Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Loose Threads

• Tommy Hilfiger's main owner, Apax Partners, is reportedly shopping the label. It may go public or be sold to another private-equity firm.

• A second shipment of +J stock is expected to arrive at Uniqlo on Thursday. Uniqlo also announced collaborative lines with Japanese designers zechia, Han Ahn Soon, suzuki takayuki, G.V.G.V., mintdesigns, mother, and fur fur.

• A recent fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 21 people and injured 50. At the time of the fire, the company was working through the night to fulfill orders for H&M. A British charity had previously warned the factory about fire concerns.

• LIFE magazine photographed 15-year-old Miu Miu face Lindsey Wixson as she worked at New York Fashion Week.

• The Project Runway video game comes out today.

• Starting this fall, Macy's will be the exclusive department-store vendor of Kenneth Cole's Reaction line.

• LVMH filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit against Hyundai Motor Co., accusing it of using a Vuitton-like monogram in its commercials that aired during the Super Bowl.

• Dan Abrams's style site, Styleite.com, will launch on March 15.

• Model Natalia Vodianova, who opened and closed Alexander Wang's fall 2010 runway show, wore boots from the line for a television appearance recently.

• The AKOO billboard in Newark, New Jersey, will be taken down. The date is unspecified.

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