Jennifer Diamond - Page 40

At the downtown Los Angeles campus of Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, students are cramming for finals, putting the finishing touches on design projects, and just starting to remember it's holiday time. They took time out of their busy lives to share their wishes for peace, love, and fabulous gifts for college fashionistas!

Pulleez Ponytail Holders will be hosting a Pony Bar at Henri Bendel NY, 712 Fifth Avenue, from December 21st thru 23rd on the second floor of the store. Hours on Friday & Saturday are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Customers who purchase a Pulleez will receive a complimenary updo from Emmy-Award Winning Stylist Jovan of La Voila Beauty.

Rocket Dog continues to strengthen its organization with the announcement of Jim Kennedy as Vice President of Domestic Sales for JC Penney, Kohls, and Dillards department stores.

Diesel jeans brand founder Renzo Rosso is set to take over Italy's Marni. Rosso, whose Only The Brave holding controls foreign brands Maison Martin Margiela and Victor & Rolf, also makes clothes under licence for younger-focused lines Just Cavalli and DSquared2.

'The Reality of FASHION The Reality of AIDS',( http://www.realityontherunway.com), announced their exciting reality star line up slotted to walk the runway on Saturday, February 9th 2013. The red carpet event will take place at the Altman Building in New York City located at 135 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10001 with doors opening at 7:00pm. The featured designer for the evening will be Dominique Auxilly . A well-known NYC based designer who has dressed celebrity names such as Nicki Minaj, Adrienne Bailon, Coco, and Tamar Braxton. Created and produced by Beautiful Planning Marketing & PR (BPMPR), the first-of-its-kind philanthropic event has a fundraising goal of $300,000 for the evening to benefit this year's charity of choice, AIDS United.

DownEast Basics, a high-style, low-price retailer that specializes in trendy fashions as well as modest clothing, unveiled its 2012 Holiday Collection featuring some of the hottest seasonal trends. Known for its "boutique on a budget" philosophy that lets shoppers buy more, the retailer offers new styles for women, teens and girls - including looks sure to be standouts this holiday.

BodyRock Sport, a line of fashionable & edgy fitness wear launched their much anticipated customization boutique: Bespoke. Bespoke is essentially a couture ‘bra bar' which offers the couture conscious consumer full reign in designing their dream sports bra. Bespoke inspires creativity and originality. The brand has always been notorious for producing fitness wear that incorporates bold pops of color, unlikely prints & fab metallics-- these elements are magnified with Bespoke. The Launch of Bespoke adds a new level of excitement within the already innovative world of BodyRock Sport.

The Freemans Sporting Club expanded into Williamsburg with the opening of Barber & Supply. Unlike their Manhattan outposts of F.S.C's, Baber & Supply is over 1,500 square feet with plenty of light flooding in.

Mark Badgley and James Mischka have been as busy as ever during the holiday season. The team of designers unveiled their pre-fall collection and also launched Badgley Mischka e-commerce. The e-commerce will help to extend the label's reach and hopes to capture more shoppers in China and the Middle East.

The San Francisco-based apparel retail giant, Gap, reached a franchise agreement with Tudo Bom Comércio Ltda. to open stores in Brazil.

Zara has revealed it's new store concept in their retail space at Park House on Oxford Street in London. This store, designed by Elsa Urquijo Architects, is laid out in a more intuitive way. "The flow is different from our other stores," said Zara's chief communications officer Jesus Echevarria. "You are guided through 'cubes' and there are different dialogues with fashion and different trends happening in each of them. It feels more like a boutique space than a warehouse, this is more intimate."

Drew Barrymore confirmed last week that she will be launching her own cosmetics line, Flower, in partnership with Wal-Mart. The line is set to launch in January 2013.

Nasty Gal is growing! The e-tailer will be moving into a massive 50,000 square ft. new office space in downtown Los Angeles. That is five times the size of its current office.

Men's Wearhouse announced that award-winning menswear designer Joseph Abboud has been named as the company's Chief Creative Director. Abboud, who has more than three decades' experience in the men's fashion industry, brings the retail leader his passion for designing unique, timeless apparel and brands that reflect the modern man.

Whenever or however you arrive at the RELLECIGA Bikini store (online or offline), you will always be greeted and overwhelmed by the various styles of RELLECIGA bikinis, and you will always find the best bikini for your body type and personality.

According to a survey of more than 200 of the nation's leading nutrition experts - registered dietitians - there are five diet and lifestyle trends that will make news and be on consumers' minds in the coming year.

LVMH, the world's largest luxury company, named Michael Burke as Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton to replace Jordi Constans. Burke has been chief executive of Bulgari, the Italian jeweller that LVMH added to its stable last year.

Burberry Prorsum debuted their Spring 2013 campaign shot by Mario Testino. The ad is buzz-worthy in itself with models like Edie Campbell, Cara Delevingne, Alex Dunstan and Max Rendell to name a few. But the main attraction is 10-year-old Romeo Beckham making his fashion campaign debut!

The post TomKat Katie Holmes is a return to the early, relaxed 'girl next door' look America first fell in love with. Gone are her high couture ensembles and coiffed hair. What remains is a more confident, relaxed and natural beauty.

The final chapter in the HMX Group Bankruptcy story has been revealed. Yesterday, Authentic Brands Group, LLC finalized the acquisition of the HMX Group, which includes the New York based Hickey Freeman and Illinois based Hart Schaffner Marx brands. Hickey Freeman and Hart Schaffner Marx have long been manufactured in the United States by Workers United members and have become synonymous with producing high quality, hand-tailored menswear.