- Target is teaming up with Diane von Furstenberg for a 200-piece collection.
- Meanwhile, Merrell and Sweaty Betty are launching a women’s hiking capsule collection.
- Macy’s is planning to close 150 stores over the next three years.
- The next big hair accessory trend is using anything but a hair accessory according to Fashionista.
- American interior designer, collector and stylist Iris Apfel has passed away at age 102.
- From Swarovski crystals to ‘grills’ made with gems and precious metals, tooth jewellery is on the rise.
- H&M has unveiled a new store concept in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood featuring a second-hand shop-in-shop. The store is the first in North America to offer the “Pre-Loved” shop-in-shop experience.
- French designer Claude Montana, renowned for his oversized shoulder silhouettes, has died at age 76.
- 1980’s favourite The Body Shop has entered administration in the UK.
- With a new exhibition, the de Young Museum is paying tribute to the look of San Francisco.
Fun Fashion Fact
According to The Guardian, style icon Iris Apfel never paid full price:
“… she never ever bought full-price: her many rails and under-the-bed suitcases of couture were sale-price samples, chosen for their cut, fabric, skilled craftwork and colour dazzle. She might wear them over thrift shop pyjamas, or under a Peking Opera costume, with hawsers of necklaces atop. Money could not buy personal style, she said, prettiness withered, beauty could corrode the soul. All that really mattered was ‘attitude, attitude, attitude’.”
