Versace launches Art Unites

Donatella Versace has collaborated with the Whitney Museum’s Education Department to create Art Unites, a global initiative aimed at providing needy children in the United States and China with the incomparable spirit, creativity, inspiration and solace that visual arts bestow. The program, which officially launched in July, will benefit Starlight Children’s Foundation, an organization dedicated …

Wardrobe Surgery

Mean times are lean times. But fret not, you can learn how to reconstruct your clothes with a novel project from Junky Styling: Wardrobe Surgery, a new book from the namesake ethical label. Founders Annika Sanders and Kerry Seager started buying secondhand men’s suits in the early 1990s, and turned them into stylish, quirky womenswear. …

Ispo 2010 endorses sustainable ecology

For upcoming season, sustainability is playing a major role at international trade fair ispo. Eco-Village presents bundled projects revolving around issue cooperation with strategic partners. The ‘Eco Village’ bundles sustainable products and companies, considered pioneers of eco-friendly manufacturing methods. The winners of the Eco Responsibility Awards will be hosted by Eco-Village. The ‘Eco Responsibility Award’, …

Jaeger teams up with Scott Wilson

Accessories can make or break every outfit, for SS10 Jaeger London announced its collaboration with acclaimed jeweller Scott Wilson. Released during London Fashion Week, the innovative capsule collection features earrings, cuffs, necklaces and pendants of metal and Perspex pieces in dramatic and architectural shapes. Scott Wilson comments: “I was so excited to receive the call …

Margiela ’20’ exhibition at Somerset House

Somerset House is to host Maison Martin Margiela ’20’ The Exhibition; a major exhibition celebrating 20 years of one of contemporary fashion’s most influential and enigmatic designers. The exhibition was conceived in close collaboration with Maison Martin Margiela and curated by the Mode Museum, Antwerp. The show has been specifically reconfigured for the Embankment Galleries, …

Gap comparable sales down 3%

Gap last week reported net sales for April of $1.05 billion, which was flat compared with net sales of $1.05 billion for the four-week period ended May 2, 2009. The company’s comparable store sales for April 2010 were down 3 percent compared with a 4 percent decrease in April 2009. In addition, the company reported …

American Apparel frowns upon romantic office relationships

The Los Angeles-based fashion retailer American Apparel is no stranger to being featured in the media spotlight due to its inter-office romances and employee slip-ups, especially after news broke that its former CEO and co-founder Dov Charney was sued and accused of alleged misconduct and sexual harassment by a number of employees. However it seems …