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Hedi and LVMH: Together at Last!
FASHION • Hedi Slimane is back in talks with LVMH to launch his own fashion house. Everyone, commence jumping up and down. [WWD] • IMG is behind Bravo’s new model show but won’t be giving the winner a contract. [Fashionista] • Not even Cavalli can rev up H&M’s sales. [NYP]
Posted 12/18/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Cavalli, Jersey Madness Take Over H&M
In true Roberto Cavalli form, the H&M launch this morning was the flashiest of all the clothing company's collaborations so far. The sidewalk in front of the Fifth Avenue store was lined with a red carpet, where supermodel Jessica Stam joined the designer for photo ops. Over 50 people were in line by 8 a.m., surprising even Cavalli himself, who admitted he “didn’t expect so much success.” But the Cavalli-aholics, mainly hailing from New Jersey, were as frenzied and savage as the animals whose print they so furiously coveted. The first in line (since 7 p.m. last night!) were a pair of cousins, 12-year-old Margaret and 24-year-old Frances. When the doors opened at ten, they sprinted first toward the gold minidresses and floor-length gowns, swooping up entire racks of the same item. Later, at the cash register, the cousins carried bundles so huge that only their faux-Ugg boots were visible. Was it worth the wait? “I’m going to pass out. I’m not even kidding,” one replied before breaking down into tears on the phone. The other boasted that she fought a woman for a dress. "I hit her with a hanger!” she yelped. Their mother, however, wasn’t satisfied. “Whurs the jewelrrrrrrrry?!!!” she shrieked.
Posted 11/08/07 in Daily Intel : Intel
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Greg Larkin Was the Al Gore of the Subprime Mess
FINANCE • Alan Greenspan was giddy when old buds Don Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney took over the White House. But it turned out they were bad boys and not his friends at all. Check out this and more in Greenspan’s new bio. [NYT] • So basically everyone’s sitting around twiddling his thumbs today while waiting to see just how much the Fed cuts rates tomorrow. The market has already priced in a quarter-point cut, and the real speculation is whether they’ll cut a full half-point. [DealBreaker] • Greg Larkin of obscure research firm Innovest was like the Al Gore of the subprime mess. [ NYP]
Posted 09/17/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Feathers and Ruffles and Discounts! Cavalli to Design for H&M
Shoppers, mark your calendars. On November 8, H&M will unveil a new collaboration with Roberto Cavalli, the chain announced this morning. "The Roberto Cavalli collections represent an exuberant, successful lifestyle," H&M's design chief, Margareta van den Bosch, said in the announcement — which is something of an understatement. Cavalli has cultivated a notoriously wild aesthetic — his latest collection featured cowboy hats, leopard-print trapeze coats, skintight, sequined gowns, and jodhpurs — and one wonders how H&M's mass clientele will react. Should we expect watered-down versions of these outrageous efforts, or will Cavalli stretch outside his trademark sensibility and design for everywoman? His canned quotes shed no light. "I love freedom and challenges: breaking down barriers, experimenting in different directions," he said in the statement. The new collection "will add a dash of festivity and dreams." Of course. —Kendall Herbst
Posted 06/20/07 in Daily Intel : Show and Talk
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H&M: The Game
FASHION • When shopping at H&M isn't stimulating enough, play The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Runway. [Pro-G] • The Olsens do menswear. [Fashionista] • Ralph Lauren claims American fashion is just starting. [British Vogue]
Posted 06/05/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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H&M and Kylie Minogue Want You to Support Water By Dressing Like It
Kylie Minogue is continuing to follow in Madonna's footsteps, this time by launching her own collection at H&M, as the Material Girl did two months ago. As you know if you've passed through Soho lately, Minogue will have you covered this summer, with a small, fifteen-piece beachwear collection. It debuted today, and we visited the Fifth Avenue flagship for a peek. The line is done in sea colors — aquamarine, turquoise, sea foam, silver, white — and breezy cotton and rayon. The clear hits will be the embroidered tunic dresses, in white and aqua, and the metallic bikinis and one-pieces with sexy, dipping necklines. Of course, in typical Minogue form, there’s a splash of camp: silver turbans and mini-skirts so tiny they leave little to the imagination. Even better, you can feel good about your purchases; 10 percent of the proceeds will go to WaterAid projects in Africa.
