Fashion Week has gotten so violent this year! First we had the news of Milk Studios founder Mazdack Rassi getting sucker-punched at the Alexander Wang after party, and now PR maven Lynn Tesoro has slapped Jennifer Eymere, editor of the French magazine Jalouse with a million-dollar lawsuit for physically assaulting her at the Zac Posen show last weekend. Read More
And they said it’d never work! Those two crazy brands—chic Japanese line Yohji Yamamoto and utilitarian workout brand Adidas—bound themselves in diffusion-line matrimony with the 2002 launch of Y-3 sports gear; tonight’s late-night party celebrates the 10th anniversary of the clothes that you’d wear to work out in if you weren’t worried about sweating on Read More
Pretty-boy designer Zac Posen returns to New York with a chic collection of evening gowns fit for the red carpet…and the little mermaid. Runway models channeled their inner Ariel as Posen wowed the crowd with a formidable amount of mermaid flare.
At all three parties The Observer attended Saturday night, we heard the usual refrains from the people guarding the door: “You’re wasting your time;” “I can’t help you tonight, sir;” “No” (our personal favorite). We got in anyway, of course.
There were two security guards outside the entrance to the Mondrian Hotel Saturday night for Read More
Proenza Schouler designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCullough chop down trees and tend to their cows, goats, sheep and chickens at the property they bought in the Berkshires last year. [The Cut]
Zac Posen‘s mother and chair of his company, Susan Posen, announced she would be leaving the company. [The Daily] Read More
Onetime boy wonder and native New Yorker Zac Posen might show his next collection in Paris, reports WWD.
He sounds a little huffy. In France, “they understand my clothes,” he tells the paper:
He added that in Europe, “my clothes are respected.” Meaning that such is not the case in New York? “It’s Read More
Zac Posen’s mom has returned to her post as CEO of his company, following a three-year break from the position. And having your mom as your CEO is great, reports the Wall Street Journal, assuming that your mom is a hardcore mergers and acquisitions attorney:
As Zac prepared to launch a fashion career, Read More
The Observer‘s Chloe Malle reported earlier this month that Zac Posen was designing a condo development. Malle got a glimpse of the development’s campaign before it was pulled from YouTube; but now it’s back online, and will be appearing on taxi TVs this week.
How truly involved is fashion wunderkind Zac Posen in his latest business venture: designing the interiors at the boutique condo development 16W21?
The Transom has learned that Mr. Posen, 29, brought in his own interior designer to help with the project (not Brian Callaghan, his boyfriend, also an interior designer), in which he used Read More
Eveningwear wunderkind Zac Posen is exploring a new medium for his talents: moderately priced sportswear.
Saks Fifth Avenue will begin selling his new “Z Spoke” line this spring, reports Women’s Wear Daily. This seems like a recession-friendly proposition, but Posen insists it is also a creative challenge:
As for the overall aesthetic of Read More
