EXCLUSIVE PARTNER: Watches of Switzerland is the exclusive U.S. partner with the Grand Prix D’Horlogerie de Geneve.

“Watches of Switzerland is honored to be chosen because the GPHG’s official organizing partner of the 2022 exhibition,” said David Hurley, deputy chief executive officer of Watches of Switzerland Group. “Once we opened our SoHo flagship 4 years ago, we desired to shift the posh retail established order and got down to create an environment of education and discovery — seeking to grow the appreciation of watchmaking in our market. This partnership and exhibition will give our audience the primary take a look at this yr’s height of watchmaking and brings a deserved highlight to the importance of the U.S. market within the watch industry.” 

Founded in 2001, the GPHG is overseen by the canton and city of Geneva and was created with the aim of highlighting and awarding probably the most remarkable contemporary horological creations. With the intention of promoting the art of watchmaking worldwide, following its annual November award ceremony, often affectionately known as the “Oscars” of the watch industry, the GPHG honors the yr’s winners with an exhibition that in previous years has been held in Dubai, U.A.E.; London, England; Moscow, Russia; Paris, France; Vienna, Austria, and Singapore.

As an element of the first-of-its kind partnership, Watches of Switzerland will host the world’s first exhibition of all 15 category winners from the 2022 GPHG awards. In an effort to proceed to expand and foster the U.S. watch community, Watches of Switzerland’s exhibition will probably be open to the general public from Dec. 2 through Dec. 4 at its SoHo flagship in Recent York. — THOMAS WALLER
 

EDIE’S CHOICE: What does it take to compel Edie Campbell to design a capsule collection?

“I actually like that after I went to the factory in Leicester it smelt like tea and biscuits,” the model told WWD about her recent enterprise with British brand Sunspel.

The opposite factor that convinced her was that the brand designed T-shirts for James Bond while still operating under a sustainable way of manufacturing.

The small collection she designed is made up of a series of pieces inspired by men’s clothing. Campbell was wearing the mustard yellow cable sweater on the Zoom call, which she jokingly admitted that she had worn for 4 days.

“Men have a quite reliable form of uniform, after they placed on something well made it just looks good. I desired to translate that right into a women’s capsule. It takes a little bit little bit of the legwork out of getting dressed,” she said.

Campbell, who turned 30 in September, confessed that “now increasingly I feel settled in how I dress and what I would like to appear to be. The garments that I feel most comfortable in that I accurately express myself are menswear classics.”

Jarvis Cocker, Harry Wormwood (Danny DeVito’s character in “Matilda”) and David Bowie were the muses she looked to when designing the pieces, from the checked double breasted blazer to tweed coat; light knit polos and funnel-neck tops, and tailored trousers.

The gathering was shot by Campbell’s longtime collaborator Alasdair McLellan within the English countryside.

In her own personal life, she reminisced in regards to the cool girl two years above her in class, who she would take styling cues from, akin to wearing shoes with no soles.

Nowadays she’s scouring eBay for a bargain find. “I discovered a few sellers who I’m assuming are factory seconds. This one seller could have every thing from Haider Ackermann to actually great luxury things,” she said.

“I watch a lot trash TV. I’m a sucker for reality TV,” Campbell said, listing her favorites akin to “Married at First Sight,” “Love Island,” “Below the Deck” and “Selling the O.C.”

If she might be on one reality television show, what would it not be? “I’d actually perhaps prefer to be on ‘Selling the O.C.’ or ‘Selling Sunset.’ There’s an English version and I believe I might be doing that,” Campbell said.

For without delay, Campbell will probably be selecting selling Sunspel. — HIKMAT MOHAMMED

KARL’S TEA SET: The Victoria & Albert museum is adding a splash of Karl Lagerfeld panache to its Wedgwood Collection with the acquisition of a rare, Art Deco tea and occasional set that was previously owned by the designer.

The Campanula tea and occasional set was designed by Paul Follot for Wedgwood and purchased from the estate of the designer, a knowledgeable and voracious collector, who died in 2019.

The museum, which also purchased the accompanying set of Follot’s design drawings, said no other examples of the pattern, and even the form, are known to exist.

Catrin Jones, chief curator of V&A Wedgwood Collection, described the Art Deco set as “glamourous” and a “rare and weird” example of Follot’s designs for Wedgwood.

Jones said the set reflects the tastes of Lagerfeld, “who was known for his love of monochrome, in addition to his interest in ceramics.” The set, she said, was probably utilized by the designer, because it shows some signs of damage.

