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22 Dec

Why Latest York Designer Kate Hundley Has Madonna on Repeat

Why Latest York Designer Kate Hundley Has Madonna on Repeat
Kate Hundley appears to be moving into her groove. After shelving her line in 2020 to take a “COVID[-19] break,” the Latest York-based designer resurfaced for resort 2022 with a splashier tackle the Victorian-infused Americana she’s homed in on since her days working for Zac Posen and Ralph Lauren.  While that collection borrowed from Madonna’s blip of a Western glam phase within the early Aughts, the singer’s ability to reinvent herself stylistically saw Hundley plug back in for pre-fall. This time, her ‘80s new-wave sound hit the appropriate note.  Kate Hundley pre-fall 2023. “For me, music is a mood ring for underlying feelings and conflict. Roe vs. Wade was overturned the day after my last presentation, so frankly I used to be feeling somewhat...
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22 Dec

Gianvito Rossi on Milan Store Revamp, Retail Push and

Gianvito Rossi on Milan Store Revamp, Retail Push and
MILAN — Gianvito Rossi’s list of fine intentions for the brand new 12 months is brief and pretty straightforward. “To maintain doing what I like, that is gorgeous shoes, and have customers experience the brand in a way that matches the standard of the product,” he said in an interview held at his newly revamped flagship store here. The primary unit launched by the brand, the 1,400-square-foot location opened in 2008 within the historic Nineteenth-century Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi in town’s golden shopping triangle with an interior concept developed in partnership with Milan-based architect Patricia Urquiola, with whom Rossi teamed again for the refurbishing. In sync with Rossi’s approach to his designs, the revamp was more about an evolution of the previous space...
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