CHANEL‘S NEW FACE: Riley Keough is the brand new face of Chanel.

The star of the favored Amazon Prime series “Daisy Jones and the Six” has been appointed as a house ambassador and can appear within the French fashion house’s spring 2024 campaign, Chanel said Thursday.

The U.S. actress, director and producer was a guest at creative director Virginie Viard’s show in Paris this week, wearing a swinging cream tweed coat dress accessorized with white two-tone booties and a boxy black quilted handbag. 

Keough has been near the home for the last decade, wearing Chanel to events including the 2017 Golden Globes ceremony and the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. She attended the brand’s cruise 2023 show in Los Angeles in May, in addition to its high fashion display in Paris in July. 

The granddaughter of Elvis Presley is friends with longtime Chanel ambassador Kristen Stewart, after starring together in “The Runaways.” Keough has also appeared in movies including “American Honey” and “Mad Max: Fury Road,” in addition to series “The Girlfriend Experience” and “The Terminal List.”

“She’s one of the best thing in every thing she’s done,” Stewart was quoted as saying in a profile of Keough within the September issue of Vanity Fair. 

“Because she’s not acting. She’s a solid sender. She’s at all times being honest, and that’s a vulnerable place to place yourself. And I don’t mean that to belittle any project, but there are some actors that just can’t do anything uninteresting,” she added.

Keough has been nominated for an Emmy award for her performance in “Daisy Jones and the Six,” for which she also recorded an album, and won the Camera D’Or award on the Cannes Film Festival last yr for “War Pony,” her directorial debut with Gina Gammell. 

She is a cofounder of production company Felix Culpa, which is behind movies and TV series including “Manodrome” and the upcoming “Under the Bridge,” by which she may also star.

Keough joins a roster of faces at Chanel that also includes Margot Robbie, Penélope Cruz, Lily-Rose Depp and Marion Cotillard. 

The luxurious brand supported Sofia Coppola’s recent film “Priscilla,” which tells the story of Priscilla Presley’s relationship with Elvis Presley. Keough was named the only real custodian of Elvis Presley’s historic home, Graceland, and the family shares of Elvis Presley Enterprises following the death in January of her mother Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis and Priscilla’s only child. — JOELLE DIDERICH

DUBAI BOUND: Michael Kors is bringing his spring 2024 runway show to Dubai on Dec. 12.

That is the primary time that Kors will host an entire collection runway show outside of Latest York. The exclusive presentation will probably be shown to about 250 guests including top clients, international press, celebrities and influencers. The precise location will probably be disclosed at a later date.

The show will probably be livestreamed globally on the brand’s social and digital channels, and can feature looks from the spring 2024 Michael Kors Collection, which was shown in September at Domino Park in Brooklyn, in addition to additional looks designed exclusively for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

“I’m looking forward to bringing my collection to Dubai this December,” said Michael Kors. “Since we launched Michael Kors Collection within the region two years ago, there’s been lots of interest surrounding the gathering, and it appears like the right moment to construct on that excitement with a fashion show. On top of that, the energy of town is exhilarating. People in Dubai love luxury, fashion and travel. The proper trifecta,” he said.

Kors has stores in Dubai within the Mall of Emirates and Dubai Mall, and is sold on Ounass, the web destination, within the region.

During his spring 2024 runway show in Latest York, Kors models showed off resort-ready looks that were a throwback to the ’60s and ’70s heyday of Jackie O, Jane Birkin and the designers’s late mother and fashion inspiration, Joan Kors. Chantilly lace and hand-crochet cotton cashmere caftans, fluid goddess dresses and minidresses, low-slung pants and crop tops, some worn with boyfriend jackets, were just about all paired with flat sandals.

Kors’ spring show got here in first place in social engagement during Latest York Fashion Week, based on ListenFirst, the social analytics firm.

Kors has stores in Dubai within the Mall of Emirates and Dubai Mall, and is sold on Ounass, the web destination, within the region.

The Kors Collection has been getting around. Last March, Kors hosted a two-day extravaganza in China that featured a cocktail party, dinner and a live presentation of the spring 2023 collection, however it was only a small presentation, not a full runway show. — LISA LOCKWOOD

‘SUCCESSION’ POWER: TV sells.

When Logan Roy on HBO’s “Succession” called a Burberry bag “ludicrously capacious,” searches spiked.

The identical happened when luggage brand Carl Friedrik was featured on the hit show in addition to “The White Lotus.”

The brand has now launched at Selfridges, expanding its roster of stockists that features Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Matches.

“Selfridges has been on the zenith of the British luxury department store experience for over a century. Being stocked at Selfridges not only validates the excellence and craftsmanship of Carl Friedrik, but additionally offers exposure to a discerning clientele,” said Niklas Oppermann, cofounder of Carl Friedrik, along with his brother Mattis.

“Being featured in ‘Succession’ has opened us as much as an entire recent segment of consumers who share our design and magnificence values,” he added.

