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Bridget Foley’s Diary: Tom Ford Says Fashion Will Come Back

The CFDA chair talks spring 2021, partnering with the Brits, virtual fittings, live shows and fashion’s path back from COVID-19 devastation.

May 29, 2020 • Bridget Foley

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Stine Goya on Rethinking Scale — and the Runway

The popular Danish label’s creative director and ceo talk about their decision to skip two fashion week seasons, scale down collections and accelerate the brand’s sustainability commitments.

May 29, 2020 • Natalie Theodosi

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Into the Archives: Stylists’ Personal Collections

The coronavirus lockdown has shown the industry that quality rules over quantity, promoting a greater emphasis on artistry and craftsmanship over simply speed and size.

May 29, 2020 • Luis Campuzano

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Tom FordThe Women's Cancer Research Fund hosts An Unforgettable Evening, Arrivals, Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Feb 2020

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A Common Thread Grant Recipients Named

In response to the coronavirus crisis, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund was redirected to aid companies impacted by the virus. Today, it names 44 grant recipients.

May 28, 2020 • Bridget Foley

Veiled beret, Numéro 157 design, Christian Dior fall–winter 2019 haute couture collection; “handkerchief” veil edged with grosgrain, Insomnia design, spring–summer 2018 haute couture collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri.

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New Book Celebrates Seven Decades of Dior Hats

“We can hide behind and protect ourselves with hats, but they also allow us to reveal ourselves in an instant,” said Maria Grazia Chiuri.

May 28, 2020 • Joelle Diderich

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Get to Know: Ryan Knew

Ryan Taylor talks about his feelings of transparency during quarantine.

May 28, 2020 • Kimberly Infante

A lookbook look from Australian custom tailoring company InStitchu's new women's offer.

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Australian Custom Tailoring Start-up InStitchu Expands Into Women’s Wear

The company anticipates its custom-tailored women’s wear offer could account for 30 to 50 percent of its business within 12 to 18 months.

May 27, 2020 • Patty Huntington

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Totême’s Founders Talk Physical Retail, and the Joy of Slowing Down

The Swedish label has just opened a new space in the Nordiska Kompaniet department store and is plotting new accessories launches for later in the year.

May 26, 2020 • Natalie Theodosi

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5 Brands Launched During the Pandemic

WWD rounds up fashion labels that launched with sustainability, charity in mind as the coronavirus was spreading.

May 26, 2020 • Martino Carrera

The Central Saint Martins graduate is debuting their collection via animations, visuals and Instagram filters and championing gender-fluidity and freedom of expression with larger-than-life silhouettes and drama galore.

May 23, 2020 • Natalie Theodosi

Trina Turk 25th anniversary collection caftan.

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Moore From L.A.: Sunnier Days Ahead for California Swim, Surfwear Brands

The allure of sun and surf is so strong, even if people are California dreamin’ on Instagram, that some designers have actually reported sales lifts during the pandemic.

May 22, 2020 • Booth Moore

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Escapist Fashion

Forced to stay home, even as the weather warms up, consumers are indulging in a little retail therapy by way of swimwear and resort wear.

May 22, 2020 • Kellie Ell

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Social Studies: Week of May 18

A look at what some of fashion’s insiders posted on social media this week.

May 21, 2020 • Emily Mercer and Andrew Shang and Alex Badia and Thomas Waller and Luis Campuzano

Tom FordCFDA Fashion Awards, Arrivals, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA - 03 Jun 2019

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CFDA and BFC Send Reset Message

The American and British fashion organizations encourage slowing down in the wake of COVID-19.

May 21, 2020 • Bridget Foley

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Bridget Foley’s Diary: Donna Goes Off-topic

In a discussion on slower fashion post-coronavirus, Donna Karan also touched on Calvin Klein, Anne Klein and the Queen of England.

