Show Business
Soon-to-be-revived heritage brand Poiret figures among the new acts joining Paris Fashion Week, according to a provisional calendar released by the Chambre Syndicale on Friday.
Under new owner Shinsegae International, the brand will fill the traditional Sunday slot of Céline, which will be presenting its studio-designed collection in a showroom. Newly appointed creative director Hedi Slimane's debut collection for the house will be shown this fall.
Japan's Beautiful People, Hong-Kong-based Jourden and France's Marine Serre, winner of the 2017 edition of the LVMH Prize for Young Designers, also feature on the calendar for the first time.
A.P.C., which in March staged its 30th anniversary show as part of the official calendar, is also back. The cult French label will fill Hermès' usual slot on the Monday, and Beautiful People that of Moncler Gamme Rouge on the Tuesday. The scheduling of the brands whose slots they are filling are yet to be confirmed.
Among brands switching days, meanwhile, Balmain and Olivier Theyskens have both moved over to the Friday, while Thom Browne will be the final show on the Sunday.
Missing in action will be Esteban Cortázar, who is decamping to New York to show as part of NYFW: The Shows for one season at the invitation of Catherine Bennett, senior vice president and managing director of IMG Fashion, with the support of the CFDA. The move represents a comeback for the Colombian-born designer, who started his fashion career in Miami and debuted his first collection in New York in 2002.
Two full days worth of shows — Tuesday and Saturday — are still missing from the Paris calendar.
Paris Fashion Week will run from Feb. 26 to March 6, with Jacquemus holding the opening slot on the Monday night. — KATYA FOREMAN work putting on the brand's first couture show in July 2016 in Paris.
Karla Otto said the brand never paid up, but in order to end the dispute, it agreed to reduce the bill to $260,000. J.Mendel then agreed to pay, through monthly installments of $20,000, according to the settlement agreement. Karla Otto says it only received three installments, in February, March and April of last year, and one installment of $10,000 in May, before they stopped altogether.
Legal representatives of Karla Otto earlier this month notified J.Mendel executives of the default and the firm's intention to sue should payment not be made in full, but to no avail. Karla Otto claims to have received no response at all.
The firm is asking the court to order payment of the full amount owed for p.r. services, plus 14 percent interest and reimbursement for all legal fees associated with the case.
A representative of J.Mendel and a representative of its most recent financial backer, Stallion Inc., which is independently owned by John Georgiades, could not be reached for comment. A representative of Karla Otto could not be reached for additional comment.
— KALI HAYS
The store houses the Dior women's and men's collections, jewelry and perfume, and joins Dior German flagships in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich, as well as dedicated spaces in KaDeWe Berlin, Oberpollinger Munich and Breuninger in Stuttgart. The company would not comment on further expansion plans in Europe's strongest economy. — MELISSA DRIER