ADVERTISEMENT Thursday,W September 6,W 2012 • Women’s Wear DDaily • $3.00 Apparel Belts Dresses Eyewear Footwear Fragrance Handbags Home Jewelry Outerwear Swimwear Watches VC_F12_WWD_WRAP_v2.indd 1 8/22/12 3:14 PM VinceCamuto.com VC_F12_WWD_WRAP_v2.indd 2 8/22/12 3:14 PM INSPIRED BLUE NOTES MONACO BLUE AND DUSK BLUE THE SPARK OF CREATIVITY ARE THE LEADING PANTONE FOR MEN’S DESIGNERS. THE SPARK OF CREATIVITY FOR COLORS FOR SPRING. PAGE 13 PAGE MW1 MEN’S DESIGNERS FOR SPRING. MW, PAGE ONE UPPING THE ANTE Macy’s Aims Higher With New Luxe Hall By DAVID MOIN NEW YORK — Luxury will be the new welcome mat at Macy’s Herald Square. WWD Four major luxury brands — Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Longchamp — will be showcased front and center on the Broadway side of the flagship be- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 Q $3.00 Q WOME ginning in November in a “luxury hall” under con- struction as part of the store’s four-year, top-to-bottom $400 million renovation, WWD has learned. “This is not just a little luxury corner. This is going to be powerful,” Terry J. Lundgren, Macy’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, told WWD. Macy’s luxury shops will be the largest in-store shops for all of the brands involved, second in size only to each brand’s freestanding flagship locations. It’s an image raiser for the mid-tier Macy’s, though the Herald Square flagship, considered the third-most trafficked tourist attraction in the city next to the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty, draws 20 million visitors annually from all over the world and from all demographics, even those shopping Vuitton’s EXCLUSIVE $2,600 leather clutches and canvas bags. Macy’s multilevel hall of luxury will occupy a total of 19,000 square feet, on the first and second floors, plus a mezzanine that’s being built. Vuitton, which has been selling at the Macy’s flagship for 30 years on the corner of 34th Street and Broadway, will be the largest shop. It’s expanding to three levels and more than 8,000 square feet, and is adding shoes to the as- Katie’s sortment which also includes handbags, small leather goods and men’s accessories including luggage. Gucci will span 6,200 square feet over three levels and offer handbags, small leather goods, women’s and men’s shoes, jewelry and watches. Longchamp will offer handbags and small leather goods in 1,500 square feet over two levels. Burberry, with three levels and New 3,600 square feet, will feature large and small leather goods, rainwear and the latest technology live-stream- ing runway shows and brand content. That leaves 8,700 square feet for Vuitton, which will be the largest Deal SEE PAGE 10 Louboutin’s Red Ruling Katie Holmes has a very personal way of unwinding after a tough day of dodging the By ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD paparazzi: arts and crafts with her six-year-old daughter, Suri. “I spray-paint shoe racks, NEW YORK — In their war over the color red, both Christian Louboutin and Yves Saint Laurent are because, why not?” she said with a laugh. Aside claiming major victories. from mom duty, Holmes is venturing out on more A New York federal appeals court backed the va- than one new path. She’s now the first celebrity lidity of Louboutin’s red-sole trademark Wednesday, but said the French shoemaker would only be able to sign on as the face of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, to protect its mark when it comes to red-soled shoes where she’ll also serve as muse and collaborator. with contrasting uppers. To further round things out, the actress is That caveat gives YSL the right to continue sell- ing its monochrome pump — the shoe that spawned a preparing for her fashion week debut on lawsuit from Louboutin in April 2011 — and it also ar- Wednesday with her Holmes & Yang guably gives YSL a slight advantage as the case moves back to New York federal court, which will now evalu- collection. For more, see page 9. ate YSL’s counterclaims. In short, Louboutin keeps his trademark, albeit under more restrictive terms, and YSL can keep sell- ing all-red shoes. YSL attorney David Bernstein called it a “stunning victory” for his client and said the court has “conclu- sively ruled that YSL’s monochromatic red shoes do not infringe any trademark rights of Louboutin, which guarantees that YSL can continue to make monochro- matic shoes in a wide variety of colors, including red.” In the initial suit, Louboutin alleged YSL violated its 2008 red-sole trademark by selling an all-red pump. Presiding federal court Judge Victor Marrero dis- agreed, denying Louboutin’s request and instead ques- tioning the validity of the brand’s famous mark alto- gether. Lawyers for Louboutin appealed that decision just over a year ago. PHOTO BY STEPHEN SULLIVAN SEE PAGE 13 2 