Who Wears the Clothes? Balancing Brand Image And Customer Reality

Two very different contemporary brands, All Saints and Splendid, have moved onto Robertson Boulevard.

l’Espace Pierre Cardin, was the setting for a gala dinner. Guests included Pierre Cardin, Karl Lagerfeld and Jean Paul Gaultier.

Boucheron, Cartier, Chanel Joaillerie, Chaumet, Christian Dior Joaillerie, and Van Cleef & Arpels present their collections by appointment.

Natalia Vodianova is shaping up as the face of next season.

Politicians ask President Obama to take a more aggressive stance on currency reform.

Keqiao benefits from government programs.

CIT Group receives go-ahead from bankruptcy judge to borrow as much as $500M to operate while in Ch 11. proceedings.

Foot Locker weathers big declines in apparel sales, misses expectations; Dick’s and Hibbett each posted sturdy soft goods revenues.

S&P Retail Index rises 0.9% Monday.

The recession prompted most brands to cut spending, lower prices and design more basic styles, but Urban Outfitters green-lighted the launch of Leifsdottir.

Bottega Veneta’s chief executive officer Marco Bizzarri talks to WWD in his first interview since being appointed in January.

The list of this year’s debutantes reads like a global Who’s Who with Lady Kitty Spencer, Adishree Singh, and Francesca Eastwood set to attend.

As Barack and Michelle Obama prepare for their maiden State Dinner tonight, Washington hostesses are hoping to be on the couple’s A-list.

The six women mostly likely to have Barack and Michelle Obama, or one of their five closest confidantes, to their homes.

Sharon Stone touched down in Tokyo on Friday for the launch of the jewelry collection she designed for Damiani.

He might have sold his fashion label nearly a decade ago, but that’s not stopping Nino Cerruti from pulling up a chair in Miami — literally.

Eileen Fisher, Marc Jacobs, Alber Elbaz and even Kathy Griffin weigh in on dressing customers of different sizes and styles.

Brand unveils its first Burberry Brit and London stores.

Designer Michael Kors is growing his network of life-style stores, and his latest projects range from Munich to Madison Avenue.

Chopard is tapping into one of the season’s highly anticipated movies, the musical “Nine,” for a special collaborative collection.

Hip-hop impresario “Diddy” will be interviewed on HSN to promote I Am King and Unforgivable fragrances.

The day’s top gainers and losers.

The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices.