Porcelain’s Big Break
Porcelain: so delicate and refined a material—and an aesthetic suggestion—it’s actually surprising that Olivia Ma Corwin and Kai Ma Wilson (pictured) are the first designers to name a clothing label after it. But the hard/soft duality the sisters have established with their debut womenswear collection couldn’t be a better fit for the name. “The concept [...]
French Invasion Edition: Lanvin To Vegas, Le Baron To New York, And More…
Lanvin has opened its second American outlet—and the first to sell its menswear—in Las Vegas (pictured). Well, there goes any chance of those casino winnings actually making it home. [WWD]Groan: Project Runway, the Wii game. Because the television wasn’t barking “Make it work!” enough already. [WWD]Is Le Baron coming to New York City? According to [...]
There’s No Palazzo Like Home
As one-stop shops go, Labelux’s cocktail party last night in Milan was pretty good—but what else would you expect from a company that keeps Derek Lam, Brian Atwood, and jewelry designer Solange Azagury-Partridge on its rolls? All of the above—plus a few friends like Rachel Zoe, Olivier Zahm, and SAP campaign star Liberty Ross (both [...]
Rene Role Plays
With all that exposed flesh and heaving bosom on display, it would be totally permissible to miss the shoes in Brian Atwood’s new book, Role Play Rene. Blame it on subject-slash-model Rene Russo, whose smokin’ hot (and not just for a 55-year-old) bod is more than a little distracting when it comes to the Spring [...]





