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Rachel Zoe Added to CFDA Board
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The organization - a not-for-profit trade association of over 350 of America's foremost fashion and accessory designers - admitted 26 new members including Rachel, Joseph Altuzarra of Altuzarra, von Furstenberg's Yvan Mispelaere and Jean-Michel Cazabat. The CFDA also extended Diane von Furstenberg's run as president for another two years with the designer first taking on the role in 2009.
"Diane has done an excellent job as CFDA president. The time and resources she gives and the vision she has created is a huge benefit for our organization and industry," CFDA chief executive officer Steven Kolb told WWD.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen took home the biggest prize at the recent CFDA awards. The former child TV stars were selected as the country's top womenswear designers for their collection The Row. Jessica Chastain announced the 25-year-old twins as winners at the Lincoln Center in New York.
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Katie Holmes Becomes Hilfiger Ambassador
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Katie Holmes is to become the ambassador of Tommy Hilfiger's new collection. The stunning actress has teamed up with the designer to promote The Promise Collection, which is part of Hilfiger's role as a Millennium Development Goal global leader.
The collection - which features pieces that have been either been produced in Africa or that use locally-sourced cotton - comprises classic Tommy Hilfiger styles but in a bold color palette featuring vibrant African prints. All profits from the range - which will be sold in Tommy Hilfiger stores worldwide as well as online from late April - will be invested back into Millennium Promise, the charity set up to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
Hilfiger has already visited Ruhiira in Uganda to see the difference his $2 million donation in 2010 made, while Katie has also visited the rural region, ahead of fronting the campaign. In the campaign, there will be a focus on women's issues by the charity - including working towards gender equality, maternal health and universal education.
Simon Spurr Exits Eponymous Label
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Simon Spurr has left his eponymous label.
The British menswear designer stepped down from the post on Friday, with the shock decision taking the fashion world by surprise after he was nominated for the Council of Fashion Designers for America's (CFDA) 2012 Menswear Designer of the Year prize just last week.
Tommy Fazio, men's fashion director at Nordstrom, first revealed the news on Saturday via Twitter. Mr. Fazio - who had been president of the high-end menswear label before joining Nordstrom - wrote, "Sad day in fashion. Simon Spurr has left his company."
In an email to WWD, Simon - who co-founded the New York-based company with partner Judd Nydes in 2006 - wrote, "At this moment, I'm not at liberty to say anything about what's gone on."
Earlier this year, Simon - who still retains his position of creative consultant for Tommy Hilfiger's menswear division - sold his autumn-winter collection with European agent Futurenet.
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Tommy Hilfiger Didn’t Help Daughter
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Tommy Hilfiger's daughter didn't need his help with her fashion line.
The legendary designer is thrilled with his offspring Ally's new line NAHM - which she worked on with design partner Nary Manivong - and says it looked better than it had in previews when the collection was presented at New York Fashion Week this week.
"I love it. I saw some of the samples, but now seeing them on the models, they look great. [Did I help?]I put my three cents in and they give me a couple of pennies back. They know exactly what they're doing. They have a very specific point of view," Hilfiger said.
Ally said the collection was inspired by vintage prints and "strong, powerful women." She told People, "We're growing our customer up a bit, but she's also this very effortless, intellectual woman."
The designer sourced some of the floral and Egyptian-influenced fabrics from her own vintage collection: "They're recolored and resized."
Jennifer Lopez Talks About Her Failed Collection
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Singer-actress-American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez admits that her first foray into fashion was a huge disappointment. Lopez teamed up with Tommy Hilfiger's brother Andy to launch her own clothing range, Sweetface, in 2001 but now admits it wasn't what she expected as she felt "trapped" by it.
"I just felt like I never got a fair chance to do it right. And on top of it, I felt like I was trapped in a situation I couldn't get out of, and my name was stamped on things that I didn't believe in," she told the New York Times newspaper.
Although the line closed, Jennifer didn't let it put her off designing another line - this time she has teamed up with Tommy and her husband Marc Anthony to create a fashion collection with Kohls. They are all confident the line will be a success because Jennifer has lots of control over it.
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Tommy Hilfiger to Design for Lady Gaga
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Tommy Hilfiger is set to design a fashion range for Lady Gaga.
The brand's company Music and Entertainment and Sports Holdings (MESH) is negotiating with Universal Music Group to develop clothing collections for its entertainment clients, who, as well as Gaga, include Justin Bieber and the Rolling Stones. According to WWD, the first apparel collections will be launched later this year.
Hilfiger launched MESH last July to create lifestyle concepts inspired by the music and entertainment world, with the first venture being Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony's clothing line. As well as MESH, last year the fashion house -- normally famed for its preppy styles -- added a lifestyle label to its brand. The company aimed new line Tommy at 20-something men and women, with the focus being on distinctive handmade details.
"Tommy gives us more flexibility and freedom to do something truly conceptual," Hilfiger said.
Gary Sheinbaum, chief executive officer of Tommy Hilfiger, added, "The way we're going to merchandise Tommy will be distinctive and different, not so formulaic. It will be more of a fun, dynamic experience. The product itself, we feel, is going to be a fresh take on the preppy traffic, done in a fresh, young, cool way. When we look around, we don't see anyone doing this."
Milla Jovovich Designs Hilfiger Bag
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Milla Jovovich is teaming up with American designer Tommy Hilfiger.
The model-and-actress—who has previously had her own fashion label, Jovovich-Hawk with catwalk beauty Carmen Hawk—is reportedly set to collaborate with the fashion house to create next season’s Tommy Hilfiger Breast Health International bag for charity.
Milla’s bag will reportedly launch next April. This year’s initiative was backed by supermodel Helena Christensen, who designed an oversized Momosa yellow leather tote bag for the campaign.
Fans of Jovovich can catch her in the sci-fi thriller, The Fourth Kind, which opens this Friday in theaters.
New York Fashion Week Recap
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From Derek Lam and Alexander Wang to Max Azria and Jason Wu (and many more!), a quick recap of New York Fashion Week is covered in this 5-minute clip, spliced with interview clips from designers and celebrity fans.
Designer Phillip Lim had quite a tongue-twisting way of describing his collection: “It is about the mystery woman. Us as voyeurs, us being curious as who this woman is and how she goes on about her life, from day to night, weekend to weekday. And it starts with the idea of deconstructing construction to reconstructed.”
And you should hear what Michael Kors had to say about a certain pet peeve…
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Tommy Hilfiger Welcomes Baby Boy
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American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and his wife, Dee, welcomed a baby boy into the world this past Tuesday. Their son, named Sebastian Thomas, is the couple’s first child together; however, Tommy has four other children from a previous marriage and Dee has two sons also from a previous marriage.
“Dee’s doing well and Tommy’s over the moon,” a Hilfiger spokeswoman stated.
Born at Greenwhich Hospital, Sebastian weighed in at 9 pounds, 8 ounces.
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