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Debbie Harry is working on a fashion collaboration with contemporary artist Shepard Fairey. The Blondie frontwoman, famous as much for her music as for her punk-infused style, is teaming up with Fairey on a fall 2017 collection for his label Obey, WWD reports. Obey was founded by Fairey in 2011 and is known for its rebellious, anti-establishment approach to fashion basics for both men and women.
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Debbie Harry to design fashion line for Obey
From Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger to Rihanna and Manolo Blahnik, 2016 was a generous year when it came to high-profile fashion collaborations. Supermodel of the moment Bella Hadid is working on her debut jewelry collection with LA brand Chrome Hearts. Details are being kept strictly under wraps, and an official release date has yet to be announced, but the house is known for unique, rock-and-roll-inspired pieces, so we can expect something urban and edgy.
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Fashion collaborations to watch out for in 2017
Miami (AFP) – Sometimes, there is such a thing as being too popular, Tommy Hilfiger says, explaining that after his label's crazy romp in the 1990s, he had to reinvent the brand.
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Tommy Hilfiger says you can be too popular
Ahead of Paris Fashion Week (September 27 to October 5), Relaxnews caught up with designer Jenny Mannerheim, cofounder of the label Each x Other, whose spring/summer 2017 collection previews September 30 at 3.30pm. The “Oh la la land” collection was inspired by iconoclastic silhouettes: the dancer, the rocker, the dandy, the Lolita. Who is the collection aimed at?
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Jenny Mannerheim for Each x Other: ‘Each x Other plays with timeless codes’
Italian fashion house Ermanno Scervino has opened a dedicated women's corner at Harrods in London, in a bid to cater to “the market's growing interest” in the label (via WWD). Featuring a selection of some of the most elegant pieces from Scervino's collections, the offering adds yet another point of sale to the brand's distribution network, in addition to the 48 boutiques it currently operates worldwide.
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Italian designer brand Ermanno Scervino opens women’s section at Harrods in London
Supermodel Elsa Hosk is teaming up with n : Philanthropy to front the label's first-ever campaign this fall — a campaign with with a charitable twist. The Victoria's Secret Angel and philanthropist has joined forces with the LA-based contemporary label in supporting the anti-human-trafficking organization Fair Girls. The charity, which works to prevent the exploitation of girls worldwide — a cause close to Hosk's heart — will receive a $200,000 donation from n: Philanthropy's founder Yvonne Niami to mark the debut campaign.
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Charitable contemporary label n : Philanthropy snaps up Elsa Hosk for debut fashion campaign
The rapper and designer has been unveiled as the star of the label's new fall campaign, alongside supermodel Joan Smalls. The house took to Instagram to announce the news, posting a black and white image of West and Smalls in a dramatic balletic pose. Smalls sports a pair of ruffled trousers and a cropped top, while West is captured in the ripped jeans and embellished jacket combination he debuted on the red carpet of the MET Ball back in May. The shot is accompanied by the caption 'The ♯BalmainArmy is back'.
Singers Elton John and Lily Allen have also handed over their denims to the American artist and designer Johny Dar to transform and then auction them off for the International Committee for Refugees (ICR). Within hours of the jeans going up on the online auction site Catawiki, someone had already bid 5,000 euros ($5,500) for Stone's, while the multicoloured makeover of the singer Pink's jeans had reached 3,000 euros Tuesday. “The world refugee crisis has had an impact on everyone,” said the designer Dar, adding that the online auction would close in October.
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Stars give their jeans to help refugees
As widely expected, Christian Dior officially announced the Italian designer's appointment as the label's new head creative on Friday, July 8, tweeting “Dior is delighted to welcome Ms. Maria Chiuri as artistic director of women's couture, RTW and accessory collections.” On Thursday, Valentino had confirmed that Maria Grazia Chiuri would be leaving her position of creative directorship at the Italian label, which she had shared with Pierpaolo Piccioli. As expected, it's the Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri who will take over as creative director of the Dior fashion house, replacing Raf Simons who stood down in October.
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Dior names Maria Grazia Chiuri as new creative director
The Versace woman has many facets — a sexy, modern, sensual and powerful woman on the go, exuding femininity in the extreme. This was captured in the label's latest catwalk show, Sunday, July 3, on the first day of Paris Haute Couture Week in the French capital. Versace has always celebrated women, but this autumn/winter 2016-2017 haute couture collection honors them in the finest of ways.
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Paris Haute Couture Week: the many sides of the Atelier Versace woman
