New Store Openings
Another day, another set of store openings to mention: Alexander McQueen is planning to open a Vegas boutique by Christmas, while Tom Ford has two Moscow stores scheduled for 2008. (Yes, sable-fur hats will be sold.)
And if you have not heard in Ridley Scott's recently announced Gucci family biopic is going into production! Who will play Tom Ford? Let's just hope the movie's better than Pret-a-Porter.
For their first-ever New York men's store, which opened yesterday, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana chose a design as loudly luxurious (yet somehow elegant) as their clothes. To wit: this chandelier, which was imported in 69 pieces from Italy and shines brightly over the two-floor location. (Perhaps it's a ploy to inspire shoppers to try the sunglasses, which are displayed prominently just inside the door.) The rest of the space is outfitted in brown- and black-lacquered wood, gray carpet, and (only on every available surface) the duo's logo.
The opening itself was typically Dolce, even if it did take place during the daytime. Male models clad in slim-fitting black suits lined the hallways, while a guy identified as the brand's best customer in Manhattan offered a paean to the designers: "While everyone else was trading baseball cards," he said, "I was following you two." Sweet? Creepy? Both? Also there: the dude from Dark City. And mini-burgers. Not surprisingly, they went mostly untouched.
Dolce and Gabbana, 825-827 Madison Ave., (212) 452-6460, dolcegabbana.it
Just for men--- Men's Fashion Week?
Following Monday's report in DNR that trade show operator ENK International and IMG were planning on bringing a menswear-only fashion week back to NYC in January—directly following the collections in Paris— a few top designers in New York were asked what they thought of the idea. The responses,were far from uniformed...
Patrik Ervell: "I think it's a good idea and I would consider participating. [But] to succeed they would need to get the big American brands back from showing in Milan: Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren."
Tim Hamilton: "The thing that gets me is that the Paris shows start in the middle of January. My goal is to show in Paris in January, so changing the schedule seems strange because there's a limited amount of models in menswear. Why make it more of a struggle for independent guys like me? I think the way the calendar is, it'd be a mistake for me."
Narciso Rodriguez: "I think this is very positive for New York and menswear designers. I would definitely consider showing here—the city is a great platform for fashion."
Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone: "The more people showing in New York the better. For Rag & Bone, though, given that we show both women's and men's together, I think we would still prefer to show during [women's] fashion week."
Daniel Silver of Duckie Brown: "I think it's great. Why shouldn't men be given their due and have their own fashion week? And all eyes are on New York right now. Having said that, is the press going to come? ...[I]t becomes difficult without the big guns like Ralph and Calvin."
Michael Bastian: "As a buyer, when you've seen Milan and Paris, it's like, 'I've already bought eight skinny flannel suits, I don't need one more.' The best thing would be if all the designers just came out with a video that went online at the same time, then customers could get an e-mail from the retailers who carry it."
And if you have not heard in Ridley Scott's recently announced Gucci family biopic is going into production! Who will play Tom Ford? Let's just hope the movie's better than Pret-a-Porter.
For their first-ever New York men's store, which opened yesterday, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana chose a design as loudly luxurious (yet somehow elegant) as their clothes. To wit: this chandelier, which was imported in 69 pieces from Italy and shines brightly over the two-floor location. (Perhaps it's a ploy to inspire shoppers to try the sunglasses, which are displayed prominently just inside the door.) The rest of the space is outfitted in brown- and black-lacquered wood, gray carpet, and (only on every available surface) the duo's logo.
The opening itself was typically Dolce, even if it did take place during the daytime. Male models clad in slim-fitting black suits lined the hallways, while a guy identified as the brand's best customer in Manhattan offered a paean to the designers: "While everyone else was trading baseball cards," he said, "I was following you two." Sweet? Creepy? Both? Also there: the dude from Dark City. And mini-burgers. Not surprisingly, they went mostly untouched.
Dolce and Gabbana, 825-827 Madison Ave., (212) 452-6460, dolcegabbana.it
Just for men--- Men's Fashion Week?
Following Monday's report in DNR that trade show operator ENK International and IMG were planning on bringing a menswear-only fashion week back to NYC in January—directly following the collections in Paris— a few top designers in New York were asked what they thought of the idea. The responses,were far from uniformed...
Patrik Ervell: "I think it's a good idea and I would consider participating. [But] to succeed they would need to get the big American brands back from showing in Milan: Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren."
Tim Hamilton: "The thing that gets me is that the Paris shows start in the middle of January. My goal is to show in Paris in January, so changing the schedule seems strange because there's a limited amount of models in menswear. Why make it more of a struggle for independent guys like me? I think the way the calendar is, it'd be a mistake for me."
Narciso Rodriguez: "I think this is very positive for New York and menswear designers. I would definitely consider showing here—the city is a great platform for fashion."
Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone: "The more people showing in New York the better. For Rag & Bone, though, given that we show both women's and men's together, I think we would still prefer to show during [women's] fashion week."
Daniel Silver of Duckie Brown: "I think it's great. Why shouldn't men be given their due and have their own fashion week? And all eyes are on New York right now. Having said that, is the press going to come? ...[I]t becomes difficult without the big guns like Ralph and Calvin."
Michael Bastian: "As a buyer, when you've seen Milan and Paris, it's like, 'I've already bought eight skinny flannel suits, I don't need one more.' The best thing would be if all the designers just came out with a video that went online at the same time, then customers could get an e-mail from the retailers who carry it."
2 comments:
Males are prisoners in a black, brown and blue cell. They need to break their gender bondage & join gender-free members of both sexes in a new pilgrimage to the Oasis of Beauty!
A small vibrant world of male glamor can be found on the far side of this planet Earth in JPop videos.
This is just a link chosen at random:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v903692fS8HEtfT
Randolfe (Randy) Wicker
Transgender Fashion Activist
About time you did something for guys!!!
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