MILAN – It was a night of fun, fashion and networking Friday during Milan Fashion Week, as WWD celebrated the kickoff of the menswear showcase with a cocktail reception at 10 Corso Como, which sponsored the evening. Industry players including Rosario Toscano, chief executive officer of Akoni; Canali’s CEO Stefano Canali; Etro’s CEO Fabrizio Cardinali;…
LONDON — Chanel last week finally jumped on the Xiaohongshu bandwagon and posted its first video to promote the brand’s Métiers d’Art 2025 collection revealed in Hangzhou last December. The 34-second clip, featuring model Liu Wen sharing her experience opening the show, so far has garnered 2,700 likes and 331 comments, and helped the brand…
Amanda Smith, chief executive officer of Fairchild Media Group, has been appointed board president of the Fashion Scholarship Fund. She succeeds John Tighe, president of Tailored Brands, who has successfully completed his two-year term leading the FSF board. “During her distinguished service on the FSF board, Amanda has consistently demonstrated her commitment to the educational…
Reinaldo Herrera, an arbiter of the social set and international style, has died at the age of 91. Herrera, whose name and likeness is linked to his fashion designer wife of 50-plus years Carolina, passed away Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. More from WWD Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera photographed by Milton Gendel in 1976….