Following up Beth Ditto’s extremely fleshy performance at Fendi’s Paris fashion week party last season is no easy feat, but Herr Karl has deemed 18-year-old British pop star Pixie Lott (that’s her at left) up to the task. Whether or not she disrobes, this gig basically guarantees her a year of fashion-world relevancy. [WWD]Guided by [...]

Liberty prints meet Hermès scarves: an ingenious stroke of British-French entente cordiale was tied up and knotted in 52 perfectly nonchalant ways in London’s landmark store on Monday night. Liberty’s scarf room is playing host to Hermès for two months, and the byproductÔa series of floral Tana cotton lawn squares and men’s ties that have [...]

Recession scorecard: J.Crew is up; Hermès is down. While the former can boast only a slight increase in net income, the latter, unfortunately, has seen its profits dip 7 percent. And JPG might be leaving, too? Ouch. [WWD]
Versus is back. Donatella Versace’s”young and spunky” line is showing in Milan this season after Christopher Kane [...]

No escape plan in place for the Fourth of July? There’s plenty of fun to be had within the five boroughs, starting at Bergdorf Goodman. The Fifth Avenue store has partnered with Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum to create the most fantastical window displays this side of Christmas. But the real treat comes when you [...]

Stella McCartney falls into the Gap, but unless you’re pint-size or learning how to walk, you’ll have to stick to her full-priced line. Lucky brats. [WWD]
After much speculation and internal juggling (read: layoffs), Fabien
Baron is back at Interview. [WWD]
Hey, single ladies, apparently Kanye West is a free man. See for yourself at our brother site’s [...]

I interviewed Chloë Sevigny last week since she’s been chosen as a Woman of Fashion for our brother site. The infallibly stylish (in my opinion) actress told me she’d certainly love to do another collection with Opening Ceremony, but also mentioned that she’s open to other collabs. “I’d like to do something with a high-end [...]

Beginning on Sunday, Hermès’ state-of-the-art transportable screening room, H BOX, touches down at the Orange County Museum of Art as part of the spring exhibition Moving Image: Scan to Screen, Pixel to Projection. With Chanel’s Zaha Hadid-designed Mobile Art Pod indefinitely grounded and Prada’s Rem Koolhaas-created Transformer still undergoing construction in Seoul, where it will [...]

By the time Paris fashion week arrives, editors and models alike are suffering from sore feet, fried hair, and perhaps one too many swigs of Champagne. The solution? No, it’s not more under-eye concealer; it’s serious beautification—from your abs to your aura. We scoured the City of Light for the best places to rejuvenate, refresh, [...]

That Stephen Sprouse graffiti bag from Louis Vuitton? Cute and a good investment. LVMH made news by making money this quarter by sticking to a successful formula: Sell luxury goods at luxury prices. So you can stop waiting for that sale. [WWD ]
Hermès (the other brand boasting a profit ) shook things up in [...]

Not surprisingly given the headlines, a subdued ambience reigned at the unveiling of the “Year of India” holiday windows at Hermès’ Faubourg St.-Honoré flagship late last week. “For everyone, there is documentation, travel, and an accumulation of emotion,” said the house’s longtime window design director, Leila Menchari. “I go to India often and I love [...]