Jonathan Saunders is this year’s winner of the prestigious BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. Saunders will receive a cool £200,000 prize along with a personalized business mentoring program. Saunders beat out the likes of Peter Pilotto, Mary Katrantzou, and Richard Nicoll for the award. [Vogue U.K.]The sporadic but well-received Comme des Garçons by the Beatles collection [...]

Jewelry is always a thoughtful gift. It’s one thing that’s always better received than bought for yourself, and it serves as an everyday reminder of the giver. So I’d love to score one of Comme des Garçons’ new rings for my younger brother Justin. They’re reminiscent of old school class rings, but way tougher, and [...]

Giorgio Armani opened his newest hotel in Milan (in the same building as his flagship store) yesterday, which he describes as a place for “work, relaxation, and pleasure.” The amenities include a glass restaurant on the seventh floor with views of the Duomo and an “eight-floor panoramic beauty and treatment center, gym, and pool.” [
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Comme des Garçons‘ sleek wallets have become cult favorites over the years, and are far more practical (they have ample credit card slots, zips, coin pouches, and bill folds) than Rei Kawakubo’s more avant-garde designs. (Only someone like Björk can pull off those Bride of Chucky-meets-haute couture looks from the latest collection.) I’ve been in [...]

The footwear label The Generic Man is generic in name alone—proof positive, their new collaborators, the assuredly ungeneric designers at Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons SHIRT line. For the new wingtips ($470), available now at Comme des Garçons’ shops in New York, Tokyo, and Beijing, as well as retailers like Colette in Paris and Union [...]

Comme des Garçons is having a Rosie the Riveter moment right now, thanks to their new collaboration with French uniform maker Bleu de Paname. The collection, available for pre-order now, is just for women at the moment, but a menswear collaboration is reportedly on its way for Spring 2012. [Hint]Now you can get your vintage [...]

John Galliano’s trial begins today in Paris. As he awaits his verdict, the fashion world mourns the loss of another Dior designer, Frédéric Castet, who died at the age of 81. The Frenchman made furs for the house for more than three decades. [WWD]Kate, Gisele, and Claudia have all tried their hands at designing; now [...]

Madame Grès: Couture at Work, curated by Olivier Saillard, the new director of Paris’ Musée Galliera, sheds light on one of the most enigmatic designers in twentieth-century fashion. The designer (born Germaine Krebs) originally wanted to be a sculptor, but her family had other ideas; she trained instead in haute couture. Described by French Vogue’s [...]

Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo was in Beijing this week to open her new store in the city’s Sanlitun retail complex. The 68-year-old designer—who apparently went completely silent when asked whether she had any plans to retire—spoke to Women’s Wear Daily about her business, her designs, and her particular shopping patterns. The entire Q&A (available [...]

Loved the runway footwear Nicholas Kirkwood created for Erdem and Peter Pilotto? Good news: the floral-printed heels from Erdem’s Spring ‘11 show, and the graphic, geometric ones from Peter Pilotto’s Spring ‘11 one (pictured) are now available at a “pop-up” e-commerce shop—one that’s set to close in a little less than 2 days. Run, don’t [...]