WeTheAdorned will be introducing their membership-based e-comm fashion destination, with a big boost from Sarah Jessica Parker.
The actress who recently launched her own line of shoes, will help curate the online jewelry collection, which will feature pieces designed for the brand, by such designers as Pamela Love Lulu Frost, Paige Novick and Erickson Beamon.
Both premium and non-premium memberships will be offered when the site launches in Spring, but early registration is now available. The founders of the site, Tim McElwee and Cyia Batten, raised money for their latest venture through the help of Kickstarter in last year.
Featuring prices between $50 and $1,000, McElwee and Batten hope to take over the market space between high-end jewelers like Tiffany & Co. and Blue Nile and lower-priced sites like JewelMint and BaubleBar. All the designs will be manufactured in the United States.
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.
The Loews Regency, the landmark hotel in Midtown Manhattan, and located just steps away from Central Park, Madison Avenue, and Museum Mile, welcomes guests back to the beloved New York institution following a year-long $100 million transformation.
The redesign of the 379-room hotel is an emodiment of the dynamic vision of Jonathan Tisch, Chairman of Loews Hotels & Resorts. The hotel features 328 apartment-styled guestrooms and 58 suites boasting crisp lines and a fresh aesthetic, four private meeting spaces equipped with state-of-the-art technology, and introduces The Regency Bar & Grill serving lunch, dinner and the highly anticipated return of the Power Breakfast.
The new Julien Farel Restore Salon & Spa flagship will complete the guest experience, once it opens in March 2014. The enhancements continue to evoke the spirit and traditions of the hotel’s storied past while offering guests contemporary luxury benefits and amenities, all from an unparalleled Park Avenue address.
“For more than 50 years, Loews Regency has captured the hearts of guests from around the world through distinctly personalized attention to individuals,” says Jim McPartlin, Managing Director, Loews Regency Hotel. “By partnering with the city’s finest talents and experts, we’ve put the best of New York City at our guests’ fingertips, so that we can continue offering the sophisticated urban traveler an unmatched New York experience.”
New York City’s most talented design minds, including Rottet Studio, Meyer Davis Studio Inc, and Jonathan Nehmer + Associates were selected by Jonathan Tisch for the re-design of the hotel. Blending modern design with clean and classic style, the expansive 24-foot high ceiling provides a grand entrance to the lobby that invites and energizes guests, bringing New York’s unmistakable Midtown vibe to life.
A bar just off the lobby and in the forefront of The Regency Bar & Grill is the perfect place to watch the hustle and bustle of Park Avenue, while alluring seating and décor of the Lobby Lounge is an inviting respite to relax and mingle with other guests and visitors. The serene lobby designed by Rottet Studio offers a grand marble entrance with bespoke finishes and an urban sophisticated neutral palette. The Lobby Lounge area with rich velvet sofas, complete with power and hardline internet outlets, sits under a breathtaking art installation by Brooklyn-based artist Nina Helms called Brise de printemps (spring breeze).
For more information on the Loews Regency Hotel please visit:www.loewshotels.com
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, 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.
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, 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.
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.”
Debra L. Rothenberg is not your average Jersey Girl.
She is an accomplished and award-winning photographer who has worked in a wide variety of capacities in the media, but among her most memorable accomplishments are the photos she’s taken to document the career of New Jersey’s most prized possession—Bruce Springsteen.
Since 1980, Rothenberg has taken hundreds of priceless photos of Springsteen, and the best of the best are showcased in her brand new 200-page coffee table book, Bruce Springsteen In Focus 1980-2012.
Through images of more than three decades of concert tours in national and international arenas and stadiums, as well as his many Jersey Shore club appearances at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, the Rum Runner in Sea Bright, and Cheers in Long Branch, Rothenberg has created what the Hollywood Reportercalls “the ultimate look at a man who … is ‘always grinning’ whenever he is captured in his happy place – the stage.”
The book’s release has been timed to coincide with Springsteen’s hotly anticipated new album, High Hopes.
To celebrate the arrival of both, Rock Paper Photo will host a book signing and photo exhibit in New York City on Wednesday night at Gallery 151 in Chelsea. The exhibit will feature 276 of the most iconic photos from Rothenberg’s acclaimed book. A portion of proceeds from all book sales go to the Alzheimers Association, Parkinsons disease research, and breast cancer research.
Wednesday, Jan. 15 @ Gallery 151
Rock Paper Photo Pop-Up Gallery
132 W. 18th St., between Sixth & Seventh Aves., NYC
