THE BEAUTY CEO SUMMIT 2010 The best of intentions have bubbled up in the worst of times. Fresh, innovative thinking is emerging, as evidenced by comments made by some of the industry’s top leaders during the recent WWD Beauty CEO Summit that drew 230 top beauty-industry leaders to The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach. For more, see pages 4 to 8. Women’s Wear Daily • The Retailers’ Daily Newspaper • June 11, 2010 • $3.00 WWDFRIDaBeautyy s RESORT: Looks from Louis Vuitton (above), Tory Burch, Proenza Schouler and J.Mendel, pages 10 and 11. By the Numbers Ralph Lauren’s new men’s scent quartet, the Big Pony Collection, is inspired by the designer’s shirt line of the same name. Each fragrance bears a large number that corresponds to a different fragrance mood: 1 is sporty, 2 is seductive, 3 is adventurous and 4 is stylish. The scents will launch first in Ralph Lauren stores in July before rolling into additional distribution — about 2,500 department and specialty store doors — in August. For more, see page 12. PHOTO BY GEORGE CHINSEE PHOTO BY 2 WWD, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010 WWD.COM Thurman, Karan Line Up Against Cancer By Marc Karimzadeh ity shopping weekend, meanwhile, is scheduled to take place Oct. 21 to 24. Two percent of that NEW YORK — Uma Thurman and Donna Karan weekend’s sales will be donated to local and WWDfriDaBeautyy are teaming to combat women’s cancer. national women’s cancer organizations and re- FASHION Saks Fifth Avenue and The Breast Cancer search centers. the season rolled on with offerings from Louis Research Foundation tapped the actress as this Since 1999, Saks has given more than $33 mil- 10s year’s ambassador to the retailer’s annual Key lion to women’s cancer research and treatment vuitton, tory burch, Proenza Schouler, J.Mendel to the Cure initiative. Karan designed the limit- and more. ed edition T-shirt that will be sold as part of the Uma Thurman in campaign and benefits a slew of organizations GENERAL the Donna Karan- devoted to the fight against cancer. the recent WWD beauty Ceo Summit drew 230 designed Key to 4 It’s a cause that Thurman and Karan take top beauty-industry leaders to the breakers hotel the Cure T-shirt. very seriously. Both have known women affect- in Palm beach to offer ideas on how to manage the ed by the disease, and Thurman was particularly changing industry landscape. inspired to step up her efforts in the fight against With his new big Pony fragrance collection, ralph it when she attended the Susan G. Komen Race 12 for the Cure in Central Park in September and Lauren is leading a quartet of scents aimed at 18- to shot the starting gun. 30-year-old men into the retail arena this summer. “It was amazing to see so many women, both Leonard Lauder hosted a dinner at Manhattan’s survivors and nonsurvivors alike, united in this 13 Guggenheim Museum Wednesday night to welcome attendees of the World Department Store Summit. This is something I want 13 A luncheon at the Pierre hotel marking the 25th “ anniversary of KiDS raised $150,000 and drew a to make the time to do, crowd of 275. something that matters a lot retail stocks locked in early gains and built on them 14 thursday, finishing with a 3 percent advance, as A looklook fromfrom the Dow Jones industrial Average hit and held the to me. 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NEW YORK — Usher walked off with the Male Fragrance of the Year, Unique Boutique: Tom Ford White Celebrity Fragrance of the Year bragging rights, Suede (unisex/women’s) — The Estée Lauder — Fabrizio Freda, president” and chief executive and Bath & Body Works nabbed Retailer of the Cos. Inc. officer of the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. Page 4 Year honors at the FiFi Awards on Thursday at Fragrance Hall of Fame: ck one — Calvin Klein the Downtown Armory here. Michael Kors was Cosmetics/Coty Prestige CORRECTION inducted into the FiFi Hall of Fame, his second Fragrance of the Year, Bath and Body: Couture Couture A story on pages 14 and 16 Thursday misstated the number of stores such honor this week after picking up a Lifetime by Juicy Couture — Elizabeth Arden operated and planned by Calvin Klein Inc. The company operated 67 Achievement award from CFDA Monday night.