Posts by Kevin Harson
The Best Pool Accessories and Outdoor Decor to Elevate Your Backyard Oasis for Summer
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Best Pool Accessories of 2025 View more + If you consider yourself part of the lucky eight percent of U.S. households that have a swimming pool, chances are you’re always on the lookout for…
Read MoreIn an Unlikely Collaboration, Stephen Jones Designs Wacky Hats for British Insurer Hiscox
HAT TRICK: Stephen Jones is adding a dose of millinery pizzazz to the most unglamorous of industries — insurance. In an unlikely project, Jones has designed three hats for the British insurer Hiscox to reflect the latter’s new research into the plight of small business owners. According to Hiscox, 23 percent of small business owners…
Read MoreK18 Takes on Heat Protection With Newest Launch
K18 is introducing a new double-duty offering. The brand is launching HeatBounce, a conditioning heat protectant featuring a patented molecular shield called ResiliCore. Retailing for $48, the product will debut July 30 on the Sephora app and launch direct-to-consumer the following day. The product marks K18’s first powered by ResiliCore, which founder and chief executive…
Read MoreA Showcase for Innovation Comes to Times Square
A robotic massager. Electric razors mapping facial contours for better shaves. Smart toasters programmable for waffles, Pop Tarts and grilled cheese sandwiches. A compact AI-controlled camera drones with a “follow me mode.” And an all-in-one air fryer, refrigerator and sous vide cooker with app-based scheduling to prep meals in advance. These and hundreds of other…
Read MoreGarrett Leight to Move All Production to Japan From China
Garrett Leight California Optical is making the jump from China to Japan for its future production. The Los Angeles-based eyewear brand has been manufacturing nearly all of its collection in China since its founding 15 years ago. But the additional tariffs placed on the country by the Trump administration earlier this year led the company…
Read MoreTracee Ellis Ross Taps Into Her Shoe Archive With White So Kate Louboutins on ‘WWHL’
Tracee Ellis Ross turned to a signature silhouette for her appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” last night, stepping out in a pair of white Christian Louboutin So Kate pumps. The So Kate, long known for its sharply contoured toe box and lacquered red sole, remains one of the brand’s most distinctively sculpted styles. Ross…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Troye Sivan’s Fragrance Brand to Launch at Nordstrom
Troye Sivan‘s fragrance brand has its first U.S. retail partner. Tsu Lange Yor, the brand founded by Troye Sivan and his brother, Steele Mellet, has inked its first retail deal, with Nordstrom Inc. In coming weeks, the brand will roll out to 51 stores, followed by launch activations in key markets like Los Angeles and…
Read MoreLongchamp Signs Fragrance License With Interparfums SA
PARIS – Lonchamp and Interparfums SA have signed a fragrance license that will run through Dec. 31, 2036. Under the agreement, Interparfums SA is to create, develop, produce and distribute Longchamp perfumes in the bag maker’s sales point and selective fragrance sellers. The first perfume launch under the tie-in is expected in 2027. “The maison’s…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Swarovski’s ‘Masters of Light’ Exhibition Coming to Hollywood in October
Swarovski is bringing its international exhibition “Masters of Light” to Los Angeles this fall. The Austrian crystal house has been marking its 130th anniversary with a traveling showcase that underscores its cultural and commercial relevance, with stops in Vienna, Milan, Shanghai and Seoul. Hollywood is next, kicking off with an invite-only event on Oct. 28,…
Read MoreThe Met Wraps Up Fiscal-year 2025 With 5.7 Million Visitors
Having reeled in more than 5.7 million visitors to its two locations The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters for the fiscal year 2025, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has seen more visitors walk through its doors compared to the fiscal year 2024. The Met’s overall attendance has ticked up 5 percent since fiscal-year…
Read MoreG-III Brings War of Words to PVH in Licensing Lawsuit
Updated 7:17 p.m. ET July 21 The marriage of the PVH Corp.’s brand power and G-III Apparel Group’s production prowess has been crumbling since 2022, when PVH moved to take back its Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein licenses over five years. Now the breakup has become not just litigious, but bitter. G-III hit PVH with…
Read MoreJennifer Lawrence’s Chic Liffner Tote Makes the Case for Suede Bags in the Summer
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Jennifer Lawrence was the epitome of city-girl cool when she stepped out in New York this past weekend with husband Cooke Maroney, wearing a bohemian-inspired ensemble that included a coral-hued T-shirt, a headscarf wrapped…
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