The biggest names to hit style since 1923 Time magazine picked the 100 most influential fashion icons since 1923, the beginning of TIME magazine. The industry’s most influential personalities were grouped by categories: Designers & Brands, Models, Muses, Photographers, Editors & Stylists. The list itself is largely predictable, being topped by designers Azzedina Alaïa, … Read more
Jason Wu‘s dramatic show at New York Fashion Week featured a collection inspired partly by his Chinese roots. Jason Wu has been considered a strong up-and-comer since Michelle Obama wore a gown by the then-barely known designer to the presidential inaugural balls in 2008. Then came a Target deal that put a limited collection in … Read more
Naeem Khan, the designer known for adorning starlets in his luxurious collection of impeccably cut dresses, sophisticated gowns and chic separates, receives the distinguished title of “Mercedes-Benz Presents” designer for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2012 Collections. Naeem Khan dresses many of the world’s most stylish women including clients such as Beyonce, Penelope Cruz, Katherine Heigl, … Read more
First Ladies Exhibition (Michelle Obama inaugural gown donation) at National Museum of American History First ladies’ gowns return to view at National Museum of American History ahead of museum renovation. The First Ladies Exhibition featuring Michelle Obama’s inaugural gown as a centerpiece, explores the unofficial but important position of first lady and the ways that … Read more
Creed Royal Service – a personal journey through CREED’s service to crowned heads and First Ladies Creed fragrance house entered in 2011 in its second 250 years. With this occasion sixth-generation master perfumer Olivier Creed presented Royal Service, a unique new limited edition collectors’ fragrance hand blended with a mix of CREED scents worn by … Read more
Luxury brands stalk Bond’s outfitter Suitors are stalking luxury Italian brand Brioni – known for dressing James Bond 007 and presidents including Barack Obama. Zegna, an Italian luxury brand, PPR, one of France’s biggest luxury houses, and Eurazeo, the French private-equity firm, are all known to have had recent talks with the Bond suit-maker about … Read more