NexCen Lays Off Entire Bill Blass Couture Staff With No Severance
Just in time for the holidays. Bah, humbug.
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Just in time for the holidays. Bah, humbug.
The economy has brought the label's last, tumultuous six months to a sad end.
Bill Blass New York is liquidating, and retailers aren't buying Som's spring 2009 line.
Best & Co. signed the designer to create a limited-edition holiday capsule collection for tots.
NexCen was unable to financially support the line the way Som envisioned because they bought a cookie company.
But will they save Peter Som's ready-to-wear Bill Blass line?
The line designed by Peter Som loses over $1 million a year.
The label can't afford to produce the collection Som envisions. It also can't afford to pay Som's salary.
The designer wants to leave his position as creative director of the label to focus on his expanding namesake line.
Rumor has it he's done with Blass, but Nexcen wants to keep his name attached so they can sell the label.
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Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana will throw Naomi Campbell's 38th-birthday party in Cannes, luxury companies like Dior have shady manufacturing practices, and Bill Blass might be sold soon.
The long, roomy style popped up on the runways of Diane Von Furstenberg, Lanvin, Nina Ricci, and Bill Blass. The shape, designers say, empowers women.
Peter Som restaged his first collection for Bill Blass today. Quite smartly the designer brought his show to Saks, the ultimate ladies-who-lunch destination.
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