3462955 Cynthia Steffe After a five-year absence, designer Cynthia Steffe is back with a new label, Cluny. Steffe and her husband, Rick Roberts, left Bernard Chaus Inc. back 2006 over a contract dispute, and her namesake label remained with Chaus, which continues to offer a Cynthia Steffe collection (that we often see during Fashion Week), …
Sometimes being bought isn't a bad thing. WWD announced this morning that LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has acquired luxury botanical skin care brand Ole Henriksen. Founder and namesake of the Swedish label, Ole Henriksen, said he was ready to sell the brand after opening in Sephora stores in China last year and had to …
Simon Doonan Is the sign of the fashion apocalypse? Barneys New York without Simon Doonan? That seems to be the unfortunate case as The New York Post reported late yesterday that Doonan, the amicable creative director for Barneys—made famous by his whimsical window displays and velvety voice—has been "promoted" to the position of Creative Ambassador-at-Large. …
Jodi Arnold Here's some news we're not too happy about this morning: Jodi Arnold, the perky, red-headed designer known for her feminine draping and bold, original prints, closed her store in Brooklyn at 347 Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street this month, and has announced that the fate of her Manhattan store is also uncertain. Arnold …
A spring look by the new Chaiken and Capone Chaiken and Capone, famous for its cult following in the Nineties for great-fitting pants, is making a retail comeback this spring. Founded by Julie Chaiken and Pamela Capone in 1994, Chaiken and Capone was the best place in the mid-Nineties for big city women to find …
