Posts by Kevin Harson
Loro Piana Spring 2026: Color Injection
Loro Piana’s spring 2026 collection gave further proof of what sets the company apart, meaning its deep and ongoing research into fabrics and materials. The brand further upped the ante in those areas – and even dared more. In the art-filled halls of 18th-century Palazzo Citterio, the brand put into dialogue its charming offering with…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Louis Vuitton Celebrates Art Deco Style in Paris
PARIS – As Paris marks the centenary of the Art Deco movement, a new exhibition highlights Louis Vuitton’s role in creating high-end travel accessories for the leading lights of the Jazz Age. The French luxury brand is showcasing 300 rare items from its archives in the “Louis Vuitton Art Deco” show that opens on Friday…
Read MoreStanley Tucci Creates Cashmere Capsule With N.Peal
Miranda Priestly would most definitely approve of Nigel’s new fashion project. Priestly, the editor in chief of the fictitious fashion magazine Runway in “The Devil Wears Prada,” had one loyal confidante: Nigel Kipling, played by Stanley Tucci. Tucci, and much of the original cast, are in the throes of filming a sequel that will come…
Read MoreAmazon, Formula 1, Target and Pinterest Are Among the Top 50 Brands of 2025
As the year has continued to be a guessing game of who will reign supreme amid an uncertain market, Generation Z research and strategy firm DCDX’s latest report looks at the top 50 “magnetic brands” of 2025. The company defines such brands as those that have the “power to attract conversation, measured through organic user-generated…
Read MoreMissoni Sets Natural Glam Agenda for Fall
For Missoni‘s spring 2026 runway show, beauty was rooted in the belief that “less is more.” Models paraded down the brand’s runway in Milan on Wednesday, with bare faces and undone hair. The aesthetic adhered to the made-to-look effortless approach sweeping fashion season now, in which products are used for natural enhancements only, and hairstyling…
Read MoreCatherine Zeta-Jones Brings Playful Edge to the Ryder Cup Celebrity Match in G/Fore’s Kiltie Golf Shoes
Catherine Zeta-Jones brought a hit of playfulness to the green on Wednesday, teeing off at the Ryder Cup Celebrity All-Star Match in Farmingdale, N.Y. Playing for Team Europe, the actress laced into the brand’s Gallivan2r Side Stripe Kiltie Golf Shoe in a crisp snow-and-twilight palette. The $195 style mixes classic golf codes with modern tweaks:…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Victoria’s Secret Expands Into Home Fragrance
Victoria’s Secret is entering the home fragrance market. Building off of its successful fragrance line and the wider fragrance boom, the lingerie retailer will launch a collection of candles, room sprays, liquid hand soaps, diffuser reeds and air fresheners. Amy Kocourek, president of beauty for Victoria’s Secret and Pink, said: “Given that our strength is…
Read MoreEugene Kangawa and A-Poc Able Issey Miyake Team for Exhibition
LIGHT AND SHADOW: An exhibition hosted by A-Poc Able Issey Miyake, featuring a series of photograms by contemporary artist Eugene Kangawa, plus new textiles inspired by them, will take place during Art Basel Paris, running Oct. 24 to 26. The project was inspired by Kangawa’s series “Light and shadow inside me (2022–).” It will be shown…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Selma Blair Cocreates Her First Skin Care Product With ESK
ESK, the Australian cosmeceutical brand cofounded by Dr. Ginni Mansberg and Daniel Rubinstein, has found a new celebrity collaborator. Enter Selma Blair, who codeveloped the brand’s Ultimate A Gold, a more potent alternative to its hero product Ultimate A. The product features retinol, niacinamide, lactic and glycolic acids, and 4-n-butylresorcinol to target melasma and pigmentation.…
Read MoreDua Lipa Gets High Praise From Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani at F4D ‘First Ladies Luncheon’
Fashion 4 Development’s annual “First Ladies Luncheon” is a magnet for powerful women, and Tuesday’s event at the Pierre Hotel was no exception, with Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani being an honoree. Before the event started, the president, who sported a long-sleeve red dress with a red floral motif, spoke about how fashion can be a…
Read MoreCan Dick’s Restructure Foot Locker? Analysts React
Fashion, footwear and retail mergers are not for the faint of heart. Dick’s Sporting Goods earlier this month completed its $2.5 billion acquisition of . It’s a deal that has some pluses on paper. The combined entity gives it a store network of over 3,200 doors, plus e-commerce and digital business across 20 countries in…
Read MoreGiorgio Armani’s Archival Designs Displayed at Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera Alongside Art Masterpieces
MILAN – Despite his international success and recognition as a fashion Maestro, Giorgio Armani was reluctant to accept the Pinacoteca di Brera’s offer to display some of his archival looks alongside masterpieces of Italian art from the Middle Ages to the 19th century by the likes of Andrea Mantegna, Caravaggio, Raphael, and Piero della Francesca.…
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