May 21, 2020 • Bridget Foley

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André Leon Talley’s new memoir has achieved bestseller status.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ The author’s new memoir has landed on the @nytimes nonfiction hardcover bestseller list in about a week’s time.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ "The Chiffon Trenches” created a firestorm of publicity in recent weeks, primarily due to Talley’s critique of his former boss, Vogue’s Anna Wintour. The book centers on his storied career, but it also addresses other aspects of his life like sexual abuse, weight struggles and ageism. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Talley’s recent interviews with Gayle King on “CBS This Morning” and Tamron Hall on her eponymous talk show surely helped to sell a few books. But Talley said he was still surprised to make the bestseller list in seven days.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ “Thrilled but kind of stunned by the whole thing,” Talley said, adding the accolade has been “somewhat distilled by this whole horror that has happened in Minneapolis [referring to the death of George Floyd and recent riots]. Not just that horror but the horror of Eric Garner, I can’t breathe, Black Lives Matter…I am very concerned with this situation where they are burning down buildings and taking to the streets with COVID-19. A looter was shot dead last night.”⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Here is a photo of Talley at the CFDA Awards Dinner in 1991 from the WWD Archives. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Report: Rosemary Feitelberg⁣⁣⁣⁣ 📸: Jim Lorelli ⁣ ⁣ —⁣ #wwdfashion⁣ #andreleontalley ⁣ #thechiffontrenches ⁣ #nytimes ⁣ #bestseller
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@Sephora has revamped its Beauty Insider loyalty program to include cash rewards. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ While the program’s May 29 start date will coincide with continued coronavirus-related social-distancing guidelines, Allegra Stanley Krishnan, vice president and general manager of loyalty at Sephora, said planning began pre-pandemic.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Beauty Insider Cash — the program with the cash rewards — is something Sephora shoppers “have been asking for from us for years,” she added.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Sephora will also be having points-multiplier events, which will allow customers to earn either two, three or four points per dollar spent, depending on what tier of the Beauty Insider program they fall into. Rouge members, who spend at least $1,000 a year with the retailer, will see the most points during the events, Krishnan said. Sephora will also have points-for-discounts events and charitable giving options.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Report: @_a_collins
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A new book celebrates seven decades of @Dior hats. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Maria Grazia Chiuri has rarely met a hat she didn’t like. In fact, one of the signatures of the designer’s tenure at Dior is her habit of showing headgear with almost every women’s look — in the process giving the category a robust sales boost.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The book features creations from all the house’s artistic directors, from Christian Dior himself through to Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons and now Chiuri, who has revived the veiled beret as a marker of French chic.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “Fashion is not just about clothes, far from it. Fashion is about building an identity, and this happens through clothes but also with accessories that can become a recognizable sign, a signature,” Chiuri told WWD.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The Rizzoli book, which comes out on June 3, was originally designed to coincide with an exhibition on the same theme at the Christian Dior Museum in Granville, Normandy, also under the artistic direction of Stephen Jones. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “Chapeaux Dior! The Art of the Hat from Christian Dior to Stephen Jones” was scheduled to run from April 25 to Nov. 1, but has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Report: @jdiderich⁣ ⁣ —⁣ #wwdfashion ⁣ #dior ⁣ #hats ⁣ #mariagraziachiuri ⁣ #stephenjones ⁣
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The @CFDA and @voguemagazine Fashion Fund's A Common Thread has named 44 grant recipients.⁣ ⁣ Prabal Gurung, Rodarte’s Mulleavy sisters, Emily Adams Bode, LaQuan Smith, and Telfar Clemens were among those awarded in the first-round selections. ⁣ ⁣ “The goal was to help companies that are viable and have the chance to ride everything out,” said CFDA chairman Tom Ford in an interview with WWD. “A key factor was, is this a viable business, is this a brand or a retailer that warrants support? As sad as it is, it doesn’t make sense to support businesses that are ultimately going to fail. The money is there to try to help people who have viable businesses.”⁣ ⁣ But not all recipients are fashion brands. Fine jewelers Anna Sheffield and Gorga Fehren (Eva Fehren) received grants, as did Ahlem Eyewear and Gigi Burris Millinery.⁣ ⁣ “There is no perfect way to do it,” Ford observed of the selection process, noting the considerable “heartache’” involved in the various elimination rounds.⁣ ⁣ Not surprisingly, committee members found those who submitted the most thorough proposals the most impressive candidates. “Some people gave us very detailed business plans, and those plans were given more weight than those from people who wrote two or three lines that seemed less organized – ‘I need to pay my rent.’”⁣ ⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣ ⁣ Report: Bridget Foley
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Copenhagen Fashion Week will go ahead in August. ⁣ ⁣ The event will happen on August 9 and run through August 12, a week later than originally scheduled.⁣ ⁣ “We’re fortunate that the Danish society is opening up much more quickly than expected, making it possible for us to hold Copenhagen Fashion Week very close to the originally scheduled dates. All of our activities will of course be set up to meet applicable regulatory requirements,” said Cecilie Thorsmark, chief executive officer of Copenhagen Fashion Week.⁣ ⁣ Tap the link in bio for more. ⁣ ⁣ Report: @natalietheodosi