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Fashion in 50 Seconds 06/16/10 Mr. Nils Rumored to Be Closing, Haider Ackermann Prepares For Pitti

coutorture — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:01:37 PDT

Karlie Kloss stars in the fall Acuascutum campaign along with Matt Benstead, Jacob Coupe, and Tristan Knights. Shot by Willy Vanderperre, the image will make a print debut in the July issue of L'Uomo Vogue.

Mr. Nils, Lars Nilsson's new men's label, might be over before it had a chance to begin. According to WWD, the company is defaulting on retail orders for fall.

Haider Ackermann prepares to show his first menswear collection as Pitt's guest designer.

Preen designers Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi would love to design children's clothing now that they have a little girl. The pair also recently created uniforms for London's Bungalow 8.

Fashion in 50 Seconds 04/02/10 Jeremy Scott Styles Beth Ditto, Gia Coppola Films Zac Posen

coutorture — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:31:56 PDT

“Why did they hire me to be a designer, and then want me working on acid-washed jeans and things with rhinestones?”-Lars Nilsson on his unceremonious exit from Gianfranco Ferre.

Leonor Scherrer, the daughter of the French couturier Jean-Louis Scherrer, is building a fashion line, called Leonor Funeral Couture, to outfit the bereaved.

Gia Coppola filmed the video for Zac Posen's Target line, which will launch online later this month.

Matthew Williamson's New York Meatpacking District store gets the Gossip Girl treatment.

Jeremy Scott styles Beth Ditto in his spring 2010 Pebbles Flintstone collection for Paper magazine.

Fashion in 50 Seconds 11/11/09 Lindsay Out at Ungaro?

coutorture — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:16:54 PST

Lindsay Lohan's working relationship with the house of Emanuel Ungaro might finally be over.

Burberry's Christopher Bailey receives a well-deserved promotion.

Ron Herman edits the current J.Crew line-up for a shop-in-shop in his Fred Segal boutiques in Los Angeles.

A rundown of the best designer blogs.

Jean Paul Gaultier is happy to report his collection for Target will shock parents and teachers.

"Being at Yves Saint Laurent was such a negative experience for me even though the business boomed while I was there. I’ve never talked about this on the record before, but it was an awful time for me. Pierre and Yves were just evil. So Yves Saint Laurent doesn’t exist for me."-Tom Ford on his years in Paris to Advocate magazine.

Lars Nilsson will launch a signature men's wear collection next January at Pitti Imagine Uomo in Italy.

Source: Getty

fashionologie — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:48:44 PDT

>> Lars Nilsson Said to Have Found a Designing Home -After tempestuous stints as creative director at Nina Ricci and Gianfranco Ferre, respectively, Lars Nilsson was supposedly one of the finalists for the Halston job. Marios Schwab ended up scoring the gig, and now, it's speculated that Nilsson is finalizing a deal for a signature menswear line with Italian manufacturer Mabro-Antichi Telai. The line doesn't yet have a name, but is expected in time for Pitti Uomo in Florence next Spring. [WWD]

Tommaso Aquilano, Roberto Rimondi Out at Gianfranco Ferre

fashionologie — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:55:50 PDT

>> In a move that wasn't entirely unexpected, Gianfranco Ferre creative directors Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi - who also design under the moniker Aquilano.Rimondi - are out at the brand. They joined Ferre in 2008, after the founding designer's successor Lars Nilsson was dismissed in February of that year.

A "well-placed" source told WWD that after the Fall 2011 show, “sales didn’t go well at all" and "the designers have already left.” While attending February's show, new Ferre owners Abdulkader Sankari and son Ahmed (of Paris Group) already seemed lukewarm about Aquilano and Rimondi. “We will see,” was all they would say when enquired about the designers' future at the brand.

A retailer who asked to remain anonymous also blamed poor sales for the designers' departure: “We bought a minimal amount of the collection for the sake of carrying the brand, but there simply were not enough samples. There was almost no daywear and evening wear was fairy-tale-like, something for the Oscars. It may work for a small, niche brand, but not for such a global brand.” Aquilano and Rimondi's Ferre designs were also known to be expensive, putting the brand on par with the likes of Chanel.

musical chairs

philleif — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:07:00 PDT

>> Speculation, speculation... PageSix is reporting that Olivier Theyskens may now be going to Nina Ricci to take Lars Nilsson's spot, and Lars Nilsson may be going to to de la Renta. Seems just the other day Theyskens was going to de la Renta. We need an official announcement here! I'm tired of biting my fingernails.

Peter Copping Officially Taking Over at Nina Ricci

fashionologie — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:26:26 PDT

>> Not that it was expected any other way - Olivier is officially gone from the brand and sources have been pinpointing him as next in line for months - but now it's official: Peter Copping is the new artistic director at Nina Ricci.

He started at the brand on Monday and is already hard at work on a capsule resort collection, which is expected to be unveiled in late June. It sounds like his first Nina Ricci runway show won't be in the Fall, but rather in March 2010 - the company wants to give him time to settle in (and hopefully get it right, considering that he's the third designer they've had within a span of three years - Theyskens started in 2006, and Lars Nilsson was in place before that).

But he already has plenty of ideas »