Retailers Get Scientific With Lab Initiatives

When the label opens its New York flagship at 72 Wooster Street this fall, Milk Bar will have a shop-in-shop of sorts.

The brand plans to unveil an airplane sculpture made entirely from items in its Panama accessories collection.

In his new role, Quintero will directly oversee Movado’s marketing and international expansion efforts.

Art types and Hamptons scenesters filed into the museum for the annual event, this year honoring Maren Otto and Katharina Otto-Bernstein.

The outgoing Fédération president was one of several fashion industry officials promoted in the annual list.

Often referred to as a “nail guru,” the renowned manicurist was in town promoting her nail lacquer line to retailers and editors.

The ads will break internationally in the September issues of titles including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and Vanity Fair.

The writer died Sunday at the age of 90 in South Africa.

The country is unwinding its massive stockpiles of cotton and readying to implement direct-farmer subsidies.

The promise of Africa as a viable production venue is beginning to bear fruit, according to experts at the Cape Town trade fair.

The channel, which will cost under $10 a month, will include workouts from six celebrity trainers, in addition to other health content.

The promotion was due to the fact that Sulzberger took the lead on penning the paper’s innovation report, which laid out the digital strategy for the company.

Attendees at the 21st edition found underutilized Chinese factories actively seeking deals from even smaller, developing brands.

The longtime men’s wear merchant has returned to the company as vice president and divisional merchandise manager of men’s sportswear.

The new app lets people snap a photo, do an image search for a fashion item and buy it through a couple of clicks.

As the actress readies to launch a new fashion app, she talks with WWD about cool apps, looks she’d like to steal and oversharing on social media.

From Dior’s mannish frock coats to Giambattista Valli’s beachy Fifties looks, some designers took a dressed-down approach to the season.

Not content to be relegated to just a tech item, the fitness tracker is getting a dose of fashion.

Chip Bergh has answered back to anyone who believes he’s taken the slogan of the Levi brand’s new advertising campaign, “Live in Levi’s,” a bit too literally.

The Italian fashion group has tapped the actress to front its fall and spring campaigns.

The store at Valley Fair in Santa Clara, Calif., is the brand’s first in northern California.

Companies from Nordstrom to Wal-Mart have opened up “labs” to actively grow the next generation of savvy brands from online roots.

Oldham has been named senior vice president and general merchandise manager of beauty, fragrance, lingerie and swimwear.

Donna Karan has created a 40-piece capsule Hamptons collection called “The Journey” for her Urban Zen stores.

The high-street fashion brand will open this winter in Tokyo’s Aoyama shopping district.

Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters are focusing on the conceptual development of a collection, building upon the students’ experience of summering in Provence.

The six-piece collection will launch with the retailer in late October.