Oscar de la Renta Autumn/Winter 2013 | Source: Nowfashion
Out of Sight, but Making His Presence Known (NY Times)
“Necks craned at Oscar de la Renta’s show to see if two men would take their bow. If you haven’t heard, John Galliano spent the last month working in the de la Renta studio, a first move to possibly salvaging his wrecked career… Though it’s pointless to speculate about exactly what he may have designed, it’s clear his presence made a difference. Mr. de la Renta seemed pleased to have him there.”
Time Inc. in Talks to Divest Publishing Assets (WWD)
“Fortune.com broke the story Wednesday, with a source telling the site that ‘a serious buyer’ was interested in the Time Inc. portfolio. According to fortune.com, one possible scenario is that Time Inc. would keep Time, Fortune and Sports Illustrated, its oldest titles, and sell off the rest of its portfolio, which includes the highly lucrative People and InStyle.”
Androgyny and minimalism to stalk London Fashion Week (Reuters)
“Leading British designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Kane, Alice Temperley and Burberry’s Christopher Bailey, will showcase their latest creations alongside emerging young talent when London Fashion Week kicks off on Friday.”
Steve Madden Is Back (NY Times)
“It’s been a decade since Mr. Madden was famously sentenced to 41 months in prison for stock fraud (he served two and a half years) after a flameout fueled by drugs, alcohol and his love of money. He is now creative and design chief of the shoe empire he founded in 1990, having ceded the chief executive title to Ed Rosenfeld, a former investment banker at Peter J. Solomon Company.”
Missing Vittorio Missoni’s bag found in Carribean (Telegraph)
“A bag belonging to fashion executive Vittorio Missoni has been found on the island of Bonaire which sits between Los Roques, the location from which the missing plane took off in January 4, and the island of Curaçao…”