WWD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 WWD.COM Dior Launches Magazine THE BRIEFING BOX IN TODAY’S WWD February introduction of online was to embrace and bring in the By MILES SOCHA editorial at Diormag.com, which best brands,” he said. has already attracted some 2.6 “We really believe Printemps PARIS — Christian Dior is million visitors, the company said. is more than selling products — splashing its famous name Meanwhile, the Christmas it’s about creating an experience, On the streets over two glossy initiatives this partnership with Printemps ex- and we’re looking for brands during the fall and winter: its own print tends from the building’s facade that can help us create magic in Venice Film magazine, and a holiday proj- — with special illuminations our store,” said Printemps chair- Fest. ect with Printemps’ Boulevard and windows — to unique prod- man and ceo, Paolo de Cesare. Haussmann flagship. ucts and holiday shopping bags. “We wanted to use the incredible Disclosing details of the two The initiative runs from beauty of Paris to create a global projects, Dior chief executive of- November to January, starting dream for Christmas, and when ficer Sidney Toledano said such with mechanical windows whose you talk about Paris, there are communication efforts nourish dolls will be dressed in exact a few brands that exemplify the the brand, feed its narrative and replicas of iconic Dior outfits, re- elegance, the luxury, the savoir help articulate “the values of alized by its couture ateliers. faire and the fashion of Paris, and Dior, which are different from Watercolor sketches feature on clearly Dior is one of the best. DABROWSKI our competitors.…It’s important “Paris is the capital of fash- today to differentiate ourselves.” ion. We are blessed to have as KUBRA Entitled Dior, the seasonal neighbors the best brands of BY magazine is to be published fashion and luxury in the world, each September and March and we need to make the best of PHOTO in nine languages with a con- this,” he added. Four major luxury brands — Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Burberry trolled circulation to Dior’s Printemps estimates that 10 and Longchamp — will be showcased on the Broadway side best customers and prospects. million people pass in front of of Macy’s Herald Square beginning in November. PAGE 1 Toledano declined to quantify the store during the Christmas the number of copies the com- period. Footfall inside the store A New York federal appeals court backed the validity pany is printing but said French is 100,000 on Saturdays during of Christian Louboutin’s red-sole trademark in another and English versions would be the Christmas period, double the chapter of its battle with Yves Saint Laurent. PAGE 1 released first, around Sept. 10. usual amount, and 60,000 to 70,000 MONDINO Versions in German, Italian, on weekdays, up 30 to 40 percent Katie Holmes sits down with WWD to discuss becoming Spanish, Korean, Japanese, versus the rest of the year. the first face of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, as well as her Chinese and simplified Chinese “Despite all the crisis and fashion and acting projects. PAGE 9 are forthcoming. things that you hear, we are see- JEAN-BAPTISTE Dior enlisted art director BY ing an increase in traffic in the Oscar de la Renta was honored Wednesday with the Fabien Baron to design the 110- store,” de Cesare said, noting Couture Council’s Award for Artistry at a luncheon that page debut issue, which features PHOTO the store has posted double-dig- drew 1,000 guests. PAGE 12 Marion Cotillard on the cover Marion Cotillard on the cover of the it sales growth at Christmas the Carine Roitfeld will unveil her CR Fashion Book wearing the house’s original Bar first issue of Dior magazine. past three years. jacket and flaring skirt from 1947. “Luxury continues to be an magazine on newsstands Sept. 13 with a 340-page issue Patrick Demarchelier, Jean- absolute winner, and it’s acces- that includes 140 ad pages. PAGE 12 Baptiste Mondino, Paolo Roversi shopping bags and on some exclu- sories, watches and jewelry and and Willy Vanderperre are sive products, conveying Dior’s shoes,” he said. “This has been Pantone reveals the top 10 colors for the spring collections among the high-profile photog- feminine, French sensibility. The a trend for a couple of years of women’s designers. PAGE 13 raphers with credits in the latter range from an Advent and we believe it will contin- issue, whose content is calendar, priced at 130 ue. What we have been seeing Joanna Coles, a day after she was named editor in chief overseen by Dior’s in- euros, or $164 at current the last couple of months, and of Cosmopolitan, was moderating a town hall meeting in house communications exchange, to a special- I think it will be the very good Charlotte, N.C.