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Last Jil Sander for Uniqlo +J Collection Announced for Fall 2011
Jil Sander, Uniqlo To Part Ways June 23, 2011 9:47 am >> After a three-year run with Uniqlo, Jil Sander's Fall 2011 +J collection will be her last, the company announced today in a release: "With the recent completion of the design of the .
Gap To Change Up Holiday 2009 Campaign, May Be Pursued By Uniqlo's Owner Fast Retailing
Gap To Change Up Holiday 2009 Campaign, May Be Pursued By Uniqlo's Owner Fast Retailing June 25, 2009 12:42 pm >> Gap is still struggling to define itself — and for the first time in seven years, the company is looking at using a different creative agency — it has worked with Laird & Partners since 2002 — for its Holiday 2009 campaign, which could mean an entirely different approach to those simple backgrounded studio shots we've become accustomed to.But that may not be the only big change on the horizon for the company: Uniqlo's owner, Fast Retailing, which counts French brands Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princesse tam.tam as well as Theory among its portfolio, may be after the American retailer.  CEO Tadashi Yanai recently said that he wants Fast Retailing to become the world's biggest clothing manufacturer and retailer within the next decade: "To achieve our target, the Asian market is the most important and we have already begun to expand there.
Joseph Altuzarra On the Similarities Between His and Alexander Wang's Fall 2011 Collections and Having His Mom for a Boss
Joseph Altuzarra On the Similarities Between His and Alexander Wang's Fall 2011 Collections and Having His Mom for a Boss March 18, 2011 2:04 pm >> Fresh off the announcement of his CFDA nomination for the second year running in the Swarovski Award for Womenswear category — this time he's up against Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's The Row and Prabal Gurung — Joseph Altuzarra hit up Barneys to host a trunk show for his parka and slinky silk-dress-filled Fall 2011 collection.
Hedi Slimane On Returning to Fashion Design: He Has "Options," But "What’s the Rush?"
He Has "Options," But "What’s the Rush?" February 24, 2010 12:00 pm >> Hedi Slimane recently agreed to do his first interview in almost three years with Style.com, provided that he could answer all questions via email.
Julie Gilhart on the Current Fashion System: "Pity the Poor Designer"
"Pity the Poor Designer" April 8, 2010 9:56 am >> In the latest edition of Style.com's "Future of Fashion" series, Julie Gilhart maintains that live fashion shows are still a must — "If the Rodarte girls didn’t have a fashion show, would you be able to get the essence of that collection?"
More Details on Uniqlo's Jil Sander Snag
More Details on Uniqlo's Jil Sander Snag March 18, 2009 6:26 pm >> Monday evening came an announcement that surely knocked more than one avid fashion follower out of their chair — Jil Sander is coming back to fashion as creative consultant to Japanese brand Uniqlo.  We've got the who and the what, but as for the how, Fast Retailing executives (from Uniqlo's parent company) fill us in.Apparently the company has been pursuing Sander since last June and didn't have any other candidates for the role — she's the “top of the top,” according to chairman Tadashi Yanai, who credited her with inventing the "modern basic."  Sander, for her part, says she had received “a lot of offers from many companies” since leaving the fashion world, but she ended up deciding to try something “completely different” and work exclusively for the Japanese label.
Insiders Balk at Increasingly Fast-Paced Fashion Cycle
Insiders Balk at Increasingly Fast-Paced Fashion Cycle December 12, 2008 3:10 pm >> With Pre-Fall show season in full swing, it may seem like business as usual on the surface, but within the span of two days, Stefano Gabbana, Donna Karan, and Bridget Foley, executive editor at WWD, have spoken out indicating otherwise.  The consensus is that the industry needs rehab — and fast — that or, Foley writes, "we can wait for total industry Armageddon, à la the financial and auto industries, to step back and try to set things right."Gabbana was first kickstarted into action when he saw cotton shorts being stocked last year in the Milanese Dolce & Gabbana store during Winter: "I started asking myself, ‘What’s happening?’  As a consumer I said, ‘No, this makes no sense.'