Menswear designer John Varvatos to receive the 2012 Spirit of Design Award

John Varvatos, acclaimed menswear designer and fashion mentor on NBC’s new fashion reality show “Fashion Star,” will receive the 2012 Spirit of Design Award at the Philadelphia University Fashion Show. The Spirit of Design Award is presented at the Philadelphia University Fashion Show to a prominent and influential designer.  This prestigious award, first given in … Read more

EasyTone Freestyle HI – In shape in style with a special edition sneakers

Reebok  EasyTone Freestyle HI Exclusively for luisa via roma – an exclusive, limited edition collaboration with the iconic Florentine store.   A special edition sneakers, both high tech and glamorous, that helps you to stay in shape in style? This is the promise of EasyTone Freestyle HI Exclusively for luisa via roma – a revolutionary … Read more

Designers pug dogs for Happy Kids

Designers pug dogs for UNICEF Project ARISE An exclusive edition of 20 pug dogs   Twenty one pug dogs produced by Steiff, the German leader in the production of handmade plush toys, and customized exclusively for  LuisaViaRoma by a selection of the most prominent international luxury fashion designers, will be featured in a charity auction on … Read more

Louis Vuitton – Marc Jacobs exhibit: They’re both visionaries, though they would be the last to admit it

Louis Vuitton: The Exhibition “Whatever you try, clothes never really can live in the past. They are worn now so they are modern, with a modern take. I’m not nostalgic,” designer Marc Jacobs said backstage of the fall-winter Louis Vuitton runway show that featured models in Edwardian hats and a reconstructed Orient-Express. The show completed … Read more

Jean Paul Gaultier – therapist, journalist and a private detective for Diet Coke

Jean Paul Gaultier is the latest designer to collaborate with Diet Coke. The French designer has been named the beverage’s European creative director and is appearing in a series of short films for the brand. Gaultier is a therapist, a journalist and a private detective solving a puppet’s wardrobe dilemmas. Gaultier follows in the footsteps … Read more

Yves Saint Laurent and PPR appoints Hedi Slimane as creative director

Yves Saint Laurent and PPR luxury group announced the appointment of Hedi Slimane as Creative Director of the maison Yves Saint Laurent. Slimane will assume total creative responsibility for the brand image and all its collections. In parallel with this new position, the designer will continue to pursue his career in photography. Hedi Slimane thus … Read more