Indefatigable designer Tony Melillo is back again. The former Esquire stylist who created the Nova label in the Nineties, then launched a signature collection, then closed it to revive the fortunes of Generra, is relaunching his own label this fall. It will be a menswear collection to start, and we will find it in November at Bergdorf Goodman and Scoop in New York. Considering that this is someone who helped to take Generra from an 80's relic to a must-have line, it will be something worth anticipating.
Melillo Sets Signature Men's Collection (WWD)
Embattled American Apparel founder and all-around perv eccentric Dov Charney is demanding that a 10-page expose soon to be published in Clamor magazine be retracted. Fishbowl NY tells us that the Ohio-based quarterly takes a close look at AA's corporate practices and a critical view of what the company claims to be a progressive business model. For their part, the magazine refuses to retract the piece. Clamor co-founder Jason Kucsma says, "That a social justice magazine with a yearly operating budget of less
than $150 thousand is being issued an ultimatum by a company that
turned $250 million in profit last year seems a little incongruous to
me." This would be only the latest in a series of unflattering stories about Charney after The New York Times Magazine's piece earlier this year, and a recent report on ABC News 20/20.
American Apparel Seeks Retraction Of 10-page Exposé, May Seek Legal Action (Fishbowl NY includes PDF download of article in question)
M.A.C Cosmetics has announced the latest group of beauties for the next edition of Viva Glam lipstick benefitting the M.A.C AIDS Fund. The Daily tell us that the group includes Rock and Roll heiress Lisa Marie Presley, rapper, actress and erstwhile designer Eve, stripper burlesque performer and Marilyn Manson spouse Dita Von Teese and the still gorgeous Blondie icon Deborah Harry. We will start seeing the ads in October, and The Shophound can't wait to see Harry's photos. Just 'cause we love her.
Mistresses of M.A.C (The Daily)
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