Fashion news: Victoria’s Secret sued, Jeanne Beker on stage and Kanye West’s leather pants addiction
Victoria’s Secret is being sued by shoe company Valley Lane Industries for US$48 million. The company claims that VS forced a Chinese supplier, who had worked with the smaller company for 25 years, to end their partnership so that the lingerie brand could work with the supplier exclusively. Says a lawyer for Valley Lane: “Victoria’s Secret has done everything they could to put them out of business.” Trouble in diamond-studded paradise? [NYDN]
But things aren’t all bad for VS. They’ve recently launched a new bra, the Incredible, and to celebrate, Chanel Iman, Candice Swanepoel and Erin Heatherton appeared on Fox & Friends, where they had the arduous task of explaining the new brassiere to two male anchors. See the exchange above. [Huffington Post]
Chomp Chomp Chomp. That’s the sound of Spanish retailer Mango eating the world--the brand has just announced plans to open a store a day at some point in the future, with 200 to 300 in China alone. Chomp. [Reuters via Racked]
Buy Jackie O‘s pearl necklace: the first lady of first lady’s triple tier necklace will be up for auction and is predicted to pull in between £25,000 and £35,000. [Vogue UK]
The Toronto production of Love Loss and What I Wore has extended its run into September. And this is in the fashion news round-up because the new cast includes Jeanne omfg-I-can’t-wait-to-see-this Beker! [Love Loss on Stage]
New York Times Critical Shopper checks out the new New York Lanvin boutique and compares the rich people who buy $3,000 dresses with unfinished seams to Marie Antoinette, who built Hameau de la Rein, so she could dress up as a peasant and frolicked in the meadow. [NYTimes]
A recent oil spill-themed fashion editorial for Vogue Italia, photographed by Steven Meisel, has been raising some eyebrows. We believe the Guardian said it best when they asked “Slick or crude?" [Guardian]
We here at FASHION Magazine take great interest in Kanye West’s twitter activity (sometimes we do work, too). Turns out, Kanye’s into leather. [@kanyewest]
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