coutorture — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:41:49 -0800

Still No Outnet, Net-a-Porter Launches Into A Mid-Season Sale

Those of us who thought that the removal of a sale section on Net-a-Porter meant that all discounts going forth would move over to theOutnet, were apparently wrong. Today Net-a-Porter--sale section on the top nav or no--launched into a major mid-season sale with 40% off three full pages of merchandise. 3.1 Phillip Lim and Matthew Williamson are both well represented in the sale, and the merchandise is going fast. Soon as we clicked into that coveted marching band jacket by Lim, the thing was gone, out-of-stock. As for theOutnet, which was slated to launch in February, a source at Net-a-Porter tells us the launch date is now April.

Fashion In 50 Seconds 10/28/08

coutorture — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:16:30 -0700

Peter Som officially parted ways with Bill Blass, owned by NexCen Brands Inc, and there are horror stories about embroiderers not getting paid to prove it. NexCen scraped Som's Spring 09 runway show, which was when the news leaked that Som would be leaving.

Today we learned ten reasons why we should be shopping again and, more importantly, that Net-a-Porter is opening an "outlet and sample sale priced sister site" called theoutnet.com. This is bigger than Topshop.

Moschino celebrates their 25th and Rossella Jardini, the low-profile Creative Director behind the brand, talks about her approach to fashion. Moschino; known for its playful style, and Jardini; who is not impressed with the so-called glamorous life, are a match made in heaven. Unless you call luxury price points glamorous.

Karl Lagerfeld sounds off at the FGI Night of Stars and there are bullet points to prove it. Check out excerpts from his speech here and a photo gallery from the event here.

Coutorture

Still No Outnet, Net-a-Porter Launches Into A Mid-Season Sale

Fashion In 50 Seconds 10/28/08