Ashley Bean
Published
5 months agoon
By
ironity
After years of discussing the prospect, Kleinfeld and Zales have joined forces to unveil a collection of lab-made diamond engagement rings and wedding bands.
Both parties marked the union with a launch party inspired by the Roaring Twenties at the wedding gown retailer’s New York flagship Wednesday night. Staying true to the theme, the white Rolls-Royce Phantom III car parked in front of the Kleinfeld store on West 20th Street was prime for photo ops.
Inside the store, the mood was equally festive as the New York Belles sang and played music, while bartenders served up cucumber gimlets. Many guests dressed for the occasion wearing flapper dresses, sequined headdresses and button-holed shoes. Kleinfeld co-owner Mara Urshel abided by the dress code and mingled with guests. “After all we’ve been through in the past few years, having a Roaring Twenties party seems like a fun idea,” she said. “It was a natural extension for bridal.”
The 15-piece Zales collaboration — a first for both companies — features lab-grown diamond jewelry that was inspired by wedding gowns. Engagement rings, necklaces and other jewelry will be offered in 200 Zales stores. An engagement ring that is just shy of 4 carats retails for nearly $9,000. A 7-carat lab-made diamond retails for $120,000. The union was talked about for years, before both companies finalized the deal, said Urshel. The retailer’s chief executive officer Ronnie Rothstein was also in the mix at the event.
Kleinfeld has been seeing success with trunk shows — a recent three-day trunk show for Pnina Tornai rang up more than $500,000 in sales. A three-day one for Anne Barge is expected to drum up about $250,000, according to Urshel. That will be followed by another trunk show for Martina Liana hosted by head designer Martine Harris, who is flying in from Europe for the event.
Ashley Bean
In other bridal-related news, the equality-minded wedding publication Love Inc. launched its first nationally distributed print issue earlier this week through 40 major retailers in North America. The wedding-centric publication was started about a decade ago by Brittny Drye. In a cover story, Brooke Eden discussed being gay in the conservative country music scene, as well as her nuptials. This season’s Love Inc. print edition is offered in more than 40 major retailers in North America.
Along with information about style, planning, inspiration, registry, destinations and post-wedding alteration, the debut issue highlights how to make weddings inclusive for all guests and how to break old-school wedding rules. There is also intel about gender-inclusive beauty brands and hotel-inspired home decor products that are suitable for wedding registries. And the October issue spotlights eight LGBTQ weddings, including a celebrity destination wedding in Mexico, among others.
Georgia May Jagger Helps Brora Celebrate 30th Anniversary
Fear of God Sets First Fashion Show for April 19
The Rocket Man at Selfridges
Dior Ruled Fashion Month, Launchmetrics Data Shows
Kate Middleton’s Alexander McQueen Blazer, Priced at 1,945 Pounds, Is for Business
A Sustainable Sequel: Tommy Hilfiger and Shawn Mendes Meet in London
Published
6 hours agoon
March 22, 2023By
ironity
In an industry that is all about tomorrow, Brora is marking its 30th anniversary with a future spin.
The cashmere specialist’s founder and creative director Victoria Stapleton peered into the archives to select a favorite style from each year based on her preferences, as well as those of consumers and the company’s design team. Rather than reissue originals or let loose replicas, she reimagined the standouts for a 2023 collection.
For example, Brora’s 2012 silk cotton waterfall dress has been updated by featuring the print in cobalt and fuchsia versus its original pastel hues. Another retooling can be seen in the brand’s signature cotton and jersey wave knit, which dates back to the ’90s. It has been refreshed in a mohair version. The idea is to illustrate how changing the cut and color of a well-loved garment can transform its look and feel, a company spokeswoman said.
To relay a more of-the-moment image, Brora enlisted Georgia May Jagger to model the heritage collection. (She is 31, but close enough.) Like the clothes that she wears, the fair-haired model’s mother Jerry Hall is a loyal Brora customer. Hall has received Brora gifts each year from her mother and has subsequently returned the favor.
The model wears the reimagined “Waterfall” dress.
While the Brora team knew that Hall was a customer, they didn’t learn that Jagger was one too until the shoot. The Brora spokeswoman explained, “Georgia said that when she was old enough, she took such pleasure in being able to afford to repay her mother’s kindness and buy her mother Brora items, too,” adding that she spoke of wanting to emulate her mother’s style as a child.
Her latest modeling gig is a first for both parties. Jagger also recently appeared in Burberry’s latest campaign.
