Posts by Kevin Harson
Meet Anita Porchet, Watchmaking’s Most Respected Enamelist
Billboard Women in Music 2025 If enamel continues to adorn watch dials today, it’s all thanks to women. “They are the ones who saved enameling,” said Anita Porchet, arguably the best-known and most respected enamelist today. While the height of artistic sophistication in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a dying art, particularly…
Read MoreKate Spade New York x Target Looks to Bring Affordable Style and Joyful Living to Spring
Billboard Women in Music 2025 With an eye on celebrating life’s big and small moments, Kate Spade New York has teamed up with Target for its largest limited-time collection. The Kate Spade New York x Target collaboration features fashion, home and entertaining essentials, which look to turn everyday moments into celebratory occasions. Launching April 12,…
Read MorePrada Mode Doubles Down With Two-location Event in Osaka and Inujima Island
Billboard Women in Music 2025 MILAN — On the heels of the recently successful event in Abu Dhabi, Prada Mode is already embarking on its next destination: Japan. The 12th iteration of the architectural and cultural activation will take place between June 4 and 15 in Osaka and Inujima, the latter an island located in…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Uniqlo Teams Up With Piece of Cake Moving and Storage and SuperCircle for Earth Month
Billboard Women in Music 2025 Uniqlo announced Wednesday its partnership with Piece of Cake Moving and Storage and SuperCircle for its “UNtrash It” initiative for Earth Month to allow customers to give their unwanted clothes a second life. The initiative was created by Uniqlo to prevent clothes from ending up in landfills. Notably, 92 million…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Paris Hilton Releases 30th Fragrance With Ulta Beauty
Billboard Women in Music 2025 It’s a milestone moment for Paris Hilton’s fragrance partnership with Parlux. It’s been more than 20 years of collaboration with the beauty manufacturer and distributor on the Paris Hilton Fragrances brand, which she’s commemorating with the release of her 30th perfume: Iconic. For the first time, Paris Hilton Fragrances has…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Step Inside Acqua di Parma’s New Store in Paris
Billboard Women in Music 2025 MILAN — Acqua di Parma is saying “Buongiorno” to Paris on Wednesday by opening the doors of a new flagship, timed to the launch of its latest fragrance that bears the same name as the Italian word for “good morning.” The name reflects the upbeat spirit with which the luxury beauty…
Read MoreAbraham Lincoln’s Gloves to Be Auctioned
Billboard Women in Music 2025 Identifiable as former President Abraham Lincoln was by his black top hat, it is a pair of gloves that belonged to the 16th president that will be going under the gavel, as part of “Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln,” at Freeman’s I Hindman. Presented on…
Read MorePVH Striding Into 2025 Despite Some Hiccups Reintroducing Calvin Klein Sportswear in the U.S.
Billboard Women in Music 2025 brought PVH Corp. into 2025 with just a hint of swagger — even despite some uncertainty in China and growing pains as it brings its Calvin Klein sportswear license in-house. Shares of PVH jumped 18.2 percent to $76.43 on Tuesday after Larsson, chief executive officer, topped fourth-quarter estimates and signaled…
Read MoreSophie Lopez Joins Wishi Style Council
Sophie Lopez, the fashion stylist behind Kate Hudson, is joining the Wishi Style Council. Wishi, a personal styling platform that fuses AI with fashion expertise was cofounded by Clea O’hana and stylist Karla Welch. The platform connects style experts with customers and helps them navigate brands online. Best known for styling Hudson, most recently in…
Read MoreWhat Happens When Melania Trump Wears Your $11,000 Coat and No One Tells You
Billboard Women in Music 2025 To cohost Tuesday’s International Women of Courage awards at the U.S. State Department with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, First Lady Melania Trump was unmissable in a leopard-print calfskin coat. But the Palm Beach-based designer, Milly Park, who created the style was in the dark Tuesday afternoon that it had…
Read MoreAI-driven Insights Reveal Key Trends Shaping Outdoor Consumer Buying Decisions and Preferences
Billboard Women in Music 2025 After seeing a surge during the pandemic, the outdoor category reached new heights with performance brands aiming to meet the needs of the consumer seeking new experiences for physical and mental health. The category, while not quite as prevalent as the world returned to a “new normal,” continues to hold…
Read More‘Mean Girls,’ ‘Clueless’ and ‘Emily in Paris’ Get the Body Art Treatment With Inked by Dani’s New Collab
Pop culture meets body art in a licensing deal between Inked by Dani — the hand-drawn temporary tattoo business founded by New York artist Dani Egna — and Paramount Consumer Products, the retailing and licensing division of entertainment conglomerate Paramount Global. Egna offers a collection of stick-on tattoos and nail art inspired by “Mean Girls,”…
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