NEW YORK, 650 5TH AVE @ 52ND ST BOSTON, COPLEY PLACE Fashion. Beauty. Business. DEC 2015 No. 2 FOLLOW US FOLLOW SHOP AT LANDSEND.COM AT SHOP ’Tis the Season! The fashion insider’s holiday gift guide, wish lists, books, retailer picks and party style. (And the time Salvador Dalí threw a mink- lined bathtub through Bonwit’s window.) WE BELIEVE IN YOU Edward Nardoza EDITOR IN CHIEF Pete Born EXECUTIVE EDITOR, BEAUTY Bridget Foley EXECUTIVE EDITOR James Fallon EDITOR Robb Rice GROUP DESIGN DIRECTOR ’Tis the Season! 46 To shine brightest in the evening, dress up with the John B. Fairchild most festive of accoutrements. 1927 — 2015 MANAGING EDITOR Peter Sadera MANAGING EDITOR, Dianne M. Pogoda Billy Reid’s bow tie, FASHION/SPECIAL REPORTS $125, billyreid.com EXECUTIVE EDITOR, EUROPE Miles Socha DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Evan Clark Ben Sherman’s leather NEWS DIRECTOR Lisa Lockwood hip flask gift set, $20, DEPUTY EDITOR, DATA AND ANALYSIS Arthur Zaczkiewicz Ben Sherman New SITTINGS DIRECTOR Alex Badia H SENIOR EDITOR, RETAIL David Moin York SENIOR EDITOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS, Arthur Friedman TEXTILES & TRADE Cartier’s Rotonde de SENIOR EDITOR, FINANCIAL Vicki M. Young Cartier Chronograph BUREAU CHIEF, LONDON Samantha Conti watch, $9,050, Cartier BUREAU CHIEF, MILAN Luisa Zargani BUREAU CHIEF, LOS ANGELES Marcy Medina stores ASIAN EDITOR Amanda Kaiser BUREAU CHIEF, WASHINGTON Kristi Ellis Brooks Brothers knot ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jenny B. Fine stud set, $325, Brooks SENIOR EDITOR, SPECIALTY RETAIL Sharon Edelson Brothers stores and E SENIOR PRESTIGE MARKET Julie Naughton BEAUTY EDITOR brooksbrothers.com. SENIOR FASHION FEATURES EDITOR Jessica Iredale ACCESSORIES MARKET DIRECTOR Roxanne Robinson FASHION MARKET DIRECTOR Mayte Allende EYE EDITOR Taylor Harris MEN’S SENIOR EDITOR Jean E. Palmieri FASHION DIRECTOR Alex Badia MEN’S MARKET EDITOR Luis Campuzano MEN’S REPORTER Aria Hughes MARKET EDITORS FINANCIAL NEWS AND ANALYSIS Debra Borchardt ACCESSORIES Misty White Sidell BEAUTY Molly Prior DIGITAL Rachel Strugatz READY-TO-WEAR & SPORTSWEAR NEWS Rosemary Feitelberg MEDIA Alexandra Steigrad READY-TO-WEAR AND Kristi Garced SPORTSWEAR FASHION EYE Ally Betker, Leigh Nordstrom CORRESPONDENTS LONDON, GENERAL ASSIGNMENT Lorelei Marfil REPORTER LOS ANGELES Khanh T.L. Tran, Kari Hamanaka MILAN, FASHION AND NEWS Alessandra Turra NEW YORK, EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS William Cotto, Tara Bonet-Black, Kelsi Zimmerman Ellen Thomas NEW YORK, FASHION ASSISTANTS Andrew Shang, Ashley Davis, Kayana Cordwell PARIS, EUROPEAN BEAUTY EDITOR Jennifer Weil PARIS, SENIOR FASHION EDITOR Laurent Folcher PARIS, SENIOR BUSINESS NEWS EDITOR Joelle Diderich PARIS, GENERAL ASSIGNMENT Paulina Szmydke REPORTER, NEWS PARIS, EDITORIAL AND WEB ASSISTANT Anne-Aymone Gheerbrant GENERAL ASSIGNMENT EDITOR, EUROPE Laure Guilbault SAN FRANCISCO, TECHNOLOGY Maghan McDowell DESIGN DEPARTMENT CREATIVE DIRECTOR Nick Mrozowski SENIOR DESIGNER Christa Guerra DESIGNER Jewelyn Butron PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO DIRECTOR Ash Barhamand SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR Jenna Greene BOOKINGS AND PRODUCTION EDITOR Oona Wally PHOTO EDITOR Katrina Brown PHOTO STUDIO PHOTO STUDIO COORDINATOR Emily Taylor PHOTOGRAPHERS George Chinsee, Steve Eichner, BRUNOMAGLI.COM Thomas Iannaccone COPYDESK COPY CHIEF Maureen Morrison-Shulas COPY EDITORS Danielle Gilliard, David Podgurski, Maxine Wally PREPRESS PRODUCTION DIGITAL IMAGING Alex Sharfman PREPRESS ASSEMBLY David Lee Chin WWD.COM SITE DIRECTOR Michelle Preli ASSISTANT ONLINE EDITOR Kristen Tauer DIGITAL DAILY DESIGNER Ryan Richmond WEB PRODUCER Robert Tutton SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Pooja Bhaskar INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITOR Fabiana Repaci PUBLIC RELATIONS PR COORDINATOR Christina Mastroianni Photograph by WILL ANDERSON Contents GIFT GUIDE Paul Jowdy SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GROUP PUBLISHER Pamela Firestone ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER 18 Women’s: Feeling Festive 40 A Few of My Favorite Things Gifts that debunk tradition. Retailers’ top picks. ADVERTISING INTERNATIONAL FASHION DIRECTOR, Renee Moskowitz RMM MEDIA 22 Men’s: Under the Tree, Please 41 Christmas by the Numbers: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEN’S Brett Mitchell Ideas sure to lift holiday spirits. Fast facts and stats for the season. BEAUTY DIRECTOR Carly Gresh AMERICAN FASHION & Jennifer Petersen LUXURY DIRECTOR 26 Beauty: All That Glitters 42 Read All About It ACCOUNT DIRECTOR Samantha Hartje Beauty companies bring on the bling. Books to give and get. