KORS’ CHOICE: Michael Kors has revealed the Watch Hunger Stop 2022 campaign in aid of the United Nations World Food Programme, featuring Olivia Culpo and several other global influencers toting two special-edition styles designed in partnership with artist Bonny Guo, also often known as NYSometimes.

Up to now, Kors has featured such celebrity partners as Kate Hudson, Halle Berry and Lupita Nyong’o. This 12 months’s annual campaign invited influencers including Lady Amelia Spencer, Lady Eliza Spencer, and Culpo to function ambassadors for Watch Hunger Stop.

Also featured are Matilde Gioli of Italy, Ki Eun-Se in South Korea, and Gao Yuanyuan, Fei Weng and Zhang Xiaochen of China.

Culpo was filmed on the Santa Monica Pier together with her nephew supporting the cause.

Entitled “Love Makes the World Go Round,” this 12 months’s social-media campaign taps into friends of the brand from across the globe to assist amplify the partnership’s mission to finish world hunger and spread the message that “Food Is Love.”

Kors collaborated with NYSometimes, a multimedia artist with a background in chemical engineering who lives and works between China and the U.S., to create the Watch Hunger Stop 2022 styles: a black Love tote for $98 and a canvas Food Is Love pouch for $58. NYSometimes created the design for the pieces, putting their graffiti-inspired spin on the longtime tag line. All profits from the sale of the tote and pouch go to WFP.

A special filter called “Share Your Heart” incorporates a heart logo that users can add to their post to affix the community. Each post using the “Share Your Heart” filter triggers a donation of the worth of fifty meals to WFP. The filter may be found on the @michaelkors Instagram profile within the filters tab.

Since 2013, Michael Kors’ Watch Hunger Stop campaign has focused on helping WFP provide school meals to children in food-insecure regions of the world. Watch Hunger Stop reached the milestone of delivering 29 million school meals through WFP’s school meals program this 12 months.

The Love tote and Food Is Love pouch can be found online and in select Michael Kors Lifestyle stores. Throughout the month of October, Kors customers could make a donation to WFP at select Kors stores or they will donate at WatchHungerStop.com. — LISA LOCKWOOD

ON THE MOVE: Rimowa is the newest luxury brand to launch a design prize, with the inaugural competition difficult university students at German schools to handle the subject of mobility.

Prized for its grooved aluminium roller suitcases, the Cologne-based company said students are “encouraged to freely interpret the theme by creating designs that each consider mobility’s global impact and acknowledge Rimowa’s tenets of resilience, excellence and quality.”

The winners might be chosen by an authority jury, and revealed in April, with the grand-prize recipient pocketing 20,000 euros, the runner-up 10,000 euros and three others offered 5,000 euros. Finalists may also profit from a mentorship program spearheaded by considered one of the jurors.

The jury consists of Rimowa chairman Alexandre Arnault and chief executive officer Hugues Bonnet-Masimber; Manuel Goller, founder and inventive director of Recent Tendency; interior and furniture designer Gesa Hansen; Mateo Kries, director of the Vitra Design Museum; industrial designer Julia Läufer of Läufer & Keichel; creative director Mike Meiré, and Julius Wiedemann, chief curator at online platform Domestika.

Rimowa noted that the annual prize may also offer participants various networking opportunities, working spaces and other support to bring projects to life.

“It’s increasingly vital for us to support and nurture the following generation who might be shaping the longer term legacy of German design,” commented Bonnet-Masimbert, noting that the scholars would also tackle “global issues that may affect the way in which the world navigates design in the longer term.”

Among the many 15 participating universities are the State Academy of Positive Arts in Stuttgart, Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Muthesius Academy of Art in Kiel and Deggendorf Institute of Technology.

Rimowa is controlled by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, sponsor of an annual prize for young fashion designers. Loewe, also a part of the French luxury group, spearheads an annual craft prize. — MILES SOCHA

ON THE MARK: Positive jeweler Alison Lou, known for its cheeky designs and engagement rings for celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Emily Ratajkowski, has opened a latest boutique.

The label, founded in 2012 by Alison Chemla, has opened with a jewel box-sized store at 994B Madison Avenue, which is a component of the Mark Hotel.

