December 29th, 2008 at 12:13pm
By Kilian, the niche perfume line launched last year at Bergdorf Goodman in the U.S. and Printemps in Paris, is revving up plans to expand its business in the U.S.
The first step: to launch in September an eighth scent, details of which are being kept under wraps for now by the brand’s founder, 36-year-old Kilian Hennessy, heir to the Hennessy cognac business.
There are also plans to expand By Kilian’s existing
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December 29th, 2008 at 12:11pm
PARIS — Chanel will lay off 200 employees here on Dec. 31, according to local press reports.
The workers said to be affected have either short-term contracts or are engaged on an interim basis. Workers in Chanel’s Verneuil-en-Halatte, France, location reportedly will be the most affected, while 16 employees in the company’s historic rue Cambon store are also said to be losing their jobs.
A company spokeswoman
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December 24th, 2008 at 12:13pm
HAMBURG, Germany — A bartender pours colorful drinks in martini glasses, while across the aisle, a sales assistant offers chocolate truffles from a glass case. Meanwhile, a roulette wheel spins, workers happily arrange the latest selective scents, and others wait at the service desk to offer advice or wrap gifts. This is duty free? For Gebr. Heinemann, the answer is a resounding yes!
The company has roots in Hamburg since 1879, and
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December 24th, 2008 at 12:11pm
The name Greg Chait might ring a bell for a number of reasons. He’s best known to the fashion flock as a former chief executive officer of the denim label Ksubi. To Los Angeles night owls, he’s an investor in hip hot spots The Dime and Winston’s. Tabloid junkies, meanwhile, may identify him as a rumored past paramour of Mary-Kate Olsen. But now there’s a new reason to become acquainted with Chait, 30, who was born in
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December 23rd, 2008 at 10:12pm
MILAN — Mariella Burani Fashion Group has signed a licensing agreement for the production and worldwide distribution of La Perla’s ready-to-wear collection.
The company had produced rtw in-house for more than a decade.
a Perla is controlled by private equity fund JH Partners LLC, based in San Francisco, which in October acquired the remaining 30 percent stake after buying 70 percent in July 2007, and
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December 23rd, 2008 at 10:10pm
NEW YORK — Like many of his contemporaries, Jason Wu is expanding his horizon in light of the tough economic times.
For fall, Wu is adding The Exclusives, a capsule collection of core silhouettes that stores can personalize to their needs. Wu also is launching a fur line under license with Saga Furs.
The Exclusives collection is composed of eight pieces: three dresses, two jackets, a knitted cardigan, a knitted T-shirt
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December 23rd, 2008 at 12:14pm
Walgreen Co. — the drugstore chain with 6,500-plus doors — will again pull back the reins on new store openings.
The company said Monday it will further reduce its organic (or nonacquisition-related) store openings to between 4 and 4.5 percent in 2010 and between 2.5 and 3 percent in 2011. The planned slowdown comes on the heels of an announcement last July to reduce organic store openings to 5 percent by 2011. The company said
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December 23rd, 2008 at 12:13pm
Liz Lange is back to her old self.
The designer, known best for her line of fashionable maternity clothes, closed the high-end portion of her business about one year ago in order to reassess under new owners, the New York-based Zoomers Inc. At that time, and after 10 years in business, Lange shuttered her three freestanding stores in Manhattan, Greenvale, N.Y., and Beverly Hills. The designer’s mass line, which has been selling exclusively
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December 23rd, 2008 at 12:11pm
Baltimore teen rapper and M.I.A. protg Ryeisha Berrain, aka Rye Rye, takes the right cues from her genre-bending mentor on her debut album, which drops in March.
Had Ryeisha Berrain not left a voice mail for producer DJ Blaqstarr when she was 15, she might never have met M.I.A. nor landed a plum record deal. “My older sister knew Blaqstarr,” said the soft-spoken Berrain, now 18, whose musical moniker comes from her childhood
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December 22nd, 2008 at 12:14pm
MILAN — Prada is promoting its women’s scent, Amber, on the silver screen.
The fragrance is captured in a graphic, animated short film, called “Fallen Shadows,” which doubles as the fragrance’s new advertising campaign being shown in 300 Italian cinemas.
Created by James Lima, Amber’s film advertisement will be screened before and after movies in designated cinemas until Dec. 31. Meanwhile,
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