THE YEAR IN FASHION WHO AND WHAT MADE NEWS I THE HOT PARTIES I THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE I THEY SAID IT I IN MEMORIAM WWDMONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012 ■ WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY ■ $3.00 RON JOHNSON Newsmaker Of the Year After a challenging year, J.C. Penney’s chief executive offi cer Ron Johnson says “the transformation is on track” and “the fun begins in 2013.” That’s when new products, shops and innovations hit the selling fl oors, from Disney to Joe Fresh to Jonathan Adler. For his sweeping reinvention efforts recasting Penney’s image and defying a host of retail conventions in the process, Johnson is the Newsmaker of the Year, as chosen by WWD’s editors. For more, see Year in Fashion, section II. 2 WWD MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012 WWD.COM Dover Street Market to Open in NYC THE BRIEFING BOX laborations with brands rang- By JOELLE DIDERICH The future site of Dover ing from Louis Vuitton to H&M. IN TODAY’S WWD Street Market in New York. She has innovated with tem- PARIS — Retail maverick Rei porary retail concepts, includ- Kawakubo is out to conquer ing scores of “guerrilla” stores another offbeat neighborhood selling Comme des Garçons A pre-fall look in Manhattan with her latest collections from previous sea- from Burberry international branch of Dover sons in cities such as Berlin; Prorsum. Street Market. Warsaw; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Comme des Garçons said Stockholm, Helsinki, Barcelona Friday it has signed a lease for and Singapore. a 20,000-square-foot, seven-sto- In 2001, she teamed with ry emporium at 160 Lexington Milan retailer Carla Sozzani Ave. at 30th Street, in a district to open the 10 Corso Como CHINSEE chockablock with nail parlors Comme des Garçons in Tokyo. and Indian restaurants. In 2004, she opened Dover GEORGE The sprawling unit — Street Market in London, a BY which mingles Comme’s vari- multibrand store that also PHOTO ous lines with a range of in- included a cafe and a smat- ternational designer brands tering of vintage pieces. At Lucy, the VF Corp.-owned activewear retailer, has unveiled for women and men — is due that time, Dover Street was a new prototype that will serve as the model for stores as to open in December 2013, primarily known for its sur- expansion kicks into gear next year. PAGE 6 Adrian Joffe, chief executive rounding art and antiques officer at Comme des Garçons galleries, or as a cut-through Patek Philippe president Thierry Stern discusses the family- International, told WWD. to nearby Bond Street. Dover owned business’ production and pricing strategies. PAGE 7 The store will be located in an imposing clas- Street Market’s arrival spurred other fashion retail- sical-style building that was formerly home to the ers to open nearby, although the street remains pri- Alice Temperley has opened her first flagship, in London’s New York School of Applied Design for Women marily offices rather than retail. Mayfair district. PAGE 8 and, subsequently, Touro College. Built in 1909, A Tokyo branch opened in Ginza in March of the building has a colonnaded limestone facade this year. and is located in a primarily residential area that In the last few years, Comme de Garçons has With Thursday marking the official opening of Art Basel is a short walk from Gramercy Park. also partnered with Hong Kong retailer I.T on Miami, the evening festivities went off without a hitch. PAGE 9 It is not the first time Kawakubo is stepping into un- I.T Beijing Market in Beijing, and with Japanese charted territory in New York. She opened a boutique department store operator Komatsu on Ginza Condé Nast and Hearst Corp. are going head-to-head to in SoHo in 1983, when it was still largely an industrial Komatsu Market in Tokyo. get a cut of the booming Hispanic market. PAGE 9 neighborhood, and was the first to spy the retail po- Other concepts include Black Comme des Garçons, tential of Chelsea, where she moved the Comme des a “guerrilla” brand launched in 2009 as an antidote Fred Perry has teamed with No Doubt for a new collaboration Garçons store in 1999. to recession, and pop-up Comme des Garçons Pocket referencing the band’s ska and reggae roots. PAGE 11 Starting in the Eighties, Kawakubo revolutionized stores housing the brand’s Play collection, alongside retail by featuring art in her stores and launching col- limited-edition products, wallets and perfumes. FOR A LOOK BACK AT THE YEAR IN LEGS, SEE A SPECIAL REPORT IN TUESDAY’S WWD. 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