The 490-square-foot space houses all of Alison Lou’s collections, and has a special earring bar so shoppers can easily style their lobes with the brand’s colourful studs and hoop earring charms. Ear piercers will routinely hold events onsite as a courtesy to more adventurous clientele.

The shop also includes an area dedicated to customizable pieces that may be ordered in a wide selection of punchy enamel colours.

Chemla previously operated a store for 3 years at 20 East 69 Street, which closed just before the pandemic. She decided that it was time to open a latest space as a strategy to rejoice the label’s first decade in business.

“I had my eye on the storefront for years, so it was a dream come true when it became available. I can’t consider a greater strategy to rejoice our 10-year anniversary this November,” she said.

“I desired to get into retail again after the pandemic because individuals are getting really enthusiastic about shopping in person. Jewelry is a bigger purchase so people waning to see it and check out it on was vital,” Chemla added.

It helps that the shop’s location helps give the brand a built-in clientele. “I like the realm, the black-and-white awning is ideal for our brand. It’s one of the vital condensed spots on the Upper East Side, individuals who live to tell the tale the Upper East Side are at all times walking around and it’s amazing for tourists to find the brand,” the designer said. — MISTY WHITE SIDELL

AT THE SAVOY: Gucci has arrange shop inside London’s famed luxury hotel, The Savoy.

The brand has taken over the Savoy Tea Shop on the bottom floor for 3 months, which normally sells tea and cake.

The short residency is a celebration of Gucci’s travel offerings, including trunks, trolleys, duffel bags, suitcases, garment bags, travel sets, stationery and pet accessories.

Ryan Gosling recently appeared in Gucci Valigeria’s campaign shot by photographer Glen Luchford. He joins the brand’s high-profile celebrity portfolio that features Harry Styles, Florence Welch and Jared Leto.

Within the early twentieth century, Guccio Gucci worked as a luggage porter at The Savoy. His observations of guests coming out and in with their exquisite luggage is what inspired him to start out an artisanal luggage atelier in 1921. 

The brand has since expanded into the world of accessories, ready-to-wear and cosmetics, in addition to becoming synonymous with modern-day elegance.

In 2021, the hotel collaborated with Gucci on the transformation of the Royal Suite, featuring pieces from the Gucci Décor line: wallpaper with the brand’s double G logo; monogrammed cushions; scented candles, and more.

The Savoy has at all times been on the forefront of modernity, because it was considered one of the primary hotels within the U.K. to have electric elevators, en-suite bathrooms, and to be lit by electricity. — HIKMAT MOHAMMED

RIDING A WAVE: Lee, the denim and apparel brand, has launched its 2022 campaign under the LeeOriginals platform. Shot once more by Mark Seliger, the campaign was styled by costume designer and stylist Arianne Phillips and is ready to a latest song by Nashville songwriter Sam Tinnesz titled “Recent Wave.”

“This campaign embraces those moments where denim and self-expression merge,” Seliger said. “Casting was vital. I wanted multifaceted individuals who could also be well-known but feel very familiar and real. We created a storyline for every character and gave them the space to place their stamp on the film and incorporated their personalities through the use of a few of their very own personal items. The result showcases that as they wear Lee, they continue to be true to themselves and original.”

Lee, owned by Kontoor Brands, launched the LeeOriginals equity campaign last 12 months. It also partnered with influencers to boost the brand’s awareness, and sponsored the Bonnaroo music festival in June.

Brigid Stevens, vice chairman, global brand marketing at Lee, said, “We love an ideal story and this season’s solid of Originals has loads of tales to inform. Tai Verdes began working at a cell phone retailer and now could be acting on stages across the nation; Yuka Mannami was discovered as a model while working as a nurse and now walks runways across the globe. These are only a few examples of how our solid has carved their very own path and done the unexpected.”

Along with Verdes and Mannami, the campaign features actor Deakon Bluman, body positivity model and singer Natalie Nootenboom, dancer Vinson Fraley, artist Mell and activist and snowboarder Cherokee Jack.

The digital component of the campaign launched on TikTok, Meta and Snapchat in addition to streaming video via OTT, and on YouTube and Twitch. A curated out-of-home campaign will goal specific neighborhoods in Recent York City, in addition to select locations in Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia. — L.L.