Culottes began their fashion journey as a men’s pant—in the Renaissance era, upper class men wore breeches (or culottes in French). Often made out of silk, they were fitted trousers that were fastened just below the knee. They became so synonymous with the upper class that when the French Revolution came around in the late–1700s, …
Sonia Rykiel hired photographer Juergen Teller to shoot its fall campaign starring Gisele Bündchen. Bündchen looks very natural in the black and white shots taken in an artist’s studio. This campaign is different compared to the brand’s last two advertising campaigns, which featured graphic colored backdrops by graphic design duo M/M (Paris). Katie Grand styled …
Nina Ricci is getting ready for expansion and is staffing up its fashion and accessory department in order to do so. Starting in May the product and merchandising director at Sonia Rykiel, Sophie Templier, will be joining Ricci as the new accessory director. Along with the new addition of Templier the senior RTW designer at …
Sonia Rykiel wants to come into your home! With a successful bed and bath collection now under her belt, French designer Sonia Rykiel is spearheading a new home collection that channels the Parisian Left Bank chic of her eponymous line. The French fashion house has signed a license with furnishings company Lelievre, (which also makes …
So sad…Joan Weinstein died at age 74 of heart failure last weekend in Miami. Weinstein was fashion force in Chicago due to her influential boutique Ultimo. Weinstein and her husband Jerry opened Ultimo on Oak Street in 1969. She quickly became an avid, early supporter of European designers, such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Giorgio …
