The Big Easy Languid Loungewear Surfaces This Season with Exotic Prints in Traditional Relaxed Shapes
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VUITTON’S BROOKLYN NIGHT/4 LINGERIE BUSTS OUT ONLINE/10 WWDWomen’s Wear Daily • The Retailers’MONDAY Daily Newspaperewspaper • April 7, 2008 2 • $2.00 Accessories/Innerwear/Legwearessorrieies/s/InInnenerwrweae The Big Easy Languid loungewear surfaces this season with exotic prints in traditional relaxed shapes. Here, Oscar de la Renta’s riff on a caftan that zips up the front. For more, see pages 6 and 7. Banana’s New Signature: Retailer Heads Upmarket With First Monogram Unit By Sharon Edelson NEW YORK — The road to the top is getting IES FROM BARBARA FLOOD’S CLOSET; FASHION ASSISTANT: DANIELLE SPONDER; STYLED BY BOBBI QUEEN DANIELLE SPONDER; STYLED BY ASSISTANT: FASHION CLOSET; FLOOD’S IES FROM BARBARA crowded — especially in that zone just above women’s specialty chains such as J. Crew and Ann Taylor. The latest to enter the fray is Banana Republic, which today will open its first freestanding store for the new limited edition BR Monogram collection. The line focuses on better fabrics and tailoring at prices about 30 to 40 percent higher than the brand’s core collection. The 3,000-square-foot BR Monogram store at 205 Bleecker Street and Sixth Avenue here was previously a Banana Republic unit. A spokeswoman said See Banana, Page14 PHOTO BY GEORGE CHINSEE; MODEL: ANIA/SUPREME; HAIR: DARIA WRIGHT FOR DARIAWRIGHT.COM; MAKEUP: MIZU FOR PRICE INC.; ALL ACCESSOR GEORGE CHINSEE; MODEL: ANIA/SUPREME; HAIR: DARIA WRIGHT FOR DARIAWRIGHT.COM; PHOTO BY 2 WWD, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008 WWD.COM Uneven Retail Employment Picture WWDMONDAY By Liza Casabona manufacturers in the world — “We expect somewhat of a yet they are being forced to lay transition in the retail sector as Accessories/Innerwear/Legwear WASHINGTON — Department off workers because of uncom- some businesses start to make stores cut jobs and specialty petitive U.S. trade policy.” way for summer merchandise,” FASHION stores added to payrolls in A total of 48,000 jobs were Yamarone said. “It is still pretty Designers are crazy for caftans this fall, and they’re showing up in March as U.S. employers overall lost in the manufacturing sector nippy in most regions. Stores at-home gowns and long tunics. trimmed 80,000 jobs, the most in in March, according to Bureau wouldn’t be throwing out some 6 five years and the third consecu- of Labor statistics. of their summer wear yet or ex- tive monthly drop. Apparel and accessories pecting to sell it so they don’t GENERAL The department store sec- stores benefi ted from an early hire many people.” Banana Republic will open its fi rst store for BR Monogram on Bleecker tor shed 4,600 positions, to Easter, which enabled those In a historical context, 1 Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan today. 1.5 million, after a payroll de- cline of 11,100 in February, the Gaetano Sallorenzo has left his post as president and ceo of Calvin Klein Department of Labor reported 2 Europe, succeeded by Thomas Axmacher as managing director. on Friday. Specialty stores Early Easter did as well as it could to EYE: Socialites and celebs galore showed up at MoMA Thursday for a added 2,700 jobs, to 1.5 million, “ 4 screening of George Clooney’s latest fi lm, “Leatherheads.” after cutting 3,000 positions the help the retail sector out. Unfortunately, previous month. ACCESSORIES: Janis Savitt, half of the M+J Savitt team, is striking out The job losses, and an unem- it wasn’t enough. 8 on her own with a fashion jewelry collection. ployment rate that rose to 5.1 — Richard” Yamarone, Argus Research Corp. INNERWEAR: Lingerie business on dedicated Web sites as well as those percent in March from 4.8 per- 10 operated by specialty stores is booming. cent the previous month, come Classifi ed Advertisements.............................................................17-19 as the economy struggles with a merchants to add jobs and halt Yamarone said the economic housing slowdown, tight credit, three months of declines. picture for 2008 had not reached To e-mail reporters and editors at WWD, the address is fi rstname. high fuel prices and stock market “Apparel was probably helped the same dire level as the 2001 [email protected], using the individual’s name. volatility. Employers trimmed greatly by the Easter holiday,” recession. The economy has WWD IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS INC. COPYRIGHT 63,000 jobs in February. said Richard Yamarone, chief lost a total of 232,000 jobs in ©2008 FAIRCHILD FASHION GROUP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. 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TUESDAY: Material World, Miami Beach (through jeans for Europe and Asia. tent with the company’s strategy Last week, Marco Bortoletti Thursday). Market sources indicate he’s to leverage our resources across resigned as ceo of Fashion heading to Replay, but the Italian the enterprise,” said a spokes- Box, the holding company of WEDNESDAY: Miami Fashion Week (through Sunday). denim and sportswear company woman for Warnaco.