FASHION Magazine

Here's everything you need to know.

The post “Function-Led, Beauty-Infused”: Lululemon x Roksanda is the Collection Your Wardrobe has Been Waiting For appeared first on FASHION Magazine.

Looks like you can’t have it all. Or that’s the message that’s coming across with the recent staff shift over at Marc Jacobs. Jacobs, who for the past 13 years has been acting as creative and design director for Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs and as artistic director at Louis Vuitton, is finally lightening his load. The designer is handing over the torch for his Marc by Marc Jacobs label to Luella Bartley and Katie Hillier.

Bartley, whose own label Luella folded four years ago after a major investor pulled out unexpectedly, has been greatly missed on the fashion circuit. The designer, who was once thought to be on her way to becoming the next big thing in British fashion, is ready for a come back and what better place to start. The situation is win-win for both Bartley and Marc Jacobs International, who’s own CEO Robert Duffy has recently commented on the increasing staleness of the diffusion line. Bartley’s old label was a favourite to hip-young-things like Alexa Chung, Sienna Miller and Chloë Sevigny. As a designer she’s been praised for her fun and quirky aesthetic, and is sure to breath some je ne sais quoi back into the Marc by Marc Jacobs brand.

One of the highlights of this year’s London Fashion Week is going to be inspired by an unlikely albeit adorable muse: Minnie Mouse and her famous polka-dotted ensemble will be the sartorial reference point for a whole slew of designers, who will be collaborating on an exclusive line in honour of the fictional mouse.

“Minnie Mouse Must Haves” designs will be unveiled during LFW, with Richard Nicoll, Katie Hillier, Giles Deacon, Terry de Havilland, Lulu Guinness and more contributing Minnie-inspired looks. Like Daisy Duck and the rest of her crew, Minnie had an unmistakable flare for fashion: bows, polka-dotted dresses and white gloves were always in her repertoire (not to mention her big, round ears), so expect the dot trend to hold strong on the spring 2013 runway.