ALL IN THE NUMBERS: The social media hysteria has died down since last week’s Met Gala, and Versace was the big winner as the top brand for media impact value. This year’s exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute “Camp: Notes on Fashion” fueled all sorts of outrageousness and over-the-topness. Dressing eight VIPs, Read more about Versace Racks Up the Most MIV for Met Gala, According to Launchmetrics[…]

COPENHAGEN – Nike has created an open source design guide to help businesses reach their sustainability goals. The guide maps out the 10 principles of circular design to help the industry codify and standardize sustainability in the supply chain. “It’s an invitation for a dialogue with the creative groups around the world. We are endeavouring Read more about Nike Creates Circular Design Guide To Promote Sustainable Collaboration[…]

Last week’s Louis Vuitton show at JFK airport didn’t only mark the unveiling of Nicolas Ghesquière’s resort collection. It also was something of a coming-out party for the K-pop girl group Itzy — a five-member ensemble that was flown to New York and the front row to help boost Vuitton’s Korean commercial potential. The group Read more about Crafting the Visual Identity for a K-pop Group Through Fashion[…]

Hasan Minhaj and Jessica Williams will be the presenters at the 2019 CFDA Fashion Awards on June 3. Minhaj and Williams will present the Womenswear, Menswear, Accessory and Emerging Designer of the Year nominee categories. Instead of a traditional host format, the CFDA Fashion Awards will showcase several creative voices in the fashion and entertainment Read more about CFDA Fashion Awards Tap Hasan Minhaj and Jessica Williams as Presenters[…]

HERMÈS GIG: Hermès is supporting the talented young piano players by sponsoring two awards among the Piano City Milano Renato Sellani Prize. The prize falls amid the series of events of Piano City Milano, the annual round of piano concerts, events and performances held throughout the city and aimed at promoting music culture. This year’s Read more about Hermès Supports Piano City Milano Prize[…]

SILK ROAD: Reinforcing the relationship between the Italian and Chinese fashion industries and developing new strategies is the goal of the 2019 Sino-Italian Fashion Summit, which will run from June 24 to 26 in Hangzhou, an important industrial hub located half an hour from Shanghai. The summit, which will include the participation of major Italian Read more about China National Garment Association To Organize Sino-Italian Fashion Summit[…]

QUEEN BEE: Honey Dijon is the latest music figure to take a leap into fashion with a prestigious partner: Comme des Garçons is preparing her first products for release in the coming months, WWD has learned. Dijon and Adrian Joffe, president of Comme des Garçons International and chief executive officer of Dover Street Market, confirmed Read more about EXCLUSIVE: Honey Dijon Cues Up Fashion Brand, With Comme des Garçons[…]

DALLAS — “Dior: From Paris to the World,” which opens Sunday at the Dallas Museum of Art, may have a French accent, but with a local twist. In a different installation from its debut last fall at the Denver Art Museum, the show makes eye-popping use of the DMA’s 40-foot-high Barrel Vault by peopling it Read more about Deep in Texas: Dior Show Bows at Dallas Museum of Art[…]

OUR PLANET: Dazed Media is setting its sights on sustainability with a dedicated platform, A Future World, in partnership with the European Climate Foundation just in time for the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. The new platform, A Future World, will focus on science, technology and pop culture and feature interviews, films and discussions on sustainability. “Climate change Read more about Dazed Media Unveils Sustainability Platform, A Future World[…]

SILK ROAD: Reinforcing the relationship between the Italian and Chinese fashion industries and developing new strategies is the goal of the 2019 Sino-Italian Fashion Summit, which will run from June 24 to 26 in Hangzhou, an important industrial hub located half an hour from Shanghai. The summit, which will include the participation of major Italian Read more about China National Garment Association To Organize Sino-Italian Fashion Summit[…]