Retailers Cautious Over Holiday Outlook

The men’s magazine will hit newsstands on Oct. 3.

For spring, creative director Bruno Frisoni set out to redefine the house of Roger Vivier by looking to the brand’s codes.

Graphic, irreverent, tinged with rock ’n’ roll and spiked with bright color summed up the designer’s spring collection.

Jeff Koons, Paul McCartney and Salma Hayek were among the front-row guests.

McCartney characterized the collection she showed on Monday as one of “understated seduction” — and she delivered the mood beautifully.

The designer revisited a Roman couture aesthetic, working it with a youthful vibe and strong textures.

Fausto Puglisi homed in on archive polka dots and stripes, then roughed them up with his tough romance.

The collection will hit stores next season.

The shapes were Saab standards, given extra sizzle with plunging or scooped necklines, insets of lace or crisscrossed back straps.

Chitose Abe’s spring collection mixed elements of modern athletics, classic couture volumes and bourgeois men’s wear staples into her usual splicing and dicing.

All 10 designers showcased at the three-day event held during Paris Fashion Week are former CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists.

The “New Avengers”-style bobs on every model made the designer’s spring message clear — she was channeling London in the Swinging Sixties.

The Chaumet Hortensia collection, inspired by the hydrangea, is the first floral-themed one for the 233-year-old house.

Strategic investment in product, marketing, digital content and infrastructure dented the bottom line over the past year.

The 32-year-old designer plans to take a leave of absence from the fashion industry due to health reasons, according to a company spokeswoman.

The French brand is to reprise its spring 2014 show on Oct. 29.

As creative director, Zanini is charged with reawakening a sleeping beauty, a brand that is inextricably linked to its founder, Elsa Schiaparelli.

The Web site, saksoff5th.com, is expected in its first year to be the biggest door of Off 5th’s 70-unit brick-and-mortar fleet.

Lenny Kravitz, Salma Hayek and Valérie Trierweiler took in the show.

Hedi Slimane continued his celebration of the rich rock chick, but with the grunge babies rotated out and Eighties party girls rotated in.

Seasonal job gains in retail are expected to “at best match” year-ago hiring for the final three months of 2012.

E-tailer filling out lifestyle offering with new category.

Coinciding with the launch of the brand’s first app, Silk Knots, the temporary store will be open through Oct. 31 at the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle.

The global apparel sourcing paradigm is changing, with Southeast Asia expected to make the biggest gains in new business in the next three to five years.

Negotiating a free-trade agreement is vital to lift Turkey’s exports to the U.S., which have fallen to about $450 million from $2 billion a decade ago.

A McKinsey & Co. survey confirms that decades of apparel sourcing deflation have come to an end and companies will now face a steady increase in costs.

Amid a push to render wool ever more luxurious, raw material prices are likely to rise in the coming months.

The One Model Management owner has assembled some of his favorite shots for a new book, “Poplipps: Plus One,” which starts with a foreword from Courtney Love.

In a regulatory filing with the SEC, the firm said that it now owns 10 million shares, giving it a 3.3 percent stake in the retailer.

The actress will begin her duties as the brand’s latest global ambassadress in January.

The “Iron Chef” alum offers his take on the classic steak house.