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MORE CHANGES AT GAP/2 A WEEK OF BLOGGERS/22 Women’sWWD Wear Daily • The Retailers’FRIDAY Daily Newspaper • February 9, 2007 • $2.00 Beauty Gray’s Anatomy NEW YORK — Looks like Francisco Costa has been studying up on architecture this season. The Calvin Klein collection he sent out on Thursday was a minimalistic treat that was all about smart structure built around a palette of gray. Here, his chunky sweater and tight skirt. For more on the shows, see pages 6 to 13. A Celebrity Black Hole: Fashion Crowd Cheers Star Drought at Shows By Jacob Bernstein f the biggest star at New York IFashion Week has been Donald Trump at Michael Kors, there is news for celebrities: You’re fired. After several seasons in which a slew of starlets and reality show contestants filled the front rows, there’s been a noticeable scaling back this time round. It’s not that you missed J.Lo and Reese and Nicole on your rounds: They just didn’t bother to show up. “I think it’s the first season I haven’t been run over by Beyoncé’s bodyguard,” said Cindi Leive, the editor in chief of Glamour. See Star, Page4 PHOTO BY THOMAS IANNACCONE PHOTO BY 2 WWD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2007 WWD.COM Top Designer Exits Gap By David Moin Neuville joined Gap in October 2005 and over- WWDFRIDAY saw all aspects of product design and develop- Beauty THE OVERHAUL OF TOP MANAGEMENT ment for the brand’s adult men’s and women’s at Gap Inc. showed no signs of slowing down apparel and accessories. The Gap brand is an FASHION on Thursday, with the departure of Charlotte estimated $6 billion business. Neuville for nine It was all about structure at Calvin Klein, while Vera Wang continued her Neuville, head designer for years had been executive vice 6 artsy fantasy at the New York collections Thursday. Gap North America. president of design for New Charlotte In addition, Tom Wyatt, York & Co., where she led the Neuville president of GapBody, has design team’s creative direction GENERAL in 1999. taken on the additional role of for women’s apparel. Before EYE: After several seasons in which a slew of starlets and reality show president of Gap Inc. Outlet. that, she held senior design po- 1 contestants fi lled the front rows, there’s been a noticeable scaling back. The retailer said the search sitions at Cygne Designs, Jones Charlotte Neuville, head designer for Gap North America, has left the for a successor to Neuville, 54, New York Sport, Adrienne company, which is looking to reverse long-term sales declines. whose offi cial title was execu- Vittadini and Perry Ellis. In ad- 2 tive vice president of Gap adult dition, Neuville had her own BEAUTY: Emilio Pucci is moving into makeup for the fi rst time in May design and product develop- apparel collection. She is a na- 16 with a limited-edition color cosmetics collection created with Guerlain. ment, would target individuals tive of San Francisco, where London designer Matthew Williamson is introducing The Collection, a set of from outside the company. Gap Inc. is based, but worked The company did not spec- at the company’s New York de- 16 four fragrances with notes that can be detected in his two-year-old scent. ify the circumstances of Neu- sign center. Before David Beckham makes his U.S. debut with the L.A. Galaxy, the ville’s exit, and she could not Wyatt, 51, succeeds Diane 20 soccer star hopes to score with the launch of his Instinct scent. be reached for comment. Neal, who left the company in More management changes November. He will continue to Insulated by a luxury consumer base willing to dole out for pricy items, are expected after president Tom Wyatt report to Hansen. 23 department stores delivered a stellar sales performance in January. in 2003. and chief executive officer “Tom has led a number of A House panel began consideration of a bill that calls for a card-check Paul Pressler was pushed out well-respected companies with 24 system for union organizing, and retailers vowed to fi ght it. last month following a failed large brand portfolios during four-and-a-half-year effort his 30-year career in retail,” Jennifer Meyer is a doting parent of two babies: three-month-old Ruby to turn around the $16 bil- Hansen said in the statement. 25 and Jennifer Meyer Jewelry, which is launching its second collection. lion retailer, which has 3,100 “We’re confi dent that he’ll con- Classifi ed Advertisements.............................................................26-27 stores. Gap chairman Robert J. tinue to build on the founda- To e-mail reporters and editors at WWD, the address is fi rstname. Fisher, son of company found- tion for growth that he has es- er Donald Fisher, was named tablished with GapBody while [email protected], using the individual’s name. interim ceo and president. he works with the Outlet team WWD IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS INC. COPYRIGHT Gap is trying to reverse to identify opportunities to ©2007 FAIRCHILD FASHION GROUP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. VOLUME 193, NO. 32. WWD (ISSN 0149–5380) is published daily (except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, with one declining sales trends, and drive their business forward.” additional issue in January and November, two additional issues in March, May, June, August and December, and three Neuville was a key player in the The company operates more additional issues in February, April, September and October) by Fairchild Fashion Group, which is a division of Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. PRINCIPAL OFFICE: 750 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Shared Services provided by company’s unsuccessful effort than 300 outlets. Condé Nast Publications: S. I. Newhouse, Jr., Chairman; Charles H. Townsend, President/CEO; John W. Bellando, Executive last fall and holiday to revive “I’m delighted to have the Vice President/COO; Debi Chirichella Sabino, Senior Vice President/CFO; Jill Bright, Executive Vice President/Human Resources. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and at additional mailing offi ces. 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First copy of new chain’s Banana Republic unit, was named pres- Wyatt joined Gap a year ago from Cutter subscription will be mailed within four weeks after receipt of order. Address all editorial, business, and production ident of Gap North America, replacing Cynthia & Buck Inc., where he was president and ceo. correspondence to WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY, 750 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017. For permissions and reprint requests, please call 212-630-4274 or fax requests to 212-630-4280. Visit us online at www.wwd.com. To subscribe to other Harriss. Like Pressler, who hired her, Harriss Previously, he had been chairman and ceo of Fairchild magazines on the World Wide Web, visit www.fairchildpub.com. Occasionally, we make our subscriber list had been a Walt Disney Co. executive. Parisian, led Warnaco Intimate Apparel and available to carefully screened companies that offer products and services that we believe would interest our readers. “On behalf of everyone at Gap brand, I want spent more than 20 years with Vanity Fair, If you do not want to receive these offers and/or information, please advise us at P.O. Box 15008, North Hollywood, CA 91615-5008 or call 800-289-0273. WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN OR LOSS OF, to thank Charlotte for all her efforts,” Hansen where he was president of the brand’s Intimates OR FOR DAMAGE OR ANY OTHER INJURY TO, UNSOLICITED MANUSCRIPTS, UNSOLICITED ART WORK (INCLUDING, said in a statement. Collection. BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND TRANSPARENCIES), OR ANY OTHER UNSOLICITED MATERIALS. THOSE SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ART WORK, OR OTHER MATERIALS FOR CONSIDERATION SHOULD NOT SEND ORIGINALS, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED TO DO SO BY WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY IN WRITING. MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OTHER MATERIALS SUBMITTED MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. Shareholders Nix Sale of Eddie Bauer Quote of the Week NEW YORK — Eddie Bauer Holding Inc. said an throughout November, when the company fi rst insuffi cient number of shares was voted in favor announced its deal with the two private equity of the proposed sale of the company at $9.25 per buyers. Shares have lost ground over the last “I’m not discontented with the current share in cash to Eddie B Holding Corp, which is few months due to a decline in third-quarter owned by affi liates of Sun Capital Partners Inc. profi ts and the disclosure of tax accounting er- schedule. In general, though, there and Golden Gate Capital.