Madewell is expanding, Athleta’s first-ever designer collaboration, a standalone menswear fashion week in NYC, and other fashion news that made headlines this week.

Fun Fashion Fact

According to The Guardian, American sailors were the first to adopt flared trousers in the 19th century. “It is believed that this may have been for practical purposes. They made it easier to snag a man who had fallen overboard and easier to remove when wet.”