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24 Apr

EXCLUSIVE: Laura Ashley Celebrates seventieth Anniversary With Batsheva

EXCLUSIVE: Laura Ashley Celebrates seventieth Anniversary With Batsheva
In 2021, Batsheva Hay and Laura Ashley teamed as much as create their first collaborative ready-to-wear collection crammed with archival, colourful Laura Ashley prints. The partnership was a natural one — Hay’s entire namesake brand originated after wearing a vintage Laura Ashley dress “to threads,” the designer told WWD of her deeply personal connection to the label.  To have fun Laura Ashley’s seventieth anniversary, the duo is releasing their fourth limited-edition Laura Ashley x Batsheva collaborative collection, featuring a Coney Island Beach set and campaign featuring Hay within the playful, girly looks with photographs by her husband, Alexei. “The anniversary felt like a special moment for the prints, and one to actually dig into the very essence of Laura Ashley. All the...
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29 Mar

Tommy Jeans, Aries Celebrates the ’90s and DIY Subculture

Tommy Jeans, Aries Celebrates the ’90s and DIY Subculture
LONDON — It’s Aries season.  The London-based luxury streetwear brand Aries has collaborated with Tommy Hilfiger on a Tommy Jeans collection reimagining all the American brand’s archival pieces in 35 pieces. “Everyone today has loads of collaboration[s]. For me, it’s at all times necessary that a collaboration feels authentic and that I’m actually bringing something to the opposite brand and it’s not nearly logos. You possibly can’t piggyback on another person’s product,” Sofia Prantera, founder and artistic director of Aries, told WWD. The project began two years ago, when Lee Holman, chief design officer at Tommy Hilfiger was discussing who to work with with Prantera, who was not initially within the running, but has built a brand that’s prolific within the zeitgeisty collaboration...
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28 Mar

Saks Celebrates Nili Lotan, Antonio Marras Lands in Rome,

Saks Celebrates Nili Lotan, Antonio Marras Lands in Rome,
NILI’S NIGHT: Ahead of her upcoming twentieth anniversary in business, Nili Lotan partnered with Saks for a celebratory dinner Thursday evening. Held on the fourth floor walk-up Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery, guests like Jacqueline Jablonski, Colin King, Alex Tieghi-Walker, Beverly Nguyen, DeVonn Francis, Anh Duong, Alexander Roth and Saks’ Roopal Patel and Tracy Margolies were treated to a special dinner by former Bon Appetit editor Andy Baraghani. Nili Lotan has been carried by Saks for roughly a 12 months and a half. Andy Baraghani SINNA NASSERI The art gallery venue is in TriBeCa, where Lotan has lived since 2006. “I'm a TriBeCa queen,” the designer said during cocktails. “I live in TriBeCa, my studio is in TriBeCa, my store is in TriBeCa. As a matter...
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13 Feb

Marrisa Wilson’s Fall/Winter ’23 Collection Celebrates The Unity Of

Marrisa Wilson’s Fall/Winter ’23 Collection Celebrates The Unity Of
Marrisa Wilson's Fall The sound of percussion rumbles closer and closer down the runway. The sound of jazz from the live jazz band, Hera, erupts. Following behind the instrumental is opening model Lauren Forge who danced and twirled down the runway. Marrisa Wilson’s titled Rhythemic Fall/Winter ’23 collection represents the cross sections of music, movement, comfort, and individuality. Ahead of the presentation, ESSENCE caught up with Wilson on the importance of those themes in her collection. “I used to be a dancer for many of my life, so I actually have a deep reference to music and movement. I feel concerning the creative means of crafting my collection as choreography. After I can hear the music, it helps me to visualise....
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