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Opera diva to open symphony season
MS Her gowns have been designed by Angel Sanchez, Issey Miyake, Karl Lagerfeld, Bill Blass, Vivienne Westwood, Gianfranco Ferré, Oscar de la Renta, John Galliano and Christian Lacroix. In 2001, she was added to the "Best Dressed" list of American fashion ...
Tue, Jun 9 | from Hattiesburg American
Florsheim classics get spiffed up
CA 11 am to 7 pm Sunday. www.shopconfederacy.com Archive Agency Today: The popular sample sale debuts a designer vintage collection featuring Bill Blass, Valentino, Zandra Rhodes, Oscar de la Renta and Pucci. New designer pieces will be offered at up to ...
Sun, Jun 7 | from Los Angeles Times
'Real' is the new black, says Hub designer - The Boston
Tony Irving photo) Henry Nathaniel Jackson is an international fashion designer, not an economist. But the couture creator, who has worked with the likes of Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta, has his own stimulus package on tap: his 2009/2010 HNJ fall ...
Wed, Jun 3 | from Bay State Banner
Matters of the art
IN And then, in a moment of serendipity, I found it: Fashion in Bloom. It is a look at how flowers have inspired fashion designers throughout the ages, from a French dress made in the 1700s to a Bill Blass design created last century. ...
Mon, Jun 1 | from journalgazette.net
Officers seize counterfeit jeans at port of Hampton Roads
Counterfeit jeans seized at the Port of Hampton Roads were made to look like designer brands such as Bill Blass and Rocawear (Photo courtesy of US Customs and Border Patrol). By Patrick Wilson Customs officers seized more than $400000 in counterfeit ...
Sat, Apr 25 | from hamptonroads.com
A Man — and Woman — in Full [Mike Potemra]
NY When people would ask me what they were really like, I found it difficult to avoid lapsing into "Current Biography" boilerplate: wit, yachting, erudition, socialite, peanut-butter sandwiches, Bill Blass, JS Bach, etc. new New York Times Magazine has a ...
Thu, Apr 23 | from National Review Online Blogs
A Frabjous Day's Trading For The Fabulous; Will Bill Blass Return To The Runway This September?
But it isn't all rosy on the business side. H&M's profits have fallen for the first time in five years. Their first-quarter net profit was down by 12%, which was worse than analysts had expected. [WSJ] Marc Ecko Enterprises owes business partners $170 million. $100 million of that is due t...
Fri, Mar 27 | from Jezebel
Blass Second-in-Command Prabal Gurung Takes the Reins for Fall 2009
gt;>He filled in as chief designer at Bill Blass for the Spring 2008 season before Peter Som took over, and was set to produce the Fall 2009 Blass collection after Som left until things with the label fell apart. Now former Blass design director Prabal Gurung is striking out on his own wi...
Tue, Feb 3 | from fashionologie
Bill Blass Couture Bankrupt
gt;>Last week it seemed like NexCen had finally gotten Bill Blass sent off in a neat, tidy package all tied up with a bow; new owner Peacock International Holdings even vowed to revive the couture line within the year, new designer and all.
Mon, Jan 5 | from fashionologie
Bill Blass’s New Owners Plan to Revive Couture Line
“The recognition factor of the Bill Blass label is very high — in this country alone, it’s 88% — when you say ‘Bill Blass’ to just about anybody, they say, “Oh, Bill Blass,’” says Mr. Patti, who adds that the company has some designers in mind to helm the new collection but “we can’t mention the...
Mon, Dec 29 | from WSJ.com
Bill Blass Design Director Departs
Mr. Gurung, who joined Bill Blass from Cynthia Rowley in 2003, was among the 20-something employees let go Friday as the label prepares to shutter its couture line. “It’s disappointing,” Mr. Gurung said in an interview Friday afternoon. “It’s really an end of an era. (The brand) Bill Blass was...
Fri, Dec 19 | from WSJ.com
Lunchtime Snap: Should Bill Blass Couture Be Revived?
Mr. Blass was an American fashion pioneer in many ways. Born in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1922, Mr. Blass pursued his artistic calling at Parsons, the New School for Design and wound up building an empire on fashions that were chic and tailored yet distinctly American. His pieces were clean-cut, sop...
Fri, Dec 19 | from WSJ.com
Fashion Review Graphic, Graceful and Slightly Perverse
United States - Sep 10, 2008 This was an old Bill Blass trick, luxing up the basics. Mr. Reyes showed some chic shirtdresses and gazar tops that also called to mind the old guard, ...
Wed, Sep 10 | from New York Times
Fashion Inc. Morning Headlines: DeBeers Profits Plunge, Revlon Gets a New Oscar Winner, A Blass From the Past, Seeing Through Galliano Glasses, Whole Shoes, and Chaiken Sets its Heart on San Francisco
DeBeers Profits Plunge (WWD) Designer Peter Som will indeed be leaving Bill Blass, which was reported on Friday - but he's contractually obligated to stay through the spring 2009 showing in Bryant Park in September It is said that Som is working furiously to find a way out of his contract.
Mon, Jul 28 | from Conde Nast Portfolio
This Fall, We'll All Be Perfectly Princessy Ophelias Channeling David Bowie
Fashion week stomps on! Yesterday's collections included Derek Lam, Tommy Hilfiger, Reem Acra, Calvin Klein, Bill Blass and Zac Posen. The day saw lots of tragically romantic dresses (Ophelias on opium) and lots of skinny, menswear-inspired suits for women (David Bowie). Derek Lam's c...
Thu, Feb 7 | from Jezebel
Ralph Lauren Is Really F'ing Rich, And Not Particularly Embarrassed About It!
Everyone's favorite self-hating Jew, Ralph Lifshitz, is the highest-paid "vendor" (what they call "manufacturers" that don't really manufacture) in apparel. No really, it's not just a fantasy image he uses to get you to buy those horrid Big Pony shirts: dude is loaded. [WWD, sub req'd]
Thu, Aug 2 | from Jezebel
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