Early next year, Alber Elbaz will debut his “700-page bible” on creating and designing Lanvin collections. The Elbaz-written book will include “a mix of text and pictures—and blank page.” [Telegraph]In the latest H&M news, Jerry Hall and her daughter, Georgia May Jagger, are the faces of the Swedish retailer’s new ad campaigns. Karen Elson also [...]

Uniqlo is the latest company to get the creative juices flowing for Japan. The retailer has tapped friends and collaborators like Karl Lagerfeld, Lady Gaga, Nicola Formichetti, Nicole Kidman, and Alber Elbaz to design a new series of tees to benefit the Japanese Red Cross. That’s Lagerfeld’s (left), which retails for a mere $19.99. It’s [...]

There’s another seat open at the designer fashion table. News broke today that Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi (above), creative directors of Gianfranco Ferré, are out at the Italian house (no word on their namesake collection, which presumably will continue for the present). Reports blame dwindling sales for the duo’s departure. But they’re only the [...]

Outspoken model Rie Rasmussen revealed this week that she’s switched agencies and is ready for another go at the scene. The catwalker is breaking away from her longtime agency, One (of which she remains part owner), and signing with Next to focus on her own career. She’s already been making appearances in the front row [...]

The Lanvin juggernaut rolls on: Alber Elbaz has opened the brand’s fourth U.S. flagship on Los Angeles’ Rodeo Boulevard. “L.A. is one of my favorite places in America,” he told Women’s Wear Daily. [WWD]If you’ve been following glossy moves and trades the way that some follow sports—and we’ve noticed that lately, people are—you’ll be interested [...]

For warmer temperatures, you’ll have to wait a few months, and we wouldn’t advise attempting Aquilano.Rimondi’s short-shorts just yet. But Spring deliveries are already hitting major stores, and no time like the present to dive into the season’s best bags.Over at Barneys, spring-y, pop-colored Intrecciato bags from Bottega Veneta are now sharing shelf space with [...]

We’re at that time of year when the party winds blow south—to Art Basel Miami Beach. Two of the week’s busiest spots are starting things off tonight: At The Webster, the Brazilian footwear company Melissa is throwing a dinner in honor of Italian designer and architect Gaetano Pesce; meanwhile, at brand-spanking-new Soho Beach House, Jay [...]

Last night, The tony Pierre hotel in New York got more action than we’re guessing it’s seen in quite some time. Two hundred of fashion’s nearest and dearest—from Sofia Coppola and Andie MacDowell to half the editors currently working in New York—packed a private salon for a Lanvin ♥ H&M “haute couture” runway show, graced [...]

The holiday season, apparently, begins now. Christmas is fast upon us, and two of Paris’ best are leading the charge: Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz was at Printemps to debut the his-and-hers puppet windows he’s created, while John Galliano’s designs for Claridge’s Christmas tree have just been released. His “Under the Sea” tree (left) will go up [...]

The Met’s Costume Institute will stage a full-scale exhibition in tribute to Alexander McQueen next year. Curator Andrew Bolton prefers not to call it a “retrospective”: The show will look at the themes underlying the late designer’s work, from his earliest pieces, created at Central Saint Martins, through his tenure at Givenchy, to the heyday [...]