She added that the pieces and the design drawings, “fill a crucial gap within the V&A Wedgwood Collection and are an exquisite example of the Wedgwood company’s tradition of working with revolutionary artists to create their designs and of inspiring tastemakers” akin to Lagerfeld.

Follot, who died in 1941, was a French designer of luxury furniture and ornamental art objects. After World War I he became a director of the Pomona Studios for the Paris department store Le Bon Marché.

He began working with Wedgwood around 1911. The museum said a lot of his designs were very labor-intensive for Wedgwood to supply, so were only made in small quantities and are actually “very rare.”

The V&A added that the Campanula set and design drawings represent “a really significant contribution to the V&A Wedgwood Collection, as only a really small variety of Wedgwood products were made within the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.”

The Campanula design has a scrolling handle and an elaborate, long-fluted finial with a fleur-de-lis at the highest. The hand-painted decoration has black enamel stripes highlighted with a gilded stripe motif. The bottom is gilded with a scroll pattern.

Lagerfeld was a significant fan of the ornamental arts, especially those produced in the course of the 18th century and the Art Deco period. He also had a penchant for twentieth century promoting imagery.

The museum said the set was purchased with the support of the V&A Americas Foundation, the A. Alfred Taubman Foundation, The Friends of the National Libraries, The Decorative Arts Society fortieth Anniversary Fund and Simon Wedgwood. — SAMANTHA CONTI

FRAGRANCE FOLLIES: The perfume bottles are smushed into jelly salads, shoved into underwear and cradled in various nether regions.

It makes for a provocative exhibition at Jean Paul Gaultier’s Paris headquarters, open to the general public for the primary time through Sunday.

Called “Under Your Smell,” the show features the work of 29 second-year photography students on the University of Art and Design Lausanne, also often known as ECAL, who got carte blanche to interpret iconic Jean Paul Gaultier fragrances, including Le Male, first introduced in 1995.

Florence Tétier, creative director for Jean Paul Gaultier fashion, said the creative exercise gave “a really, very recent vision” to the fragrances, with many of the students referencing the way in which the founder “worked across the body and gender fluidity.”

Lots of the 60 images were blown up to just about billboard size on scrims hung within the vast space where Jean Paul Gaultier couture collections are paraded twice a yr. Visitors might have to step back to make out exactly which body part they’re viewing.

Lots of the students played with the bottle top of the Scandal women’s scent, featuring two shapely silver legs poking out. One plopped the cap on a lady’s big toe; one other stuck one limb into an earlobe with a tunnel piercing.

The exhibition was timed to coincide with the twenty fifth edition of Paris Photo, the international photography fair happening on the Grand Palais Éphémère temporary structure plunked near the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

Spanish actress Rossy da Palma, who continuously wears Jean Paul Gaultier on and off screen, is guest of honor of Paris Photo this yr and wore a glance from the brand’s current Cyber Collection to a gap event on Wednesday night in Paris. It winks to a Victor Vasarely print utilized in the founder’s 1995 collection often known as “Les Amazones.” — MILES SOCHA

BUILD YOUR BRAND: Aliza Licht, who wears many hats as a marketer, writer, podcaster and founding father of Leave Your Mark, a multimedia brand and marketing consultancy, has written a second book called “On Brand: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception.” It’s being published by Union Square & Co. and comes out April 18.

The previous voice of the anonymous and once popular Twitter handle, DKNY PR Girl, Licht picks up where she left off in her first book, “Leave Your Mark.” That book, published in 2015, focused on personal brand-building and has been translated into multiple languages. In her recent book, Licht shares personal and skilled advice from her experiences and expert contributors to assist readers discover what their brand is, who they already are, who they wish to be and ensure others see them that way.

“In a world where we communicate nonstop in each obvious and subtle ways, getting your message right and learning market yourself is paramount to success,” Licht said. “This book is for the brand new graduate searching for their first job, the center manager seeking to level up, the chief who desires to turn out to be a thought leader, the entrepreneur constructing from scratch, the one that desires to pivot to a recent profession, the influencer who’s their very own brand — it’s for anyone who desires to affect the way in which people perceive them and feel proud after they hear the words ‘that’s so on brand for you,’” Licht said.

In one other role, she can even be hosting an event on Zoom called “Navigating Layoffs, Pay Transparency and Negotiations,” on Monday from 3 to 4 p.m., and talking with Peter Rahbar, founding father of The Rahbar Group and workplace legal expert.

Earlier in her profession, Licht was senior vp of world communications at The Donna Karan Co., executive brand marketing and communications at Alice + Olivia, and head of social media and brand experiences at Warby Parker. — LISA LOCKWOOD