The brand’s products have seen 103 percent year-over-year growth as the corporate eyes expansion in North America, its biggest market, in the following six to 12 months.

At Selfridges, the brand has taken up space within the lower ground floor luggage department, situated next to Horizn and Paravel.

Carl Friedrik’s bestselling products are the Palissy Briefcase, retailing for 575 kilos; The Carry-on Pro at 445 kilos; The Check-in at 465 kilos, and the Palissy Weekend at 695 kilos.

The main target for the brand in 2024 is on “recent luggage styles, materials and colours.”

“‘Succession’ was a close-to-perfect fit for us from an aesthetic perspective. We’ve been preaching the values of quiet luxury fashion — high-quality materials, on a regular basis versatility, new-age minimalism etc. — since we launched in 2013, so it was nice to see our brand recognized on the show that actually catapulted the look into the general public consciousness,” said Niklas, reiterating the brand’s minimal and monochrome design ethos. — HIKMAT MOHAMMED

NEW ROLE: Divya Mathur, former chief merchandising officer at Intermix, has a recent gig. She’s been named fashion director on the Revolve Group, the retailer for Millennial and Generation Z consumers. It’s a recent post.

Mathur, who relies in Latest York, reports to Michael Mente, co-chief executive officer and director of the Revolve Group.

Prior to joining Intermix in 2020, Mathur was head of shopping for, women’s apparel at Shopbop for 4 years. Earlier, she held such roles as senior director of world e-commerce, buying and site merchandising for Michael Kors, head of U.S. merchandising for Yoox, and a buyer for Saks.

Revolve, which was founded in 2003, relies in Cerritos, Calif., and offers apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty and residential products from a wide selection of brands. — L.L.

NEXT MILLENNIA: What does Coca-Cola appear like within the yr 3000? Just ask Yoon Ahn of the brand Ambush.

The brands have partnered on a limited-edition collection of T-shirts and accessories that foresees the long run as a part of the carbonated soft drink company’s recent product, Y3000, a flavor made with the assistance of artificial intelligence that’s labeled as “Future Flavored” on the bottle.

Ahn’s part has been to create what that appears like when dressed up.

One option is a white T-shirt with a small iridescent image printed that appears to be disintegrating with the Coca-Cola and Ambush under in black writing — the back of the T-shirt incorporates a large iridescent can tab with the words “Taste the Future” printed in daring letters.

An analogous design is followed within the sequin T-shirt without the daring letters on the back to invoke an AI feeling in real life with the sunshine bouncing around.

“We had a couple of jewelry pieces [at Ambush] that were inspired by cans, canned tabs and located objects, about 5 – 6 years ago, so when it got here to creating this, I just revisited our DNA to tie the knot,” said Ahn in an interview, explaining that’s where the reference for the silver necklace with a Coca-Cola canned tab got here from.

The designer stars in a 30-second video for the drink, where she walks right into a studio in considered one of her own spiky designs and interacts with the Y3000 drink that transports her to a city with AI buildings. 

Ahn’s collection will probably be available starting Oct. 17 on ambushdesign.com and choose Ambush Workshop stores.

The designer is adding the ending touches to her fall 2024 collection due next January.

“I’m not threatened by it [AI] a lot, because it’s only a tool, that you might want to be creative as a prompt person when giving direction to it. In the event you use it right, it may possibly take certain ideas into certain places,” said Ahn, a self-proclaimed futurist. — H.M.

BIGGER POOL: Resortwear brand Oséree, known best for its swimwear made out of paillettes, Lurex, and latex, has dived into lingerie, partywear, and accessories in a flurry of feathers, sparkles and lace.

Jannine Vinci, the label’s cofounder with Isabella Cavallin, explained the expansion was a natural response to customer demand.

“We responded to our clients’ styling. Our ladies wear our swimsuits all yr round, for instance, a one piece with the jeans or a bikini with the blazer on,” she said.

Staying true to its swimwear roots, the brand’s recent collection titled The Flirt, features sheer, body-con lace dresses, tops and skirts; mesh bodysuits and blouses lined with a plumage of feathers, and bedazzled jumpsuits and corsets.

“We take most of our inspiration from the ’70s and ’90s and past eras,” said Vinci.

“The allure and the sensuality of iconic women just like the supermodels Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer and Yasmeen Ghauri,” she added.

Citing their business as a fair split between swim and resortwear, the label’s founders described their best markets because the U.S. and U.K., with stockists including the Webster Hotel in Miami and Harrods in London.

“Our online clients also work thoroughly with us, like Mytheresa and Net-a-porter,” said Cavallin.

The brainchild of Cavallin and Vinci, the label was the results of a friendship the 2 Italian-born designers developed while living round the corner to one another during university.

“Each of us grew up by the ocean. I come from Sicily, for instance, and we spent our childhood in our swimwear. So after our studies and our common passion for the ocean, it was natural for us to start out a business,” said Vinci. — VIOLET GOLDSTONE