Posts for February 1st 2010
February 1, 2010 7:20 am >> Coco Rocha Debuts First Look at Rococo Collection —Last night while reporting for ET Canada on the Grammys red carpet, Coco Rocha debuted the first look at her upcoming line, Rococo, which she says is a modern take on the "1800s, costume-y, but elegant, Victorian-inspired clothes" she loves. She may have designed the dress, left, but Rocha wasn't going it alone — her boyfriend, James Conran, pitched in and hand made the accompanying "gold-plated shoulder armor."
Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Justin Giunta Among Inaugural Fashion Incubator Designers February 1, 2010 6:58 am >> The CFDA Fashion Incubator, announced last October in partnership with New York City's Mayor Bloomberg, has its first twelve tenants. Among those named as part of the inaugural group of designers: Alice Ritter, Bibhu Mohapatra, Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Gemma Redux's Rachel Dooley, Grey Ant's Grant Krajecki, House of Waris's Waris Ahluwalia, Jolibe's Joel Diaz, Lewis's Alison Lewis, Public School's Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Ruby Kobo's Yuvi Alpert and Danna Kobo, and Subversive Jewelry's Justin Giunta.The designers each received two-year leases on design studio spaces ranging from 800 to 1,000 square feet at 209 West 38th Street in Manhattan, with subsidized, below-market rental rates of between $1,500 and $2,000 per month. To earn a spot, the designers had to submit a business plan, show they had "substantive editorial coverage" and orders from high-level retailers, have been in business for over a year and a half, and be supporting a staff.
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