>> THE MODELIZER — The abrupt closure of Jovovich-Hawk was a surprise, but according to Milla Jovovich, all is good in the hood.  She's hardly done with designing: "Now I’m here in Paris meeting with bigger houses about doing designing for them.  Unfortunately, Carmen [Hawk]’s not working with me anymore  — she’s taking pictures — but I am definitely going to keep designing."  Now if we could just get Jane Mayle squared away . . . [Chic Report]

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>> And another one bites the dust.  Just shortly after Milla Jovovich laid Jovovich-Hawk to rest, Jane Mayle has decided after ten years to call it quits on her contemporary line Mayle.

The holiday-resort collection will be Mayle's last. The closure is not for financial reasons — the designer told WWD her business is healthier than ever — but rather due to the accelerating fashion calendar:

The customer gets tired before the collections even hit stores . . . That mystery and remoteness and insouciance have disappeared from fashion in order to accelerate the product. I feel I have just become another cog in that machinery.

Mayle wouldn't disclose what she has in the works next, but hasn't ruled out fashion altogether.
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