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...SEASON of change as three venerable companies welcome new designers. Menswear designer John Bartlett's obsession with Ghurka's leather hand bags dates from his undergraduate days at Harvard. Now he has been appointed creative director of the iconic American luxe leather-goods purveyor, where he will oversee all aspects of men's and women's accessories. Italian fashion house Brioni also has a new creative director, appointing Spanish designer Cristina Ortiz to be in charge of its women's collection. And a trench, skirt, blazer and polo shirt are the core of the TOD's by Derek Lam collection...
WHEN THOMAS BURBERRY, purveyor of outdoor gear for the sports inclined, was asked by the British War Office in 1914 to adapt his service uniforms for officers to military needs, he could not have imagined that his trench coat?named for its use in the trenches of World War I?would be adopted by fashion icons like Catherine Deneuve and Chloë Sevigny. Yet Burberry, who had started off as an apprentice to a country draper in Basingstoke, England, was used to outfitting the famous. He had, after all, supplied the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen with his gabardine coats when...
...Tamio Okuda Comp As the Svengali behind J-pop girl duo Puffy, Tamio Okuda wrote and produced some of the freshest-sounding pop tunes heard anywhere on the planet in the late '90s. But Okuda, as a purveyor of old-fashioned guitar rock, has always been more comfortable just outside the mainstream. His tenth solo album, Comp, shows that he's still in fine form as he approaches 40. Baby Star is classic Okuda: cranked-up, driving, unembellished. The gentle final track, Fune ni Noru (On a Boat), helps takes the edge off an otherwise boisterous musical ride?one with...
...venerable label began life as a purveyor of children's shoes. In 1945 Frenchwoman C?line Vipiana started making bespoke footwear for the well-heeled nippers of Paris. But when her young female customers turned teenage, she found they were still demanding her services. So the house of C?line came out with a Young Girl shoe collection. By the time these teens became women, their loyalty to C?line was so entrenched that she realized she'd be called upon to lead them in fashion for life. "If women followed me, it is because I understood them," she said many years later...
...venerable label began life as a purveyor of children's shoes. In 1945 Frenchwoman C?line Vipiana started making bespoke footwear for the well-heeled nippers of Paris. But when her young female customers turned teenage, she found they were still demanding her services. So the house of C?line came out with a Young Girl shoe collection. By the time these teens became women, their loyalty to C?line was so entrenched that she realized she'd be called upon to lead them in fashion for life. "If women followed me, it is because I understood them," she said many years later...