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Alexander Wang Walks His Fashion Week Show Across The Bridge To Brooklyn

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Alexander Wang runway show will march all the way to Brooklyn during February’s Fashion Week.

Alexander Wang announced that he will stage his New York Fashion Week show runway show at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this season.

In past years, the designer held his shows at Pier 94 in Manhattan at 5pm on Saturday, will show his Fall ’14 collection at the Duggal Greenhouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

“We found this incredible space, and it corresponds very well to this season’s creative concept,” Wang told Women’s Wear Daily via email about the Brooklyn venue, the Duggal Greenhouse.

Wang joins Diane von Furstenberg. and Michael Kors who have each decided to take their shows away from Lincoln Center during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

Alexander is also moving to a new time slot, as well as the new location—changing his show time from Saturday at 5 p.m., to 8.30 p.m.

Like Wang, von Furstenberg was looking for more creative freedom. “My decision is purely because of the anniversary year [of the wrap dress],” von Furstenburg told the New York Times. “I want to do something special.”

This season’s New York Fashion Week has generated much conversation about the major names choosing not to show at the Lincoln Center tents which some have complained have become too crowded and commercial.

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Kate Moss’s Sister Makes Her Modeling Debut

Lottie in London, photo by Sean and Seng, styled by Robbie Spencer

In celebration of legendary model, Kate Moss’s 40th birthday today, the UK based magazine Dazed and Confused released an online preview of her little sister Charlotte Moss’s editorial debut. Charlotte, or Lottie, is Kate’s 16 year old half-sister who celebrated her own birthday on January 9th.

Last week, Lottie signed with Storm Model Management, the same modeling agency that discovered the original Ms. Moss at age 14. Lottie first drew attention at age 13, when she was spotted at Kate’s wedding to guitarist Jamie Hince in July 2011. She shares Kate’s wide eyes and high cheekbones, light blonde hair, and at 5’5″ is also shorter than average for a fashion model.

Lottie Moss on Portobello Road, phot by Sean and Seng
Lottie Moss on Portobello Road, photo by Sean and Seng, styled by Robbie Spencer

Lottie’s feature is in Dazed‘s February issue “Girls Rule The World,” with newcomer Lupita Noyong’o of 12 Years A Slave on the cover. The spread was shot in London by photographers Sean and Seng with a definite 70’s vibe. Lottie is wearing looks by Dolce and Gabbana, Saint Laurent, and Miu Miu. The print edition hits newstands on Thursday, February 16th.

For all of the photos visit http://www.dazeddigital.com

Check out Lottie on twitter @LottieMoss

–Charlotte Bryant

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Diane von Furstenberg Celebrates 40 Years of Her Iconic Wrap Dress

Last Friday night in Los Angeles, Diane von Furstenberg celebrated the 40th anniversary of her iconic wrap dress. The Wilshire May Company Building hosted the party, where the “Journey of a Dress” exhibit was revealed and a limited edition collection announced.

Diane von Furstenberg at the opening of "Journey of a Dress"
Diane von Furstenberg at the opening of “Journey of a Dress”

Diane von Furstenberg, a Belgian-born Jewish designer, started her own company in 1970 with an investment of $30,000. In 1974, after a few years of hauling suitcases of jersey dresses to department stores, she created the wrap dress. Below, at age 23, is von Furstenberg pictured in the WWD announcement of her new design.

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Women’s Wear Daily, 1974

By 1979, her business was grossing $150 million a year in retail sales. Forty years later, Diane is still a top designer and a leader in the fashion world. She was named President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2006, and has held the position since.

She created the DvF Awards in 2010, awarding $50,000 each to four women a year who show passionate commitment to women’s causes. She and her husband, media mogul Barry Diller, are committed to a number of different philanthropic pursuits. The pair have contributed more than $35 million to the High Line, the largest single donation to a park in New York City’s history.

Her revolutionary wrap dress is a permanent piece in the collection of the Costume Institue of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Von Furstenberg’s mother, daughter, and grandaughter have all worn the dress, which, according to the designer, symbolizes “freedom, empowerment, and confidence.” Television personality Louise Roe (who scored her first job with BBC wearing a DVF creation) summed up the designer’s legacy at the Friday night opening; saying, “she’s the queen of girl power.”

–Charlotte Bryant