- Fans of a little French je-ne-sais-quoi: Inès de la Fressange has teamed up with Uniqlo for their LifeWear line.
- And more Uniqlo news. The Japanese brand intends to offer more generous sizes to fit the US market, and lower-priced lines in smaller Asian cities.
- Nordstrom is planning to further grow its online business. The retail chain will also open 27 new Nordstrom Rack stores in 2014 and intends to expand its in-store Topshop stands from 14 to 41 locations.
- Gwen Stefani’s latest collaboration involves… lingerie. She is teaming up with Hanky Panky, giving their best-selling styles a rock ‘n’ roll edge.
- Speaking of starting young: 12-year old Isabella Rose Taylor is launching her own juniors collection at Nordstrom.
- For all the stationery fans out there: Garance Doré is launching her own back to paper line.
- Amazon is supposedly in talks with J.Crew, Ralph Lauren and other retailers to list their products on the website.
- Now this is a somewhat unexpected selfie side effect: an increase in head lice among teenagers.
- 68-year old actor Charlotte Rampling has just been named as the new face of Nars Cosmetics.
- Film director David Lynch will be responsible for the set design and soundtrack for Kenzo’s Fall 2014 show.
- For the fifth year in a row Giorgio Armani is sponsoring Unicef’s Tap Project. Want to help? Just ignore your phone for 10 minutes.
Fun Fashion Fact
Did you know that it was Napoleon Bonaparte who introduced the idea of buttons on jacket sleeves? He ordered his tailors to sew buttons to soldiers’ uniform sleeves to prevent the men from wiping their runny noses on them.