—Kendall Herbst Earlier: Madonna Excitement at H&M? It's Like a PrayerPosted 05/24/07 in Daily Intel : Show and Talk
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From the Mall to Midtown
Liam James sells jewelry when he's not aspiring to be a male model. A native of the small city of Port Angeles, Washington, James was pointed toward modeling by a stranger who suggested it to him in the mall. So now James and his 26-inch waist are strolling through the city, struggling to make clothes fit by stapling H&M shirts. "I'm one of those people who likes to use bronzer to make things look alive," he says. See what other beauty aids James employs in this week's Video Look Book. Liam James [Video Look Book]
Posted 04/04/07 in Daily Intel : Video Look Book
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Madonna Excitement at H&M? It's Like a Prayer
Omigod! A new celeb-driven line at H&M! Let's get there fast, before everything sells out! Knowing the mob scenes that develop whenever a new, hyped H&M collection launches — we're veterans of the great Viktor & Rolf Rush of '06 — we headed over to the Swedish chain's Fifth Avenue flagship this morning to witness Madonna Madness '07, the debut of the Material Girl's second H&M collection, the first that she actually had a hand in designing. Drew Barrymore, Kirsten Dunst, Carmen Electra, Stella McCartney, and Gwyneth Paltrow have all reportedly ordered pieces — and, if the scene on Fifth was any indication, they might be the only ones wearing them: The line had barely reached the corner of 51st Street when the doors opened at ten o'clock. "So I guess everything will be gone in two hours?" joked one shopper, who said she was a veteran of H&M's crazy Karl Lagerfeld debut. Not likely. —Kendall Herbst
Posted 03/22/07 in Daily Intel : Show and Talk
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American Graffiti
• The City Council has approved — 49-0 — a symbolic ban on the N-word; the ban carries no penalties but already seems to be in effect, seeing that not a single publication covering it can bring itself to print the slur. [Newsday] • And on the same day, a man pleaded guilty to scrawling "anti-Semitic slurs" — also unspecified — on cars parked near a Queens synagogue. City Council, get bannin'! [amNY] • The Splasher, an anonymous culprit who defaces street art with violent handfuls of paint, has earned a chin-scratching Times profile. As expected, at issue is the line between "respectable" graffiti (Banksy, Swoon) and Splasher's vandalism. Or is it art? [NYT] • OMG Madonna's collection at H&M! We're more than a little perplexed why this is front-page material to the Daily News, so feel free to point out some sort of Mort-Madonna link we've accidentally missed. [NYDN] • And in a particularly bizarre round of Mad Libs, a 46-year-old dominatrix … was busted for weapons possession … in a $3 million Bedford Hills mansion … owned by an Orthodox rabbinical school. [NYP]
Posted 03/01/07 in Daily Intel : The Morning Line
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Some People Just Aren't Into Black
Erin O'Conner is a graduate student of ancient history and an intern at the United Nations. Raised in Eugene, Oregon, O'Conner grew up muttering about Mesopotamians and Babylonians as her father slept in a tepee in the backyard. She shops at H&M but claims the pants and boots Amy Larocca saw her in are "the only black I own." Video Look Book
Posted 02/21/07 in Daily Intel : Video Look Book
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Viktor & Rolf Invades H&M; Chaos Ensues!
Viktor & Rolf's highly anticipated debut collection arrived at H&M this morning, but much of the action began well before the Fifth Avenue store's 9 a.m. opening. The first customer on line arrived around 2 a.m., determined to buy a wedding dress, one of only twenty in stock. Another woman sprinted into the store as the doors opened, sweeping an entire rack of trench coats into her arms. It wasn't pretty, but then, as they say, all's fair in love and war — and this event had both: love for Viktor & Rolf designs and war with fellow shoppers. But war means some casualties, too. "This isn't fun anymore," complained one overwhelmed shopper, spun in circles by the violent currents of people swirling around her. It's fun for H&M, though: Opening-day sales of Viktor & Rolf are projected to be at least $1 million. — Kendall Herbst
Posted 11/09/06 in Daily Intel : Intel
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