“In this crazy world that we live in, it was important to me to make a film about the loss and regaining of innocence,” Bruce Weber tells Style.com. He’s referring to the storyline he developed for the 24-minute film he created for Moncler, which debuted in Milan tonight. Divided into seven episodes, Don’t Steal the [...]

A line of eco-friendly parkas, created in collaboration with Moncler—just the latest from rapper/producer/Louis Vuitton model/industrial designer/entrepreneur Pharrell Williams. To celebrate his latest project, Williams was in Paris yesterday, hosting a cocktail party at Colette, then an intimate dinner upstairs at Lapérouse for friends like Lupe Fiasco, Lou Doillon, Ludivine Sagnier, Jefferson Hack, Olivier Zahm, [...]

It’s a changing of the guard at DVF: Longtime creative director Nathan Jenden (pictured, with Diane) is stepping down to focus on his own line, and Yves Mispelaere—formerly of Chloé and Gucci—is taking the reins. [WWD]Collab-happy Comme des Garçons is at it again. The brand is working with Moncler in Japan to launch a pop-up [...]

Moncler is set to unveil a new line, Moncler Grenoble, at New York fashion week next month, named for the French town where the brand was founded. Expect technical skiwear that gets back to the label’s sporting roots. (What, you wouldn’t want to hit the slopes in Giambattista Valli’s Moncler Gamme Rouge line?) [WWD]
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London is getting its own Moncler boutique at 197 Sloane Street today, just in time for winter. Company chairman and creative director Remo Ruffini is in town for the opening and we spoke to him via phone to get the details. In many ways it’s like the Moncler shop on Via della Spiga in the [...]

“It’s always difficult to do Moncler for summer,” said Giambattista Valli at his Moncler Gamme Rouge presentation yesterday at the Musée d’Art Moderne. So what did the designer do? He took the feathers from the linings of his couture evening puffers and parkas and then embroidered them or printed them on the outside. Also in [...]

Giambattista Valli has had a very busy couple of days: Monday saw his Fall ‘09 collection take to the runway in the Tuileries, and yesterday his puffy, dreamy looks for Moncler were on view—along with live horses—in the basement of the Paris Opéra. Come Tuesday night, Valli was ready to celebrate. The party kicked off [...]

Friday morning attracted an impressive assortment of fashion identities at the Raleigh hotel in Miami as Vogue Italia’s Franca Sozzani hosted a breakfast to unveil—wait for it—a duck. Not just any duck, however. This one, a giant resin sculpture (pictured at left) measuring in around one meter, is British contemporary artist Stuart Semple’s ode to [...]

With the Paris talk linking Giambattista Valli’s name with Valentino’s, all eyes will be on Valli at his show today and at his Moncler Gamme Rouge presentation tomorrow. Will either collection look like an audition for the role currently filled by Alessandra Fachinetti? More on that later. But here’s a preview of what’s in store [...]

Moncler will celebrate its first boutique in Milan, at 7 Via della Spiga, with a cocktail party tonight. Designed by Gilles & Boissier to evoke a chalet, complete with wood paneling and fir cones scattered about, it’s the deluxe outerwear brand’s eighth store worldwide. Next up is Aspen, a natural fit with its ski resort, [...]