First The Row got eyewear, and now the Olsens are at it again, debuting two styles of specs for their Elizabeth and James line (pictured). In fairness, they are perennially bespectacled, so it makes sense. [WWD]Menswear designer Michael Bastian is dipping a toe into the waters of womenswear with a women’s counterpart to his Gant [...]

The designer merry-go-round keeps on spinning. Much-missed Olivier Theyskens will design a capsule collection for Theory, and Christophe Lemaire, formerly of Lacoste, will take over for the departing Jean Paul Gaultier (pictured) at Hermès. [WWD; NYT]Changes are brewing in the world of menswear, too. Daiki Suzuki, the Japanese-born designer of Engineered Garments, will step down [...]

The French Open is well under way, a fine time to remind us all that there’s bad tennis fashion and good tennis fashion. In the latter category: the recent collaboration between Lacoste and Carla Sozzani, doyenne of 10 Corso Como. The Lacoste alligator has always been up for a little imaginative tweaking—the brand has collaborated [...]

What’s black and white and, uh, lilac all over? Jil Sander’s new +J line for Uniqlo. Coats and tops will come in shiny, sweet pastels like mauve and pink (and, fear not, minimalists—plenty of somber shades, too). Prices range from $44 to $164, roughly, and the line will be in-store in mid-March and again in [...]

“I was actually on Style.com today,” said Rashida Jones last night at the debut of Lacoste’s Pink Croc Collection benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in Los Angeles. “I went on because I have a friend at the shows in Paris and she told me I had to check out Stella McCartney and Lanvin.” Well, [...]

Chanel may have grounded Zaha Hadid’s Mobile Art Pod late last year, but one of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s most recent fashion collaborations, a jelly shoe for the Brazilian brand Melissa, has just landed in Brooklyn. “We’re the main destination for Melissa shoes in New York City, so our customers have been making the trek [...]

London has been in an uncharacteristic slumber for the past few months, and all that pent up demand for action and partying exploded at the Lacoste VIP Trunk show at Claridge’s Saturday afternoon. An A-list of new generation stars—Daisy Lowe, Amber Le Bon (daughter of Duran Duran’s Simon), Pixie Geldof, Olga Kurylenko, and Rosamund Pike—clinked [...]

Fashion week notes from the legendary Parisian sound designer.
 
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Fashion week notes from the legendary Parisian sound designer.
 
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Tennis lovers suffering from Nadal withdrawal can always get their fix at a Lacoste store (the unruly-haired one may not actually be there, but the place just reeks of clay courts and match points), and shopping there this month comes with a Good Samaritan bonus. At a party at the Fifth Avenue boutique last night [...]