Author: Jessica Kwon
The stylist and fashion editor Melanie Ward has died following a battle with cancer. The news was shared on Ward’s official Instagram account on Wednesday.The London-born Ward is perhaps best known for ushering in the grunge movement of the early 1990s alongside photographers David Sims and Corinne Day, helping to catapult brands like Calvin Klein and Jil Sander to fame. She moved to the US in 1995 to join Harper’s Bazaar as senior fashion editor, a role she held for fourteen years. She served as a consultant for Karl Lagerfeld from roughly 2005 to 2006, and design collaborator and muse…
Alta, the AI personal styling and shopping tool announced on Thursday a new partnership with Poshmark. Through the team-up, users will be able to discover and style Poshmark finds with the apparel they already own that’s loaded into the app, a la the “Clueless” virtual closet. It will start with preowned luxury handbags from the likes of Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Gucci. Purchases will be conducted through Poshmark. The partnership marks the secondhand marketplace e-tailer’s first team-up with an AI application. “We have a strong conviction that AI is going to influence how marketplaces connect buyers and sellers, which may…
The Paris-based PR agency Radical PR opened an office in New York on Monday, Sept. 1. The new location marks the company’s first foray outside of Europe.Since its founding in 2017, Radical PR has lent its services to brands including Carhartt WIP, Asics, Telfar and design studio Paulin Paulin Paulin. The company opened an office in Milan last September.“Our presence in these three major cities — Paris, Milan and New York — is a testament to our dedication and our conviction that true relevance comes from being locally rooted,” co-founders Paul Lavel and Danesh Domingo said in a statement.Why Indie…
Oushq, the New York-based e-tailer founded by “Real Housewives of New York City” star and former fashion publicist Jessel Taank, is relaunching in January in partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America.With the relaunch, Oushq will pivot from focusing its assortment on traditional South Asian occasion wear to casual, contemporary offerings by South Asian and Middle Eastern designers, like Dhruv Kapoor and Faraz Manan. As part of its partnership with the CFDA — which marks the organisation’s first time backing a programme featuring talent in the Global South — a yet-to-be-announced member designer of the CFDA will collaborate…
Esquire is set to launch a French imprint. Slated to debut in spring 2026 digitally and as a quarterly print publication, Esquire France will focus on fashion, sport and lifestyle. The magazine will target audiences not just in France, but also the Francophone nations of Monaco and St. Barth. Bruno Danto, the former editor in chief of Vogue Hommes, will serve as editorial director.Esquire France, the publication’s 25th international edition, will be published by Danto’s newly formed company Kerroc Media, with support from Hearst Magazines International. Kerroc Media will be responsible for content creation, advertising and event production. Youri Djorkaeff,…
Supermodel Taylor Hill is getting into the jewellery business.Stone Fruit, her new line of demi-fine jewellery featuring vintage-inspired bangles, earrings, chunky rings and necklaces, launches this month and is a joint venture with her sister (and fellow model) Mackinley Hill, who will serve as the brand’s design director. Naturally, the collection features several homages to the Hill family: Stones in the Harvest Signet Ring, for instance, appear in trios as a nod to the co-founders’ third sister, influencer Logan Rae Hill. Plus, Stone Fruit’s overall aesthetic is influenced by Taylor and Mackinley’s grandmother, who had an affinity for chunky statement…
Elias Medini shot to viral fame in June when he turned a cosy bar in Paris into an impromptu Dior fashion show watch party that drew nearly 300 people. Now, the fashion commentator and content creator — better known online as Lyas — is taking the concept global, staging a whirlwind tour of mostly unsanctioned fashion week viewings.The first events will take place at a pub in London, then a bar in Milan — and for his native Paris, he’ll host an eight-day festival at La Caserne, a former fire station-turned-hub for emerging fashion talent that can house a thousand…
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