October 10th, 2008 at 10:13pm
Balenciaga, one of the most influential names in fashion, is back in beauty.
The design house has signed a deal with Coty Inc.’s Coty Prestige division to create, develop and distribute fragrance lines under the Balenciaga nameplate. The first fragrance is tentatively slated for a spring 2010 launch.
The agreement will be unveiled today.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, with Balenciaga’s
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October 10th, 2008 at 10:12pm
As the brand celebrates its 30th anniversary, Polo Ralph Lauren hopes its classic men’s fragrance will attract a new generation of users with Polo Modern Reserve, a scent designed to give an alternative to existing consumers while grooming their sons.
“We wanted to celebrate the timelessness, heritage and legacy of the brand,” said Guillaume de Lesquen, president, worldwide, of the Ralph Lauren Fragrances Division of L’Oral.
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October 9th, 2008 at 10:14pm
PARIS — Swiss flavors and fragrance supplier Givaudan posted third-quarter sales that were down 4.2 percent to 1.05 billion Swiss francs, or $984.8 million at average exchange.
For the first nine months of 2008, the firm generated sales of 3.15 billion Swiss francs, or $2.98 billion at average exchange for the period, representing a 1.4 percent increase in Swiss francs and a 9.8 percent hike in local currencies.
On a pro
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October 9th, 2008 at 10:13pm
As their husbands paced the stage at Nashville’s Belmont University Tuesday evening, Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama took the opportunity to show their true — or rather, patriotic — colors. McCain wore a royal blue suit, and Obama, a paneled cranberry red Narciso Rodriguez dress (curiously, the sparkly green ribbon pins at the neck said “Christmas” more than “campaign countdown”). Both women also stuck close
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October 9th, 2008 at 10:11pm
NEW YORK — “The yoga room was not so Zen.”
Peter Som’s assessment of the lively CFDA party at Elie and Rory Tahari’s SoHo home Tuesday night couldn’t have been more spot-on. Over the course of the night, many of the guests crowded the Taharis’ rooftop yoga room and the adjoining terrace, including Leighton Meester, Phillip Lim, Richard Chai, Martha Stewart and Nicole Miller.
With the
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October 8th, 2008 at 10:11pm
MILAN — Sergio Rossi has a new creative director, Francesco Russo, who will show his first collection for the brand for fall 2009.
Russo’s appointment confirms a report in WWD Sept. 25.
The designer will be in charge of women’s and men’s footwear, handbags and accessories, thus controlling all creative aspects of the brand. His predecessor, Edmundo Castillo, was in charge of only women’s footwear
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:13pm
Los Angeles Fashion Week, which gets under way Thursday, will showcase young designers who look back and look ahead, evoking Old Hollywood, making their clothes with a sense of environmental fragility, and more.
MAXINE DILLON
Maxine Dillon, who will show her third collection as part of Gen Art’s Fresh Faces in Fashion event on Friday, was an intern for Gen Art alumnae Alicia Lawhon when she was a student, but it was working
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:12pm
When “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” bowed at Los Angeles’ Roxy Theater on March 22, 1974, the hit British play (starring Tim Curry, who reprised his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 film version) wasn’t the only Euro import that caused a fuss. Guests to the Stateside premiere included Mick and Bianca Jagger, Roman Polanski and John Lennon, who arrived with a young Asian woman who was decidedly not Yoko Ono. The femme
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October 7th, 2008 at 10:13pm
Cosmetic Executive Women held its annual Achiever Awards Friday, honoring the professional achievements of four women in the beauty industry.
This year’s honorees were Cristina Carlino, executive chairman and founder of Philosophy; Jane Hertzmark Hudis, president of the BeautyBank division and the Origins and Ojon brands at the Este Lauder Cos. Inc.; Betsy Olum, senior vice president of marketing for Sephora, and Cheryl Vitali, formerly
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October 7th, 2008 at 10:11pm
PARIS – Rochas is making a fashion comeback.
Two years after brand owner Proctor & Gamble shuttered the money-losing ready-to-wear house, it has signed a global licensing agreement with Italy’s Gibo SpA to manufacture and distribute Rochas ready-to-wear.
The first collection is to be readied for March 2009. P&G will continue to market Rochas fragrances.
The most recent Rochas designer was Olivier Theyskens,
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