Headlines This Week 10/23
October 23, 2009
- The recession hasn’t killed the fashion industry, but it’s certainly crippled it. Fashion’s brightest future will only come with change, according to Ashley Olsen, Isaac Mizrahi, and Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan, who spoke last night at the 92nd Street Y talk “The Future of Fashion,” moderated by Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive. NYMag.com
- Gucci has announced the launch of the Gucci App for iPhone and iPod touch, which is now available from the App Store. FashionIndie.com
- Does this mean we can expect to see pointy cone-bra corset styles at Target? Mark your fashion calendars: Jean Paul Gaultier is doing a cheap chic collection for Target arriving in stores March 7, 2010. People.com
- Vogue creative director Grace Coddington expressed her concern about the fashion industry’s attachment to very young, very thin — and many times anorexic — models, in a talk with ex–Men’s Vogue editor Jay Fielden at the New York Public Library last night. Popgloss.com
- With the wind of Marc Levin’s HBO documentary Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags, which aired Monday, at their backs, supporters of NYC’s shrinking Garment District gathered today at noon for a Save the Garment Center rally. There was a sizable turnout for the event at the corner of 39th Street and Seventh Avenue. Style.com
