(American Apparel founder Dov Charney deflected a question about his sexual involvement with employees.Dov Charney) American Apparel founder Dov Charney has started a new wholesale clothing company called Los Angeles Apparel. Charney started the company late last year, two years after he was forced out of American Apparel by his own board and other investors in the company. Read More →

Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum (through next February) draws largely on the museum’s own impressive holdings of the work of Cristobal Balenciaga, the Spanish-born designer who worked his way up from tailor’s apprentice to renowned couturier—first in his native country and then, as Spain was strafed by a devastating Civil War, Read More →

If you had asked a group of people which perfumes they were wearing 10 years ago, the answers would have mainly centred around pillar scents from major fashion houses – think Chanel No.5, Dior J’Adore, Thierry Mugler Alien… And now? Whilst those fragrance classics remain bestsellers, niche perfumery has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Perfumers previously Read More →