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PARIS INSPIRATIONS/8-10 CHANEL’S HELLEU DEAD AT 69/18 WWDWomen’s Wear Daily • The Retailers’MONDAY Daily Newspaper • October 1, 2007 • $2.00 Accessories/Innerwear/Legwear Texture Message MILAN — Versace provided a fi tting fi nish for the Milan spring collections. While many of Donatella Versace’s fashion looks were relatively toned-down, the stylized heels and richly textured bags she showed with them — like this one — were still notably dramatic. For more on accessories, see pages 6 and 7. Grueling Pace Aside, Buyers Praise Milan For Color, New Shapes By WWD Staff MILAN — A strong euro, snarled traffic and grim weather notwithstanding, retailers left Milan in high spirits thanks to a gust of fresh, colorful and feminine fashions. Buyers said they welcomed a shift from overt hard-edged sexiness to something softer and more romantic, with lots of floral prints and artistic touches. Collections by Dolce & Gabbana, Jil Sander, 6267, Marni, Fendi, Prada and Versace won wide praise, while ethnic-themed prints, transparency and full skirts of all lengths were cited among key trends. See Buyers, Page4 PHOTO BY STEPHANE FEUGERE STEPHANE PHOTO BY 2 WWD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2007 WWD.COM YSL Launches Upgraded Web Site WWDMONDAY By Miles Socha stockkeeping units displayed in Among exclusive features for crisp, Mondrian-esque arrange- the launch are 24 short fi lms by Accessories/Innerwear/Legwear PARIS — Interactive is the new ments, allows New York and Los Nick Knight with model Jessica black at Yves Saint Laurent’s re- Angeles shoppers to schedule Miller wearing Edition 24 items, FASHION vamped Web site, slated to go live a fi tting and showcases shoes, plus an animated, making-of ver- today, complete with an online bags and clothes from multiple sion of the house’s fall campaign From fl owered heels to bright leathers, the season’s accessories stand- store for U.S. shoppers and lots angles. Muse bags in various featuring Gisele Bündchen. 6 outs in Milan defi nitely rate a double take. of animated Web-only content. sizes are held by a model to Meanwhile, the “Company Overhauling a bare-bones site better illustrate the silhouette. History” section resembles an largely unchanged since Tom For women’s ready-to-wear, the art gallery, where Web surfers GENERAL Ford’s days at YSL, the French initial focus is on Edition 24, a can learn more about Yves Saint Retailers gave the Milan spring collections a general thumb’s-up, but fi rm aims to expand traffi c to ysl. range of seasonless, well-priced Laurent himself, such iconic 1 said it was a bit of a smorgasbord of trends. com by fi vefold over the next 18 wardrobe essentials. products as tuxedos and trench- months — and generate consid- YSL boasted approximately coats and the brand’s current Active apparel sales are growing as activewear becomes more accepted erable sales volume. 100,000 registered users for its creative director, Stefano Pilati. 20 as fashion, according to The NPD Group’s second survey of the sector. Valerie Hermann, YSL’s previous site, and some 38,000 New Web-only content will EYE: Riffi ng with Annie Lennox, who will release “Songs of Mass De- president and chief executive more signed up to be alerted be added regularly to drive traf- 24 struction,” only her fourth record in 15 years, on Tuesday. offi cer, declined to give revenue about the new one, a company fi c, the spokesman said. The site projections, but said the online spokesman said. will also be promoted with ban- Classifi ed Advertisements.............................................................22-23 boutique should become one of The home page resembles ner ads on Style.com and iht. the company’s top-fi ve locations a multiple-screen television, com, he added. To e-mail reporters and editors at WWD, the address is fi rstname. within three years. 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Stromberg will over- various roles at KAO Corp. and, see Crabtree & Evelyn Group’s and general manager for BBW’s before that, at Borden Inc. TUESDAY: Walgreen Co. reports fourth-quarter and operations in the U.S., the U.K., White Barn Candle division. — Michelle Edgar year-end sales and earnings. Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stromberg said his goal as ceo Malaysia and Australia. of Crabtree & Evelyn Group is to WEDNESDAY: International Vision Expo West, Las Vegas Most recently, Stromberg continue updating the brand. Marionnaud Ex-CEO Fined (through Saturday). spent roughly a year as chief “My priority is clarifying and PARIS — Marcel Frydman, for- Interstoff Asia Essential — Autumn and Fashion merchandising officer at updating the brand’s image,” he mer chief executive officer of Access, Hong Kong (through Friday). American Signature Inc., a pri- said during an interview Friday. 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