FASHION Magazine
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Fashion news: Alex Wang is feeling cage-y, Carine goes to V, Beyoncé gets (un)fashionably snubbed
S-S-S-S, M-M-M… Alexander Wang seems to be taking a few cues from Rihanna with a new cage installation in his SoHo store.
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Patrick Robinson is out at Gap… but why?
Photography by Mark Von Holden/Getty Images for NYC & Company We’re barely halfway into 2011 and the fashion world has already seen our fair share of industry shake-ups: the Galliano scandal, Carine Roitfeld’s exit at Vogue Paris, Christophe Decarnin’s mysterious mental illness/ousting at Balmain, and now Patrick Robinson has been booted from the Gap.
While most of the recent switch ups seem to make sense⎯Galliano’s anti-Semitic outburst couldn’t very well go un-reprehended and Decarnin’s health issues were clearly in need of medical attention⎯we found ourselves puzzled upon hearing the news that Robinson had been presented with a pink slip due to lackluster sales in the first quarter of this year. We’ve seen many a powerhouse figure reinstate retail dinosaurs (Bonnie Brooks at The Bay , Jenna Lyons at J.Crew), so why not Robinson at the Gap?
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Fashion news: Anna goes to London, Escada goes bye-bye and the Swedes go to Copenhagen
The Gap's Patrick Robinson. Photography by Peter Stigter Anna Wintour will be heading to London Fashion Week, because, like, everyone is going to be there. [The Cut]
Escada’s dunzo–the German brand will file for insolvency this week. [Bloomberg]
Once and for all, Kanye is not interning at the Gap. So says head designer Patrick Robinson, who would know. [Fashionologie]