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Amy Keiser Shannon Fitzgerald Plus, the most extravagant services. SENIOR CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER Joanna Block 44 By Mail CLIENT SERVICES MANAGERS Annie Belfield 31 The Classics Some of this year’s crazy catalogue finds. Rachael DeSantis Tina Schissel What do to when the clock’s ticks down. REGIONAL OFFICES/INTERNATIONAL OFFICES 45 Knit Picks WEST COAST DIRECTOR Jill Biren 32 Designer Wish List Occasionally, fashion and holiday sweaters do +1-323-965-7283 What they want, what they’re giving, intersect. EUROPEAN ACCOUNT DIRECTOR, ITALY Giulia Squeri +39-02-722-33602 their ultimate fantasy gift and the best thing ACCOUNT DIRECTOR, ITALY Olga Kouznetsova they ever got. 62 They Are Wearing +39-02-722-33603 Shoppers and city slickers were out in full force in SENIOR SALES COORDINATOR, ITALY Emanuela Altimani London, Milan and New York this fall. EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, FRANCE Valérie Deschamps-Wright 36 World Tour +33-1-44-51-07-611 An array of the best holiday windows. EUROPEAN SALES REPRESENTATIVE Marjorie Thomas 64 The Nightmare Before Christmas +33-240-31-6541 ADVERTISING ASSISTANT, FRANCE Pascale Rajac 38 The Ultimate Freebie Retail legend Ira Neimark recalls an incident in DIGITAL/MARKETING/CREATIVE SERVICES Simon Doonan weighs in on a career behind glass. 1939 involving Salvador Dalí, a store window and MARKETING DIRECTOR Shannon Nobles a bathtub. 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 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 VICE PRESIDENT, NEW VENTURES & GM Amber Mundinger EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Mary Ann Bacher DIRECTOR, ATTENDEE SALES Kim Mancuso SPONSORSHIP DIRECTOR Alexis Coyle DIRECTOR OF Amelia Ewert EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING FAIRCHILD PUBLISHING LLC Stephanie George PRESIDENT AND VICE CHAIRMAN EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF Michael Atmore FOOTWEAR NEWS & DIRECTOR Valentino’s Road A Zac Posen look OF BRAND DEVELOPMENT Agenda FINANCE DIRECTOR Devon Beemer to Miami from pre-fall DIRECTOR OF EUROPEAN OPERATIONS Ron Wilson p. 9 p. 12 WWD AND FAIRCHILD PUBLISHING LLC ARE DIVISIONS OF PENSKE MEDIA CORPORATION Jay Penske ON THE COVER CHAIRMAN & CEO VICE CHAIRMAN Gerry Byrne FROM LEFT: Hardy Amies’ Louis Vuitton’s blouse, Boglioli’s three-piece Dunhill’s bespoke jacket, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, George Grobar jacket, $1,495, hardyamies. $9,650, select Louis tuxedo, $1,595, Barneys price upon request, STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS com. Dsquared2’s Vuitton stores. Sonia New York. Neil Barrett’s dunhill.com. Paul Smith’s EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, Paul Woolnough BUSINESS AFFAIRS shirt, $595, Dsquared2 Rykiel’s patent leather shirt, $450, Saks shirt, $720, paulsmith. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, Craig Perreault New York. Salvatore skirt, $1,380, and brooch, Fifth Avenue. Brooks co.uk. Ralph Lauren pants, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Ferragamo’s pants, $650, $690, soniarykiel.com. Brothers’ bow tie, $60, $895, select Ralph Lauren GENERAL COUNSEL & Todd Greene Salvatore Ferragamo Giuseppe Zanotti Design’s brooksbrothers.com. stores. Neil Barrett’s bow SVP HUMAN RESOURCES VICE PRESIDENT, CREATIVE Nelson Anderson stores. Givenchy tie, $220, sandal, $1,195, Giuseppe Salvatore Ferragamo’s tie, $95, Saks Fifth Avenue. VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE Ken Delacazar givenchy.com. Zanotti Design boutiques. shoes, $695, Salvatore Hermès’ rose gold case VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES Tarik West Wolford’s Twenties Tights, Ferragamo stores. with alligator strap watch, VICE PRESIDENT, ENGINEERING Gabriel Koen $53, Wolford Boutique. Hermès’ watch, $8,500, $20,200, hermes.com. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Lauren Gullion DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Joni Antonacci AS29 forest reverse ring, hermes.com. CONTROLLER Young Ko $4,920, and reverse arrow PHOTOGRAPHED BY SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGERS Christina Yeoh, ring, $8,510, as29.com. ELI SCHMIDT Derek Ramsey DIRECTOR, ADVERTISING OPERATIONS Eddie Ko DIRECTOR OF TALENT ACQUISITION Andy Limpus DIRECTOR OF IT OPERATIONS Rick Gascon, WWD IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF FAIRCHILD PUBLISHING, LLC. COPYRIGHT ©2015 FAIRCHILD PUBLISHING, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. VOLUME 210, NO. 31, & PRODUCTION Matt Williamson Wednesday, December 2, 2015. 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