WWD articles from June 2007

WWD archives from June 2007

RESORT GROWS IN STATURE AND STYLE.(fashion designers concentrate on their resort collections)
June 28, 2007... Byline: Sharon Edelson, With contributions from Robert Murphy Resort keeps cruising along. The season, which was once limited to basics and clichs of the blue-and-white striped variety, is now a legitimate bellwether when designers...

FASHION SCOOPS: DESIGNER SQUEEZE...SHOE IN...PAX THE POSTER BOY.(New York Fashion Week will try to accomodate all the fashion designers who were left out in the next season)(Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt endorses the diesel brand)(European shoe store opens a new store at the Washington street)
June 28, 2007... DESIGNER SQUEEZE: Not everyone planning to show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week's tents in Bryant Park in New York will find a home there come September. In a letter obtained by WWD, Fern Mallis, IMG Fashion's senior vice president, is...

FASHION SCOOPS: OSCAR'S SHOW TO GO ON...MAN'S BEST FRIEND NEEDS TO LOOK CHIC, TOO...STELLA'S WEB.(fashion designer Oscar de la Renta annual fashion show benefiting League to Save Lake Tahoe)(U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for Crewmutts, a concept for dogs)(Stella McCartney supports PETA)
June 27, 2007... OSCAR'S SHOW TO GO ON: Oscar de la Renta's annual fashion show on the shores of Lake Tahoe won't be affected by the wildfire that has devastated inland residential and parkland about an hour's drive to the south on the California-Nevada...

VERY VALENTINO.(fashion designer Valentino's designs)
June 27, 2007... Byline: Alessandra Ilari Every great designer worth a page in fashion history has forged a legendary style based on a handful of iconic looks. Just ask Valentino: The designer has stuck to his guns, even when that meant shrugging off...

SWATCHES: ZIPPERS GET GREEN...WOOL MISSING MESSAGE...LEVI'S GOES WITH GLORY.(Ideal Fastener Corp. is entering into a partnership with Unifi Inc.)(falling demand of woolen textiles)(Ever-Glory International Group receives orders of producing cargo pants and chinos from Levi Strauss & Co.)
June 26, 2007... ZIPPERS GET GREEN: Ideal Fastener Corp., the world's second-largest zipper manufacturer, is partnering with Unifi Inc. in offering manufacturers "sustainable zippers." Ideal will use Unifi's Repreve yarns, which are 100 percent recycled, for...

STRENGTHENING DESIGN'S LINK TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
June 26, 2007... Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg NEW YORK - Business executives' interest in design may start and end with the color green - as in the amount of money coming through the door - but designers can bolster a company's profitability just by...

BRAND LOOKS TO FUTURE AFTER FERRE TRIBUTE.(ferr brand will exist even after fashion designer Gianfranco Ferr death)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Amanda Kaiser MILAN - The fashion industry bid an emotional farewell to the late Gianfranco Ferr Sunday, offering up an extended standing ovation at his posthumous men's wear show. The house's employees, audience members and...

FIT HONORS RITA AND BRUCE ROBERTS.(Fashion Institute of Technology)(Brief article)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Rachel Strugatz NEW YORK - Family, friends and faculty gathered for a dedication ceremony in honor of the room named after Rita and Bruce Roberts on the ninth floor of the Marvin Feldman Center at the Fashion Institute of...

FASHION SCOOPS: MC HAMMER...THE REAL ME...POLITICAL BRIEFS.(prince of Monaco and Hanover Andrea Casiraghi hosts a dinner and auction to aid a cerebral palsy charity)(Diesel spring-summer 2008 collections)(founder of lingerie brand Agent Provocateur Joe Corre rejects the MBE award)
June 22, 2007... MC HAMMER: Andrea Casiraghi rallied his nearest and dearest to a lavish dinner and auction Wednesday night at Maxim's in Paris to aid a cerebral palsy charity. The heiress herd - including Eugenie Niarchos, Charlotte Casiraghi, Gaia Repossi...