Each Thursday we share with you a round up of the best fashion news of the week you need to know. Whether you want to work at a fashion company, or launching your own brand, is important to stay updated on the industry.
Supreme founder James Jebbia sat down with Business of Fashion to discuss the brand’s battle with Supreme Italia, the company that globally touts counterfeit Supreme. In the interview, Jebbia refers to the people behind Supreme Italia as “complete imposters and impersonators.” He also adds that “the idea of legal fakes is a complete farce.” Towards the end of the conversation, Jebbia outlines the measures the New York brand is taking to combat counterfeiters. “We are doing every single thing that we can to stop [these counterfeit companies] and I think that we are going to prevail.” Supreme teamed up with Jean Paul Gaultier for its latest designer collaboration. The inspiration for the collection comes from Gaultier’s iconic costumes for Madonna’s “Blond Ambition” tour. The resulting range is big on bold tailoring and exaggerated shoulders for women and features faux fur coats in blue and red check for men. Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon stars in the campaign, which was shot by Collier Schorr. Supreme x Jean Paul Gaultier hits Supreme stores worldwide and online on April 11.
On Tuesday, Céline Dion was named the newest addition to L’Oréal Paris’s family of ambassadors making her debut for the brand in an Excellence Hair Color ad.
Last week, Fenty Beauty rolled out its new line of summer launches, including the highly anticipated Sun
As beauty customers shift their dollars from makeup to skin care, facial brushes are hitting saturation, forcing brush makers to get creative. Sephora stepped up its brush game by releasing a line of charcoal- and collagen-infused brushes targeted at customers interested in skin care. Meanwhile, other brands have capitalized on online beauty trends by working to reduce the time they take to get products to the market.
Roberto Cavalli has closed all of its brick-and-mortar U.S. stores and is preparing to liquidate its North American operations. According to a Cavalli spokesperson, Art Fashion Corp. will file for liquidation bankruptcy this week and all e-commerce operations are temporarily suspended until logistics are rerouted via European operations. These changes have resulted in the exit of a number of high-profile corporate executives, most notably U.S. CEO Salvatore Tramuto.
Louis Vuitton to Stage Cruise Show on May 8 at JFK Airport’s TWA Flight Center. The brand will be the first to stage an event in the restored building before it opens to the public. The location is perfect as it’s inherently linked to Louis Vuitton’s art of travel.
Tommy Hilfiger opens its bar in Milan in Guglielmo Oberdan square.
Michael Kors will no longer serve as a director or executive officer of Capri Holdings, but he will remain an honorary chairman and continue to serve as the chief creative officer of his namesake label. “The board of directors will focus on the growth and development of each of these three unique luxury houses. Michael Kors is our largest and most profitable brand in the group,” said John Idol, chairman
The New York City Council is in the early stages of presenting a bill that would ban the sale of fur apparel following in the footsteps of such West Coast cities as San Francisco and Los Angeles. Last week the proposal was presented during a New York City Council meeting and it has since moved to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing for further discussion.
If you’re in Milan starting from today Apr 4th to May 26th (open 8 pm-11.30 pm) you can visit the “THE UNEXPECTED SUBJECT. 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy” at the FM Center for Contemporary Art, the exhibition curated by Marco Scotini Director of NABA Department of Visual Arts and Raffaella Perna at FM Center for Contemporary Art presents. “The Unexpected Subject. 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy” proposing for the first time a wide-ranging investigation and a precise reconstruction of the relationship between visual arts and
According to the H&M 2018 Sustainability Report, in 2018 the sustainable and recycled materials the brand used reached 57 %, an increase of 35% compared to the previous year. Another two years at this rate would bring the quota to 100%. Instead, the use of organic cotton has already been 95%, showing that the group is in the pipeline to reach the 100% target by next year. They also shared they will use 100% recycled or sustainable packaging by 2030
Confindustria Moda, the Italian federation made up of around 67,000 companies in fashion, textiles
Kardashian West collaborated with German sunglasses brand Carolina
