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WWDTHURSDAY"QSJM t LUXURY’S NEW WEB/12-13 BASELWORLD PREVIEW/SEC. II WWDWomen’s Wear Daily • The THURSDAYRetailers’ Daily Newspaper • April 3, 2008 • $2.00 Sportswear Next Big Tings Poised to release their fi rst album, Brit pop duo The Ting Tings have their own sound, not to mention style to spare. Here, Jules De Martino in G-Star’s cotton hoodie and Lee’s cotton denim jeans. Ray-Ban sunglasses. Katie White in Mike & Chris’ cotton top, G-Star’s cotton denim miniskirt and Deréon’s nylon leggings with studs. ASSISTANTS: NICK AXELROD AND DANIELLE SPONDER; STYLED BY KIM FRIDAY NICK AXELROD AND DANIELLE SPONDER; STYLED BY ASSISTANTS: Fallon ring. For more, see pages 6 and 7. Fighting the Fakes: Louis Vuitton and Murakami Make a Show of It By Marc Karimzadeh “Brooklyn Ball” at the Brooklyn installation designed to bring ake no mistake — Louis Museum featuring a special attention to one of the industry’s MVuitton is well-equipped for performance by Kanye West, the biggest travails — counterfeits. combat against counterfeiters. unveiling of a new camouflage But rather than simply hand Tonight, Vuitton is celebrating print developed by Murakami out leaflets to alert guests about Takashi Murakami’s “© and Marc Jacobs called the importance of protecting Murakami” exhibition with a Monogramouflage and a special See Louis, Page 14 PHOTO BY GEORGE CHINSEE; HAIR BY WESLEY O’MEARA FOR KERASTASE PARIS AND MAKEUP BY KATEY DENNO, BOTH AT THE WALL GROUP; FASHION GROUP; FASHION THE WALL BOTH AT DENNO, KATEY AND MAKEUP BY PARIS FOR KERASTASE WESLEY O’MEARA GEORGE CHINSEE; HAIR BY PHOTO BY WWD.COM WWDTHURSDAY Sportswear FASHION Poised to release their fi rst album, Brit pop duo The Ting Tings have their ™ 6 own sound, not to mention plenty of style to spare. A weekly update on consumer attitudes and behavior based on ongoing research from Cotton Incorporated GENERAL Louis Vuitton is feting the Brooklyn Museum’s Murakami exhibition with CARTE BLANCHE: THE TIME IS WHITE 1 a special camoufl age print and an installation aimed at counterfeits. The Doha trade talks aren’t dead yet, WTO deputy director general Rufus White Denim: It’s Not Just for Summer Anymore 4 Yerxa told top decision-makers in global sourcing in Hong Kong. Spring is officially here and for most women our customers that we cater to who live in warm EYE: There was no singing of “Kumbaya” at the Natural Resources Defense that no longer requires a drastic shift from a winter weather all year round.” 5 Council bash, but the event was as organic as a Cipriani party can get. wardrobe to a spring one. Credit a relaxation in Adds Galloway, another online retailer, “Most BEAT: Wicked Fashions, parent of Southpole and Lot29, is expanding with once iron-clad rules about what to wear and when of my brands start offering white denim as early as 8 three new lines: Wckd, WhiteTag and Southpole Collection. to wear it with creating wardrobe staples that many November deliveries. They sell so well because you Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton broadened their women happily embrace for up have people who love white denim 18 opposition to free trade in speeches before the AFL-CIO in Pennsylvania. to twelve months a year. and will wear it for all seasons no Two of the most important matter where they live.” Basel Preview is included as a Section II in this issue. rules of yesteryear to be bent “White denim is so hot right Classifi ed Advertisements.............................................................21-23 or discarded concern the color now because it is neat and To e-mail reporters and editors at WWD, the address is fi rstname. white and the appropriate clean and gives you a simple yet [email protected], using the individual’s name. venues and occasions for wearing sophisticated look,” she continues. WWD IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS INC. COPYRIGHT denim. A recent poll conducted “It is just as powerful of a color ©2008 FAIRCHILD FASHION GROUP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. to wear as black these days and VOLUME 195, NO. 71. WWD (ISSN 0149–5380) is published daily (except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, with by the Cotton Incorporated one additional issue in January, October and December, two additional issues in March, April, May, June, August and Lifestyle Monitor™ indicates a makes your feel just as confidant November, and three additional issues in February and September) by Fairchild Fashion Group, which is a division of general acceptance for wearing and in control. Like black, white Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. PRINCIPAL OFFICE: 750 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Shared Services provided by Condé Nast Publications: S. I. Newhouse, Jr., Chairman; Charles H. Townsend, President/CEO; John W. Bellando, white beyond a certain point. matches everything.” Executive Vice President/COO; Debi Chirichella Sabino, Senior Vice President/CFO; Jill Bright, Executive Vice President/ Seventy-three percent of female The popularity of white has Human Resources. