After more than a decade of creating beautiful clothing at Issa, the brand's founder, Daniella Helayel, is walking away.

"The time has come for me to move on to focus on my art, travel, and other interests," Helayel said in a statement. "Creating Issa has been one of the most rewarding things in my life. I may be leaving, but the Issa girl will live forever in my heart." WWD reports that at the end of the year, Helayel will be replaced by Blue Farrier, a designer and fashion consultant who has worked at Chloé, Sandro, and Stella McCartney, among other labels.

Farrier will inherit a brand that has expanded quickly in a short time. Helayel first showed Issa in 2001, and eventually earned warm reviews for her chic and comfortable jersey dresses. But in 2010, when Kate Middleton wore a blue silk-jersey wrap dress from Issa to announce her engagement to Prince William, the brand took off internationally.

Following that iconic moment, Issa revealed plans to relaunch the brand in the United States with an ecommerce site and six brick-and-mortar stores.

The new designer's boss, Issa CEO Angelina Ypma, said Farrier was hired to help the company grow. "Her vision and passion will be vital as we expand into new categories and markets and continue the development of Issa into a truly global lifestyle brand."

An in depth graphic novel covering the history of Salvatore Ferragamo is one of the latest additions to the house's Museo Salvatore Ferragamo exhibit, The Amazing Shoemaker. Beautifully brought to life by illustrator Frank Espinosa (whose résumé includes stints at Disney and Warner Brothers), the comic book introduces readers to a strapping Salvatore who pours out his personal history during a late night at his Italian factory. Consider it a quick and visually stunning tour through the company's history from the best possible narrator — Ferragamo himself, with Espinosa lifting much of the language directly from his autobiography.


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Martha Stewart's love for the California-based brand Vince is well-documented — and Stewart has a message for its new creative director, Doo-Ri Chung.

"I love Vince. These are Vince leggings," Stewart said, swinging one leg from underneath a conference table during an interview at Macy's Herald Square flagship store last week. "These are fantastic. I wear them all the time because, actually, they fit me. I don't have to even try them on in the store. I know that if I buy my size, I will get a fit."

Stewart expressed concern about the departure of Rea Laccone, who oversaw design at Vince, but seemed relieved to learn that her replacement, Chung, is a woman.

"Oh good. I hope she keeps the same sizing," she said before leaning forward into our voice recorder to underscore the point. "Doo-Ri, please keep the same sizes because I don't like fitting rooms."

But Stewart does like J.Crew ("everybody wears everything J.Crew in my office") and "these young guys called Proenza Schouler." She said, "I think their things are very well made, I think they're beautiful, I think they could be a really big, important part of the American marketplace. They are not yet, but they are striving to be that. They're not a flash in the pan."

And neither, certainly, is Stewart, who's been too busy "designing things for the home and for living" to make a push into fashion. But that doesn't mean it won't happen someday. "I don't rule out anything like that, like entering fashion, because I would like to," she said. "I think I could design."

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Lydia Maurer, who became the artistic director of women's ready-to-wear at Spanish fashion house Paco Rabanne last Summer, is set to leave her post. There is no word on who will replace her.

Maurer, a young designer who was relatively unknown until she took the helm of the brand, had only been in the position since June. In a statement, the company credited Maurer with "raising the profile of the house on the international fashion stage." Before coming to Paco Rabanne, Maurer held positions at Yves Saint Laurent and Givenchy and served as the head of the Paco Rabanne studio in November 2011.

But Maurer's predecessor Manish Arora — once called the John Galliano of India — was also only in the artistic director's chair for a short time. He was hired to help revive the brand's name in February 2011, and his work — including a metallic dress worn by Lady Gaga — was warmly received. But last May, the company announced that he would leave the company, saying, "The strong media impact of the past two seasons has enabled Paco Rabanne to partake with strength in the universe of contemporary fashion."

Photo: Lydia Maurer takes a bow at the end of the Paco Rabanne Fall 2013 show.