Today's Fashion Headlines: Tod’s & Net-a-porter Collab, New CFDA Members, Manolo Blahnik Bags

Tod’s Debuts Net-a-porter Collab Net-a-porter.com has announced it will carry Tod’s ready-to-wear collections exclusively online for two seasons. The Tod’s women’s fall collection will launch on July 29th, and the men’s line will debut on Mr Porter.com September 8th. Before this partnership, Tod’s has only sold its ready-to-wear collections in its own brick-and-mortar boutiques. Net-a-porter …

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SAIC Presents the Next Generation of Fashion Designers at THE WALK 2015

On May 8, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) held the 81st edition of its annual student fashion show, THE WALK at Millenium Park’s Chase Promenade. The event raised more than $500,000 to support SAIC’s fashion program and student scholarships and was attended by over 1,500 people. Student designers pushed the limitations …

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Project Accessory, Season 1 Episode 8: Finale. Memorable Quotes from Last Night's Episode.

This is it, folks! It’s the season finale of Project Accessory and it’s still anyone’s game… we have classically elegant but safe Nina, rocker-chic but still complaining struggling Rich or out of his mind this world alien princess designer Brian. We get a small recap on why each designer thinks they should be the winner. …

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Project Accessory, Season 1 Episode 6: Fall for Kenneth. Memorable Quotes from Last Night's Episode

Project Accessory is gaining momentum toward the finale, as designers are getting picked off one by one. Still standing are Nina, Christina, Diego, Brian, Rich and Adrian. Each designer’s strengths (and nuances) have been demonstrated at least once in the last five episodes so by now, we’re pretty clear on each one’s neurosis. For example, …

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