Tag Archives: Gap

Denim News: Gap’s Denim Drive – Out with the old, 30% off with the new!

Being an eco and charitable conscious person can certainly pay-off.  Help the Gap with their charitable initiative called Cotton to convert donated old denim into Ultra Touch Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation with the help of Cotton Incorporated.  Read WWD’s full article below and check in with the Gap to find participating locations.
Cotton Incorporated has partnered [...]

Denim Finds: Stylish Affordable Denim Pieces

Get an early start with your spring wardrobe with some great denim pieces.  In the mix are great light washes, edgy jackets and vests, a continuing nod to the 80s and even a pair of denim brogues that just make me want to raise my arms and sing “Come on Eileen”…too-rye-HOOR-ay!

TopShop Waterfall Zip [...]

WWD News: Stella McCartney’s Kid Rock, Stella’s Cheeky Take on Lingerie, Scoops: Margiela’s Library Rules… Jeffrey Sebalia’s New Project…, Night Lights: Kylie Minogue and Julianne Moore at First Annual Art Awards, YSL’s Masquerade Ball: French Kiss

Happy Monday everyone!  Remember that Stella McCartney’s children’s line are launching TODAY at select Gap Stores, so get your goodies today!
–Nikki Cho Russo
Stella McCartney’s Kid Rock
by SARAH HAIGHT
 
“I did a lot of looking at my own kids,” Stella McCartney said on Thursday evening of the inspiration for the lines she was launching for GapKids and BabyGap. Acting [...]

Denim Insider: Bada Bing Bada Bang! Denim for the Deliciously Curvacious Woman

Venus and Aphrodite were Roman goddesses that defined love, beauty and fertility in Greek mythology. Botticelli’s depiction of Venus in his famous painting, The Birth of Venus, illustrates a curvaceous Venus and the infamous sculpture,  Aphrodite of Milos at the Louvre, displays a heavenly bodacious Aphrodite.  Big, bold and beautiful are the key words for [...]

WWD News: McCartney Designs Children’s Wear for Gap, Nicole Richie Launching Contemporary Line, Designers Rally to Save Garment Center, Ben-Avraham and Vettori Create New Brand

OH BOY!  My kid and I are going to have a field day, well, at least I will unless I get him a lolly beforehand, when Stella McCartney’s children’s wear collection launches November 2nd at the Gap.  I can picture him now rocking the great little band jacket and skinny jeans.  How unbelievably fabulous, but [...]

WWD News: Big and Little Retailers Join Forces, Maria Luisa Opens in Printemps, Rolling Girl: Front Row at Costume National

 
Big and Little Retailers Join Forces
by MILES SOCHA and ELENA BERTON
From WWD ISSUE 10/05/2009
 
PARIS — After designer collaborations and celebrity tie-ups, it’s now time for stores to pair up — even Davids with Goliaths. 
As fashion retailers continue to feel the pinch from the worst recession since World War II, they’re becoming increasingly creative to offer more exclusive products and experiences [...]

WWD News: Obituary: Don Fisher, Gap Co-founder, 82, I Wanna Hold Your Handbag: Comme des Garcons’ Latest Deal, H&M Taps Rykiel As Its Next Guest Designer, Hedi Slimane to Shoot Robert Pattinson

Obituary: Don Fisher, Gap Co-founder, 82
by ARNOLD J. KARR
From WWD.COM

Fisher stepped down as chairman of the company in 2003, to be succeeded by his son Bob, but continued as chairman emeritus and a director until his death.
Fisher’s demise comes just more than a month after the 40th anniversary of when he and his wife founded the [...]

Gap Bribes Wall Street Traders With Free Jeans

Source:  mediabistro.com: Unbeige
by Stephanie Murg
Takin’ It to the Street: Gap Outfits New York Stock Exchange in Jeans
 
In case you’ve not yet been touched personally by the multimedia publicity blitz, we should let you know that Gap is celebrating its fortieth anniversary with a new line of jeans that head designer Patrick Robinson describes as “rengineered…cool, sexy, and relevant for [...]

08.24.09: Chrystal’s Jeans

 

 

 

My favorite fashion closets always have a good mix of high and low priced items.   So, when I had to choose a jeans closet to profile I naturally turned to my friend Chrystal Burns, who is a master at mixing cool, trendy pieces at various price points.  Chrystal’s jeans collection is just as versatile [...]

WWD News: Paul La Fontaine Launches Men’s Collection, Ne-Yo, Jason Wu, Gap 1969 Pop-Up Store and Celebs

Paul La Fontaine Launches Men’s Collection

by DAVID LIPKE
From WWD ISSUE 08/12/2009
 

Designer Paul La Fontaine is hoping the third time’s a charm. 
The veteran men’s designer, who has held design director posts at brands like BCBG and Claiborne, is launching an eponymous label for spring 2010, following two previous efforts earlier in his career. 
The expansive men’s contemporary collection is [...]