British Health Magazine Accused of Fattening Model; Macy’s Plans Major Renovations
• Healthy, a British magazine that promotes “health and wellbeing,” has come under fire for Photoshopping model Kamilla Wladyka to look larger. See more pictures of her here. [Daily Mail UK]
• Macy’s plans to remodel its Herald Square flagship from “top to bottom,” inside and outside, with costs running into the hundreds of millions. [WWD]
• The twelve designers picked for Bloomberg’s "Fashion Business Incubator" have been working in a 10,000-square-foot garment district space for a month now, where things are much friendlier than they are on Project Runway. Jewelry designer Waris Ahluwalia says, “You run into each other. But no one has come over to borrow the salt or sugar — or scissors or sketch pad." [WSJ]
• British jeweler Stephen Webster plans to open his first U.S. store in New York City by 2012. Webster: “What I try to do is take the most frightening, obnoxious stuff and make jewelry out of it.” [WWD]
• Rag & bone is expanding its footwear offerings, and the company plans on collaborating with Timberland on a line of boots for fall. [
