Hue Turn Could It Be Time to Lose the Blues? Denim Designers Are Punching up the Everyday Staple in an Array of Fun, Vibrant Colors
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The Inside: Top Paris CollectionsPg. 16 RICCI’S SAMSONITE GIG/3 SAKS CASE GOES ON/3 WWD WWDWomen’s Wear Daily • TheTHURSDAY Retailers’ Daily Newspaper • March 29, 2007 • $2.00 List Sportswear Hue Turn Could it be time to lose the blues? Denim designers are punching up the everyday staple in an array of fun, vibrant colors. Here, Odyn’s stretch denim jeans and Champion’s cotton, polyester and Lycra spandex sports bra. Vera scarves; Girlprops earrings; Jean-Michel Cazabat shoes. For more, see pages 6 and 7. The Hedi Days Are Over: LVMH Dumps Slimane, Van Assche Deal Near By Miles Socha PARIS — Dior Homme is bidding adieu to N ASSISTANT: CAMERON KERSHAW; STYLED BY DAVID YASSKY DAVID STYLED BY CAMERON KERSHAW; N ASSISTANT: Hedi Slimane and is close to replacing him with Kris Van Assche, WWD has learned. Sources said the French fashion house is zeroing in on a contract with the 30-year-old Belgian designer, who cut his teeth at Slimane’s side before launching his signature brand in 2005. An announcement is expected in the next few days. It is understood Dior wants to plot a new path for its men’s wear and move on from Slimane, yet with a designer familiar with Dior Homme’s codes and See Van Assche, Page8 PHOTO BY KYLE ERICKSEN; MODEL: ANNA/FUSION; HAIR BY CHLOE AND MAKEUP BY DEBORAH ALTIZIO USING YSL, BOTH AT AARTIST LOFT; FASHIO LOFT; AARTIST USING YSL, BOTH AT ALTIZIO DEBORAH AND MAKEUP BY CHLOE ERICKSEN; MODEL: ANNA/FUSION; HAIR BY KYLE PHOTO BY WWD.COM WWDTHURSDAY Sportswear FASHION This fall, denim is getting chummy with vibrant hues, giving a fresh zip ™ 6 to fashion’s favorite classic. A weekly update on consumer attitudes and behavior based on ongoing research from Cotton Incorporated GENERAL Dior Homme is bidding adieu to Hedi Slimane and is close to replacing 1 him with Kris Van Assche, WWD has learned. CRACKING THE CODE Samsonite has tapped Christina Ricci as the face of its new vintage- Unlocking the Confusion Surrounding Business Casual 3 inspired Fashionaire line under the Samsonite Black Label brand. A request by Saks to dismiss most of the claims against it in a suit fi led Casually speaking, dressing for today’s has a considerable level of after work obligations and 3 by International Design Concepts has been rejected. workplace can be a labor unto itself. Varying dress codes these often influence how she may dress for the day, EYE: The Hollywood crowd said goodbye to black when Ungaro’s Peter and countless interpretations of the term “business offers Kim Kitchings, director of global supply chain 4 Dundas came to Neiman’s in Beverly Hills with his colorful spring line. casual,” the most prevalent form of dress for modern planning for Cotton Incorporated. “Women are Bipartisan congressional pressure to force China to reform its currency offices, often makes wardobing for work downright multi-tasking throughout their day; they’re going 8 policies intensifi ed at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. confusing. Working women are to work, picking up the kids at wading through the confusion school, taking a class, shopping for DENIM: Wrangler is letting loose some modern rodeo spirit on London’s Carnaby Street as it charts a retail rollout in Europe. with practicality, comfort and style; groceries, dining out with friends 13 choosing tops with performance and doing other things and they BEAT: Contemporary retailer Atrium is looking for some Miami heat with finishes and an unexpected keep this in mind when getting 14 its third unit, which just opened on fashionable Collins Avenue. workwear staple, denim jeans. dressed for work.” Bolstered by stronger margins, store openings and better cost controls, According to the Cotton According to the Monitor, 17 Hennes & Mauritz said profi ts jumped 27 percent in the fi rst quarter. ™ Incorporated Lifestyle Monitor , the average female respondent Obituaries...........................................................................................19 nearly half of female respondents wears the same clothes she wears to Classifi ed Advertisements.............................................................18-19 defined her work place dress code work to other activities two nights as “casual” or “business casual.” a week. 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Although 68 percent of female respondents who be catching on; according to NPD Fashionworld’s work believed that their workplace dress codes AccuPanel, 20 percent of woven shirts or blouses were clearly defined, they were far less confident purchased by women in 2006 were wrinkle resistant. in the enforcement of these codes. In fact; 50 percent of From 2002 to 2006, unit sales of women’s wrinkle In Brief female respondents to the Monitor survey said that office resistant woven shirts and blouses more than doubled, dress code guidelines up 104 percent. ● BILL TO EXPAND JOB PROGRAM: Ten North Carolina Re- were “inconsistently What Defines Your Workplace Dress Code? “Consumers are publican and Democratic representatives introduced a bill enforced” or “not embracing wrinkle Wednesday that amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance enforced at all.” “That resistance for an ease program to provide automatic eligibility for textile and ap- Business Casual 34% only compounds the of care, but also for a parel workers who lose their jobs when their companies close because of foreign trade. The bill also expands the program, A Uniform 19% confusion and polished appearance,” which is administered by the Department of Labor, to include encourages some to take Casual 14% Kitchings adds. “It allows dislocated workers whose companies shift production to nations too many liberties in one to be professional yet such as China that don’t have preferential trade agreements Traditional w/ 9% their manner of dress,” Casual Day comfortable.” with the U.S.