Fantasy Island Tommy Hilfi Ger Is Singing a New Tune — One Designed for a Refi Ned Lady — with Dreaming, a New Fragrance He Will Launch in February
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LAUDER EXEC MOVES/2 NEW HEAD AT CALVIN KLEIN JEANS/11 Women’sWWD Wear Daily • The Retailers’ FRIDAYDaily Newspaper • November 2, 2007 • $2.00 Beauty Fantasy Island Tommy Hilfi ger is singing a new tune — one designed for a refi ned lady — with Dreaming, a new fragrance he will launch in February. The upscale scent will be available in about 1,200 U.S. department stores and could do $10 million at retail in the U.S. in its fi rst year on counter. For more, see page 4. Joining the Rush: New York & Co. Latest Chain to Launch Beauty By Pete Born on Nov. 15 called products for Gap Inc. and ew York & Company Inc. is City Beauty, which is the fragrance licensee Nthe latest specialty apparel was developed with for Quiksilver. When those retailer climbing onto the beauty Inter Parfums Inc., initiatives are added to bandwagon. the same company the fragrance and bath The company will launch a line that produces line recently unveiled by of bath and body care products personal care See New, Page 4 PHOTO BY GEORGE CHINSEE; STYLED BY MEGAN MCINTYRE GEORGE CHINSEE; STYLED BY PHOTO BY 2 WWD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007 WWD.COM Lauder Fills Spots Left by Robinson By Julie Naughton Management, makeup artistry, also named Jin Chung as vice artist research and online com- president and creative director WWDFRIDAY and Pete Born merce, helping to more than of Prescriptives, assuming some Beauty quadruple the brand’s net sales. duties previously handled by Tim ohn Demsey, group president Earlier, Geerlings was senior Convery, who left the company. GENERAL Jat the Estée Lauder Cos., has vice president of marketing for Chung will continue in her du- New York & Co. will launch a line of bath and body care products on Nov. tapped two longtime Lauder Christian Dior Perfumes in the ties at the Sean John Fragrances 15 called “City Beauty,” which was developed with Inter Parfums Inc. executives to head the Tom U.S. She began her career at division. “We are assembling a 1 Ford Beauty and Prescriptives Prescriptives International, work- new team,” Demsey said. Estée Lauder Cos. group president John Demsey has picked two com- Worldwide businesses at the ing her way up to vice president Spellman, a longtime beauty 2 pany executives to head Tom Ford Beauty and Prescriptives. of marketing in 1988 and helping executive who has consulted Estée Lauder Cos. In the wake of his deal to sell his sportswear only to Macy’s, Tommy Joe Spellman has been to launch the brand in key inter- on the Tom Ford Beauty Brand Hilfi ger is also taking a new tack with his women’s fragrance business. named interim general man- national markets, Demsey said. — as well as the Estée Lauder, 4 ager for Tom Ford Beauty and Bobbi Brown, Sean John As part of Jo Malone’s aggressive retail expansion plan, the London- Caroline Geerlings will be se- Caroline Fragrances and Origins brands, 8 based fragrance manufacturer opened its fi rst boutique in Paris. nior vice president and gen- Geerlings among others — will lead the Beijing’s pollution problem is more annoyance than deterrent as retailers eral manager for Prescriptives Tom Ford Beauty brand until a Worldwide. Both appointments permanent general manager is 12 prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games with massive expansion. are effective Nov. 26. selected, Demsey said. Juicy Couture’s Gela Nash-Taylor is on an Asian tour to launch the WWD reported Tuesday that “Joe has been a consultant 12 brand’s fragrance there and open stores in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur. Andrea Robinson had resigned on Tom Ford Beauty from the as president of the Tom Ford fi rst day,” Demsey said. “He has Michele Cloutier has been promoted to brand president of Chico’s, a Beauty and Prescriptives brands a strong working relationship 21 new position, adding store sales and marketing responsibilities. after a 20-month tenure. with Tom and the fragrance Classifi ed Advertisements.............................................................23 “Andrea brought taste and houses we work with, and he is style [to the company] at a need- the perfect creative executive To e-mail reporters and editors at WWD, the address is fi rstname. ed point in time, and made a tre- to help keep the brand building [email protected], using the individual’s name. mendous contribution to the Tom its incredible momentum. Joe Ford Beauty and Prescriptives helped me out two years ago on WWD IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS INC. 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MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OTHER MATERIALS SUBMITTED MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY ure at the makeup artist brand, herself [with her MAC projects ing what is working, getting off A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. Geerlings has worked on a vs. her Prescriptives products].” of what isn’t and creating what number of its most talked-about There hasn’t been a deci- doesn’t exist but needs to.” launches, including the brand’s sion on Geerlings’ successor at Demsey declined comment girly Barbie makeup line this MAC Cosmetics, although an an- as to the level of progress in year. In her MAC role, Geerlings nouncement could come as soon the search for a permanent new also oversaw MAC New Launch as next week, Demsey said.