designers and labels of Italy and their omnipresence character she says: “There is no other country in the world with a higher concentration of brands like Italy.”

What about recent fashion shows of Milan she stated: “The quality of fashion shows in Milan this season has been, on the whole, excellent, and in any case superior to New York, London and Paris. This is not a personal statement but the opinion of many international buyers.”

At the end of article she refers to International Herald Tribune fashion journalist Suzy Menkes.

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For some, fashion is a challenge, a game that is won based on an ability to translate the latest trends, mix and match the right pieces and accessorize like the world’s top fashion directors. Starting Monday, March 8, Macy’s will give the fashion savvy and the style-challenged a chance to put it together with the launch of Macy’s Fashion Director, an online site at www.macys.com/fashiondirector that will guide consumers through the hottest Spring trends and help them put together outfits for any occasion. Using the online tools provided, Macy’s invites customers to pull together the perfect outfit for daily fashion challenge scenarios. Each day, completed entries will be voted on by the general public and the look with the most votes will be awarded a $500 Macy’s gift card prize. One $500 Macy’s gift card will be awarded each day*.

“Macy’s Fashion Director gives our customers the unique opportunity to create their own fashion story”

To end its mournful sadness the PPR is rising to re-vivify the McQueen label. According to the flash news of Daily Telegraph web-page the label's future is going to the hands of  fashion's Sunderland-born designer Gareth Pugh. 
It seems that the head of PPR  Francois-Henri Pinault want to see other British man as successor of British "Bad Boy".

The sameness of McQueen and Gareth Pugh is their theatricality. Style.com describes Pugh as the "latest addition to a long tradition of fashion-as-performance-art that stretches back through Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and Vivienne Westwood to the eighties club culture of Leigh Bowery." Probably the boosters of Pugh such as  Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga and American Vogue editor Anna Wintour will ardently lobby for Pugh's new chair.    

Aquascutum's long-time designers Michael Herz and Graeme Fidler are leaving the brand. Up to now they acted as chief designers of women's and men's wear collections of the Aquascutum.

Their cooperative work at Aquascutum began in 2000 and 2002, respectively. During the LFW 2010-11 Michael Herz label's women's wear designer showed her last collection under Aquascutum.

"They've had a great time at the brand, but they want to move on, and we fully understand that," said Earl, Aquascutum's chief executive. "We wish them well, and the situation is amicable," she told WWD.

On April 1-7, 2010, Russian Fashion Week, the biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe, is celebrating its 20th
season/10 years in Moscow's Congress-Hall of World Trade Center, turning the Russian capital into the world's hottest fashion destination for this period.

The day before the Milan's Triennale began to exhibit style secrets of Hollywood star Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo. The organizers of exhibition are Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. and Garbo's great-nephew, Craig Reisfeld. 

For the public display the organizers are offering actress' film clips, photos, screen costumes from the movies such as "Inspiration" and "Queen Christina." The other part of display named "Everyday Elegance" includes Garbo's collection of dresses, camel coats, hats, gloves, raincoats and scarves. Also there are actress' inexpensive shirts and trousers sewn in Hollywood by Watson. Among these items were her Louis Vuitton suitcases, design pieces by Givenchy, Pucci and New York couturier Valentina. These carefully preserved items by the Reisfeld family never been displayed before.

Italian shoemaker Ferragoma crafted his first shoes for Garbo in Hollywood in 1927. In the bio of Ferragamo he reconts Garo when she told him, ‘I don’t have any shoes. And I want to walk.’ “In five sessions I created for her a series of low-heeled, closed-toe styles,” he recalled. “ … as she paced the floor of the salon in the first pair she smiled at me as she smiled in “Ninotchka” … altogether she ordered seventy pairs.”  

The duration of expo at Triennale will last untill May. Further the exhibition venue will move to the Ferragamo Museum, Palazzo Spini Feroni, in Florence.   

Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) announced that it will add the Mini Boden children's wear collection to 57 additional stores as well its online store beginning mid-February. The fashion specialty retailer is the first store in the United States to carry the British children's clothing brand known for its bright colors and fun sense of style. Nordstrom launched the line exclusively in seven markets in fall 2009.

Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) and Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. (NYSE:KCP) announced today that they will launch a new, exclusive collection of men’s sportswear in fall 2010. Under their strategic alliance agreement, Macy’s will be the sole department store retailer of the new Kenneth Cole REACTION men’s sportswear line within the United States and its territories.

“Macy’s is one of America’s most iconic retailers and has consistently been one of our most important partners. Together we have experienced great traction in various categories under the REACTION brand, and we believe that men’s sportswear is the perfect opportunity to continue to develop our business and our partnership.”

The next presence of French fashion house Lanvin in the last days of February at the West Coast in Las Vegas was his first men's wear collection boutique. Luxury haven Crystals at City Center was as micro-level features of Lanvin's boutique. Prior to this boutique the Lanvin opened his first US store in Bal Harbour, Fla in December.

This Lanvin's Las Vegas store is third-largest retail in the globe, after men's Paris boutique and the Ginza flagship in Japanese capital. The Las Vegas men's wear store's assortments also include brand's Blanche collection, women' s RTW, accessories and Lanvin's 120th anniversary capsules. The external design of Lanvin's Las Vegas boutique is floor-to-ceiling glass facade, interior design is a floor made of parquetry, shaped walls and chandeliers of antique form. The shoots of Lanvin's collection decorates the wall frame the entrance to Vip salon.  

      

The Italian suit maker Ermenegildo Zegna jointly with MIlanese fashion  school Istituto Marangoni is offering master's degree course in men's wear.
The duration of course is eight month and it will start in October. The teaching of course will handle by representatives of  Ermenegildo Zegna and Marangoni staff. They will teach students such subjects as basics of men's garments, creation retail, marketing, product management and logistics.
As stated Benedetta Zegna, the company's talent manager to WWD: "Zegna has always been convinced of the importance of training young talent, believing this type of teaching should not only be theory based, but also [based] on significant practical experience."

The French luxury firm’s going to penetrate its luxury influence by the new online magazine Newness. This just formed new online magazine has simple and minimalist design and features daily multimedia stories. As expected the content will contain art, fashion, design, architecture and it will be created and guided by an international team of contributors and editors. "Nowness is a brand of the luxury group LVMH, but the content is editorially independent." LVMH stated.