Brora has a reputation for its quality, with more than 50 processes needed to make a cashmere sweater, including several steps that require the human touch. Big on natural fibers, the company offers a good amount of its styles in Scottish cashmere, organic cotton, wool and linen. Brora is committed to working with craftspeople and artisans to create designs that are meant to last over time, while preserving traditional skills.
The retail prices for the 30-piece anniversary collection range from 79 pounds for a pair of cashmere wrist warmers to 449 pounds for a cashmere cardigan. There are also non-knitted options like an embroidered skirt, a silk star printed skirt and a cross-weave linen dress. The assortment is available online and can be found in the company’s nine freestanding stores including London ones on Sloane Square and on Marylebone High Street. It is also being sold in Brora’s boutiques in Bath, Edinburgh and New York’s Madison Avenue.
Published
8 hours agoon
March 22, 2023By
ironity
Fear of God designer Jerry Lorenzo will hold his first fashion show April 19.
The venue will be The Hollywood Bowl, the famed outdoor music venue which last year celebrated its 100th anniversary. The landmark has hosted concerts by Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton and many more, but has only once hosted a fashion show.
That was in 1993 when Calvin Klein staged a runway show with 350 models, 4,750 guests and a charity angle: the event raised $1 million for AIDS Project Los Angeles.
No other details were available about Lorenzo’s plans, or if the show will be open to the paying public as Klein’s was.
The luxury label founded in 2013 has been on an upward trajectory the past few months. On March 8, Alfred Chang, PacSun’s co-chief executive officer for 17 years, joined Fear of God as chief executive offcer. “Bringing on board the right CEO to further build the organization, culture and resources was critical at this stage of the brand’s trajectory,” Lorenzo said.
In February, the brand took its first steps into retail with a pop-up shop opened in Hyundai Trade Center in Seoul. And in January, Fear of God introduced a buzzy collaboration with Birkenstock, a slide called the Los Feliz after the L.A. neighborhood.
Lorenzo follows his own fashion calendar, and introduced his last collection, titled “Eternal,” in April 2022. That lineup included precision-cut cashmere-wool Chesterfield coats, double-breasted “California” blazers with notch lapels, and tricot ones with light shoulder padding. His zip-front Harrington jackets, loose-pleated trousers and suede espadrilles had a bit of an 1980s “Miami Vice” throwback jam. “I still watch it all the time,” he said of the TV show.
There were also sweats, bombers, polos and other wardrobing elements in soothing gradations of concrete, gray-olive, charcoal and black, that fit together like pieces in a Tetris game, as he described it.
“It’s allowing the person to enter the room before the clothes,” he said. “But when you pay attention to what they have on it’s, oh, that’s beautiful.”
LONDON — Selfridges Corner Shop is turning into an Elton John world.
The space is an homage to the British singer, who kicks off his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” U.K. tour on Thursday.
The Corner Shop features pieces from John’s archive, including a Nudie Cohn rhinestone suit and archival prints of the singer-songwriter onstage from his previous world tours.
The shop will be selling tour merchandise; eyewear from John’s eyewear brand, and Christopher Kane’s More Joy line, which has produced an exclusive collection of More Elton pieces.
Elton John at the Corner Shop.
TIM CHARLES
Savile Row tailor Richard James has reissued Elton’s orange and pink polka dot suit from his 2001 “Got Milk?” ad campaign.
Other brands such as KidSuper and FPM Milano have created exclusive product for the Corner Shop; Cent.Ldn has made an Elton-inspired candle; Moët & Chandon is doing limited-edition Champagne bottles, and ceramist Laetitia Rouget is using Elton’s song titles on plates and more.
“We’ve been working closely with the teams at Selfridges and Bravado to create a unique experience that allows my fans to take a step into my world. I’m an avid shopper, so the bar has been set high and we’ve come up with something special that celebrates the things I love — fashion, vinyl, live music, food and some beautiful design,” said John in a statement.
As part of the celebration, The Cinema at Selfridges will be hosting screenings of “Rocketman,” starring Taron Egerton.
According to reports, John has declined the invitation to perform at King Charles III’s coronation ceremony in May. John was a close friend of the late Princess Diana.
22/7 Project’s Reina Miyase Graduates From Franchise
NBUniversal expects Peacock losses to peak this year as streamer slowly adds subscribers
Know the 2023 Padma Shri awardees from Odisha
Congress leaders slam Punjab government for not granting R-Day remission to Navjot Singh Sidhu
Hockey World Cup 2023: India thump listless Japan
Compile Heart Teases New Hyperdimension Neptunia Shooting Game
Aelis Couture Spring 2023
PM Modi thanks world leaders for their R-Day wishes
You must be logged in to post a comment Login
You must log in to post a comment.