Fashion In 50 Seconds 03/24/09 Tiffany's Sees Profit Decline & More

coutorture — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:41:59 PDT

Tiffany & Co reported a drop of over 75% in the fourth quarter of last year resulting in lay-offs and store closings rather than slashed prices.

A former Lucky editor has launched into the designer rental business with an e-commerce site that focuses on dress rentals.

Alexander McQueen had a few choice words for the fashion industry in an interview with Numero Homme.

Marni is launching a new line this summer which will take archival pieces and rework them in cotton and jerseys.

Alexander McQueen Perpetuates That Enfant Terrible Streak

fashionologie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:03 PDT

>> Alexander McQueen, famously outspoken, spoke out in an interview for the Spring 2009 issue of Numero Homme (#17), and started by giving his interviewer, Numero editor at large Philip Utz, and fashion journalism as a whole, a dressing-down: "[it's a] thinly-veiled exercise in marketing." Then, he moved on to the British Fashion Council - "[it] doesn't know what the f*ck it's doing" - and another one of his favorite subjects to disparage - Hubert de Givenchy.

McQueen was the designer for Givenchy from 1997 to 2001, and upon his installation, he declared Hubert de Givenchy's work "irrevelant"; it seems the years have not softened his opinion: "Well what do you make of Hubert de Givenchy? He was only ever any good at ripping off [Cristobal] Balenciaga."

He saves admiration for a select couple »