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4 Oct

Louise Trotter’s Carven Debut, Loewe’s Look, and The Row’s

PARIS — It was a Paris Fashion Week of emotional highs, goodbyes and decisive debuts. All of it played out against the backdrop of the still-strong trend of “quite luxury,” which was pushed ever so subtly into the background with the growing spectacle of celebrity-driven shows and front rows. The departures of Gabriella Hearst from Chloé and Sarah Burton from Alexander McQueen were especially notable as they were two of the only a few women to move up large fashion houses. “The changing of the guard and farewells to each…were bittersweet moments throughout the week. The exiting leadership from two visionary female designers can be deeply missed,” noted Jodi Kahn, vp of luxury fashion at Neiman Marcus. Louise Trotter’s debut collection at...
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23 Sep

Karoline Vitto prepares to interrupt the mould in Milan

With only a few weeks to go before her first solo show in Milan tomorrow, London-based, Brazilian-born designer Karoline Vitto is facing some sleepless nights. She has reached one of the vital difficult parts of the lead-up to her show: model castings. It's because Vitto’s eponymous label, founded in 2020, covers UK sizes 8 to twenty-eight and the designer is set to showcase many of the range on the runway, versus sticking to at least one sample size, normally a UK6 or 8, as most brands do. “Possibly you will have an array of samples in UK14, 20 and 18, but you don’t find the proper model and so suddenly you will have to regulate the dress, recast the model or...
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20 Jul

Oddity Shares Surge 35 Percent in Its Stock Market

In an indication that the IPO market might be warming up, Oddity, the parent company of Il Makiage and SpoiledChild, has gone public, with investors diving into the stock. Shares in the corporate, which is trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker “ODD,” closed up 35 percent, or $12.53, to $47.54, valuing the corporate at about $2.7 billion. On Tuesday Oddity revealed that it had priced its IPO at $35 a share, above expectations. Originally it had targeted ranges of $27 to $30 and on Monday said it was targeting $32 to $35. In an interview, the corporate’s global chief financial officer Lindsay Drucker Mann put its success right down to its digital prowess. “We’ve unlocked online,” she said. “You have got...
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11 Jul

Ulla Johnson Makes Home Debut With Cabana, Net-a-porter

MILAN — Ulla Johnson’s signature bohemian chic patterns have made their solution to the summer tablescape, with an exclusive capsule made in partnership with Cabana. Net-a-porter told WWD on Tuesday that it's the exclusive online retail partner for the brand’s first home décor collection, which shall be unveiled along with launch of an exclusive Ulla Johnson high summer ’23 cross-category collection, developed in collaboration with the e-tailer.  Along with Cabana, the worldwide lifestyle brand that features a biannual print magazine and a homeware line, Casa Cabana, Ulla Johnson envisaged a tableware assortment of tablecloths, plates, hand-embroidered placemats and napkins, in addition to Murano water glasses, culminating in a pouf printed in hibiscus florals from the Ulla Johnson pre-fall 2023 season.  Ulla Johnson x Cabana...
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