Ken Downing said it feels exhilarating to be named chief creative officer of Triple Five. ⁣ ⁣ The Neiman Marcus veteran is joining American Dream president Don Ghermezian to help envision the shopping platform of the future. ⁣ ⁣ American Dream aims to offer something for everyone. From luxury stores to the largest fully enclosed indoor water park from DreamWorks, it will be a destination for consumers of every age.⁣ ⁣ Report: Sharon Edelson . . . . . #wwdfashion #kendowning #americandream

Pharrell Williams is making his debut as co-designer of a capsule collection for Chanel. In behind-the-scenes footage shared exclusively with WWD, the multihyphenate explained the process that brought him together with the late Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel’s creative director for 36 years, starting with their sneaker launch at the now-defunct Paris concept store Colette in 2017. ⁣ ⁣ @pharrell’s colorful collection — think sweatshirts with embroidered graffiti, terry-cloth bucket hats and oodles of rhinestone jewelry — is set to bow exclusively on Thursday at the opening of @chanelofficial’s first flagship boutique in Seoul. Link in bio for more. ⁣ ⁣ Report: @jdiderich⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #wwdfashion⁣ #chanel⁣ #pharrell

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From Polly Pocket earrings to pastel hair clips, millennials are soothing themselves with childlike fashions. ⁣ ⁣ Mimi Wade’s collaborative collection with Polly Pocket sold out in under one week.⁣ ⁣ Report: Misty White Sidell . . . . . . #wwdfashion #polypocket #mimiwade

John Nollet, the man behind celebrity hair like Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, and Johnny Depp's dreadlocks in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, spoke to us about how he got his dream job the power of beauty. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We caught up with Nollet at “The Secret Garden of Elsa Schiaparelli” held at Bergdorf Goodman‘s fourth-floor butterfly-festooned Schiaparelli boutique, where he launched a collection of hair accessories inspired by Schiaparelli’s favorite themes — bugs, butterflies and shooting stars — and house codes such as padlocks.⁣ ⁣ Report: Sharon Edelson . . . . . . . #wwdbeauty #johnnollet #nicolekidman #umathurman #elsaschiaparelli

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After 28 years at Neiman Marcus, Ken Downing is moving on. Downing, one of the most colorful and visible figures in the fashion industry has been somewhat of an institution at Neiman’s as svp and fashion director. Downing’s last day at the Dallas-based retailer will be March 29, writes David Moin. #wwdnews

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Plan on seeing @usmovie this weekend? The new Jordan Peele thriller, which has a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes, will definitely leave you thinking — just like it did with its star Winston Duke. “I think that’s where this movie lives: It’s warping the mundane and warping normality, and that’s what I felt when I was watching the movie. I walked outside and colors felt different; I looked up and the sky felt a little green,” Duke told WWD’s @ktauer, describing his reaction to his first screening of the completed movie. “This film really does a great job of interrogating our culture and interrogating the mundane. Flipping it. So your reflection, your look-alike, what would that be for you? How do you warp that, how do you turn that into something disturbing and in many ways grotesque. And once you hold those two images beside each other, you have to choose which is the grotesque image and which feels right. I think it puts the audience in a place of making really deep decisions.” 📷: @jgreenery Styled by @thealexbadia . . . . . #wwdeye #winstonduke #usmovie

Is L.A. the future of the American runway? The signs that the industry could finally consider having an organized fashion week or series of runway events in Los Angeles are there. Hollywood hero Tom Ford being named chairman of the CFDA, Rodarte’s recent flower-filled L.A. runway spectacular, and the flagging momentum of New York Fashion Week have some industry insiders looking to the West Coast for the future. The idea is especially compelling now that the next Oscars date — Feb. 9, 2020 — will overlap with New York Fashion Week’s fall 2020 season, and sponsorship opportunities for shows in New York are becoming harder to find. “The talent is here,” said Elyse Walker, the longtime L.A. retailer with luxury multilabel boutiques in the Pacific Palisades and Newport Beach, and the fashion director of online site Fwrd by Elyse Walker. “And everyone wants to be in L.A. or come to L.A. I think, if you build it they will come.” More on WWD.com Report: @boothmoore 📷: @chelsealaurenla . . . . . . . #wwdnews #lafashion #rodarte