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and at additional mailing offi ces. Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement No. 40644503. Canadian Goods and Services Tax Registration No. 886549096-RT0001. Canada Post: respondents say that the rule certainly had an effect on the return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: P.O. Box 503, RPO West Beaver Cre, Rich-Hill, ON L4B 4R6 POSTMASTER: about wearing white after Labor designs at Karen Millen England, SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY, P.O. Box 15008, North Hollywood, CA “White denim transcends trends 91615–5008. FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS, ADDRESS CHANGES, ADJUSTMENTS, OR BACK ISSUE Day is old fashioned and it is and seasons as a wardrobe staple, an international designer label. INQUIRIES: Please write to WWD, P.O. Box 15008, North Hollywood, CA 91615-5008, call 800-289-0273, or visit appropriate to wear beyond quite simply because it is flattering. “For Spring/Summer ‘08, we’ve www.subnow.com/wd. Please give both new and old addresses as printed on most recent label. First copy of new that date and even all year. done all our key shapes in white, subscription will be mailed within four weeks after receipt of order. Address all editorial, business, and production It always looks amazing and is correspondence to WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY, 750 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017. For permissions and reprint requests, Respondents also indicate that the skinny, the crop, the boot please call 212-630-4274 or fax requests to 212-630-4280. Visit us online at www.wwd.com. To subscribe to other they wear jeans on average for quite easy for the wearer to cut and our favorite, the wide leg Fairchild magazines on the World Wide Web, visit www.fairchildpub.com. Occasionally, we make our subscriber list dress up as well as down.” available to carefully screened companies that offer products and services that we believe would interest our readers. four days a week, solidifying high-waisted jean with the front If you do not want to receive these offers and/or information, please advise us at P.O. Box 15008, North Hollywood, CA denim’s importance as a favored — French Connection patch pockets,” says Gemma 91615-5008 or call 800-289-0273. WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN OR LOSS OF, OR FOR DAMAGE OR ANY OTHER INJURY TO, UNSOLICITED MANUSCRIPTS, UNSOLICITED ART WORK (INCLUDING, garment for the workplace and Metheringham, Creative BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND TRANSPARENCIES), OR ANY OTHER UNSOLICITED for social occasions and closeting that age-old Director. “Done right, white jeans give a look of 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 question of “Can I wear jeans there?”. sophistication. Crisp, clean and chic, white jeans DAILY IN WRITING. MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OTHER MATERIALS SUBMITTED MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY So what do you get when you combine these take ‘day time casual’ to the next level.” A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. two new and updated rules? You get a pair of white The latest styles of white denim in every jeans that seven out of ten female respondents silhouette from skinny to full leg to boot cut who wear white denim say they will wear during indicate that white denim is poised to take its place the spring and summer seasons or all year round, as a go-to jean alongside her blue sisters. ™ In Brief according to the Monitor . Adds the spokesperson from French Connection, “White denim transcends trends and seasons as a “We are offering white denim in all shapes and wardrobe staple, quite simply because it is flattering. It sizes, from the unbleached and earth-friendly ● MCCOMB’S COMPENSATION: William L. McComb, chief always looks amazing and is quite easy for the wearer ‘eco jean,’ to the ubiquitous skinny jean. We are executive officer of Liz Claiborne Inc., pulled in total com- pensation of $6.3 million last year, his first full year on the to dress up as well as down,” offers a spokesperson showing high-waisted white trouser jeans, white job, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange from French Connection. “With the addition of denim painter-style jackets, and skirts in white Commission on Wednesday. His pay included a salary of $1.3 contrast stitching in various colors and styles, denim. Our most popular style, however, is the million, stock and option awards valued at $4.5 million, a bonus women are now comfortable wearing white jeans traditional tapered-leg, low-waisted white jean.” of $325,000 and other compensation, including $6,634 in ap- year around.” “White denim is here parel and more than $113,000 for an apartment the company “Thanks to the Vogue’s Best Description of How You Feel About to stay.