The Line Between Men's and Women's Watches Is Blurring, As Size And
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Fashion. Beauty. Business. ANOTHER RUNWAY HAUTE METAL GOODBYE TO WRIST Jewelers experiment NOV 2015 Alber Elbaz and More luxury brands with new techniques No. 1 Lanvin: The latest are linking their to bring a myriad divorce to hit the watch designs to their of colors to precious fashion world. runway looks. metals. Bridget Foley’s Diary, p. 70 Accessories, p. 10 Features, p. 58 TIMES TWO “I personally heard from people who credit Apple Watch with saving their lives.” with saving their lives.” Apple Watch people who credit from heard “I personally Times Two The line between men’s and women’s watches is blurring, as size and style trump gender on the wrist. TIM COOK US $9.99 JAPAN ¥1500 CANADA $13 CHINA ¥80 UK £ 8 HONG KONG HK100 EUROPE € 11 INDIA 800 DAVIDYURMAN.COM 888-DYURMAN Edward Nardoza EDITOR IN CHIEF Pete Born EXECUTIVE EDITOR, BEAUTY Bridget Foley EXECUTIVE EDITOR James Fallon Separation Anxiety: The fashion world EDITOR Robb Rice was hit with another big divorce last week, GROUP DESIGN DIRECTOR between Alber Elbaz and Lanvin. Bridget Foley’s Diary, page 70 John B. Fairchild 1927 — 2015 MANAGING EDITOR Peter Sadera MANAGING EDITOR, Dianne M. Pogoda FASHION/SPECIAL REPORTS EXECUTIVE EDITOR, EUROPE Miles Socha DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Evan Clark NEWS DIRECTOR Lisa Lockwood DEPUTY EDITOR, DATA AND ANALYSIS Arthur Zaczkiewicz DEPUTY FASHION EDITOR Donna Heiderstadt SITTINGS DIRECTOR Alex Badia SENIOR EDITOR, RETAIL David Moin SENIOR EDITOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS, Arthur Friedman TEXTILES & TRADE SENIOR EDITORS, FINANCIAL Arnold J. Karr, Vicki M. 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Tran, Kari Hamanaka MILAN, FASHION AND NEWS Alessandra Turra NEW YORK, EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS William Cotto, Harry Winston Premier Tara Bonet-Black, The Kelsi Zimmerman Ellen Thomas Precious Butterfly Automatic 36 mm NEW YORK, FASHION ASSISTANTS Andrew Shang, Ashley Davis, Kayana Cordwell PARIS, EUROPEAN BEAUTY EDITOR Jennifer Weil PARIS, SENIOR FASHION EDITOR Laurent Folcher Features PARIS, SENIOR BUSINESS NEWS EDITOR Joelle Diderich PARIS, GENERAL ASSIGNMENT Paulina Szmydke REPORTER, NEWS PARIS, EDITORIAL AND WEB ASSISTANT Anne-Aymone Gheerbrant WEB EDITOR, EUROPE Laure Guilbault SAN FRANCISCO, TECHNOLOGY Maghan McDowell On the Other Hand DESIGN DEPARTMENT 48 As technology assaults CREATIVE DIRECTOR Nick Mrozowski SENIOR DESIGNER Christa Guerra the wrist, watchmakers offer DESIGNER Jewelyn Butron PHOTOGRAPHY alternatives in timepieces with PHOTO DIRECTOR Ash Barhamand PHOTO EDITOR Jenna Greene traditional dials and classic bands BOOKINGS AND PRODUCTION EDITOR Oona Wally ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR Katrina Brown that flaunt their modernity with PHOTO STUDIO PHOTO STUDIO ASSISTANT Emily Taylor gender-neutral chic. PHOTOGRAPHERS George Chinsee, Steve Eichner, Thomas Iannaccone COPYDESK COPY CHIEF Maureen Morrison-Shulas COPY EDITORS Danielle Gilliard, David Podgurski, Haute Plates Maxine Wally 58 Jewelers are experimenting PREPRESS PRODUCTION DIGITAL IMAGING Alex Sharfman with novel plating and heating PREPRESS ASSEMBLY David Lee Chin WWD.COM techniques to convert precious SITE DIRECTOR Michelle Preli ASSISTANT ONLINE EDITOR Kristen Tauer NEW YORK BEVERLY HILLS LAS VEGAS CHICAGO DALLAS HONOLULU metals into every color of the DIGITAL DAILY DESIGNER Ryan Richmond WEB PRODUCER Robert Tutton SOUTH COAST PLAZA BAL HARBOUR MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT rainbow, essentially redefining SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Pooja Bhaskar PUBLIC RELATIONS 800 848 3948 luxury jewelry. PR COORDINATOR Christina Mastroianni Giannoni Giovanni by Photograph HARRYWINSTON.COM Contents Paul Jowdy SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GROUP PUBLISHER Pamela Firestone ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER ADVERTISING INTERNATIONAL FASHION DIRECTOR, Renee Moskowitz RMM MEDIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEN’S Brett Mitchell BEAUTY DIRECTOR Carly Gresh AMERICAN FASHION & Jennifer Petersen LUXURY DIRECTOR ACCOUNT DIRECTOR Samantha Hartje ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Amy Keiser Shannon Fitzgerald SENIOR CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER Joanna Block CLIENT SERVICES MANAGERS Annie Belfield Rachael DeSantis Tina Schissel REGIONAL OFFICES/INTERNATIONAL OFFICES WEST COAST DIRECTOR Jill Biren +1-323-965-7283 EUROPEAN ACCOUNT DIRECTOR, ITALY Giulia Squeri +39-02-722-33602 ACCOUNT DIRECTOR, ITALY Olga Kouznetsova +39-02-722-33603 Attendees at spring fashion weeks SENIOR SALES COORDINATOR, ITALY Emanuela Altimani EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, FRANCE Valérie Deschamps-Wright around the globe took a shine to jewelry. +33-1-44-51-07-611 EUROPEAN SALES REPRESENTATIVE Marjorie Thomas They Are Wearing, page 68 +33-240-31-6541 ADVERTISING ASSISTANT, FRANCE Pascale Rajac DIGITAL/MARKETING/CREATIVE SERVICES MARKETING DIRECTOR Shannon Nobles CREATIVE DIRECTOR, MARKETING Cass Spencer DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGIST Cassie Leventhal DIGITAL SALES PLANNER Suzette Minetti AUDIENCE MARKETING VICE PRESIDENT Ellen Fairbanks Dealy CONSUMER MARKETING DIRECTOR Peggy Pyle Agenda SENIOR DIRECTOR, DIGITAL MARKETING Janet Menaker & STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT SENIOR DIRECTOR FINANCE, PLANNING Sean McDermott AND OPERATIONS PLANNING & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR John Cross SENIOR DIRECTOR, Randi Segal INSTITUTIONAL SALES SENIOR ONLINE MANAGER Suzanne Berardi SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER Tamra Febesh ASSOCIATE MARKETING MANAGER Lauren Busch PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Kevin Hurley PRODUCTION MANAGER Providence Rao SUMMITS & EVENTS Fashion 10 Accessories 16 Retail 22 VICE PRESIDENT, NEW VENTURES & GM Amber Mundinger What it takes to go from runway Giampiero Bodino bets on bespoke Hot watch shops in London EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Mary Ann Bacher DIRECTOR, ATTENDEE SALES Kim Mancuso to wrist . 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