Betsey Johnson

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• Solange Knowles is making her debut as the new face of Madewell, marking her first major contract with a clothing label. She previously worked with Rimmel London and as a brand ambassador for Armani. [The Cut]
  

• Tavi Gevinson has signed with Hollywood talent agency UTA and is set to make her first film appearance in a Nicole Holofcener film next year. The movie is untitled, but the cast already includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, and Toni Collette. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  

• Betsey Johnson, who declared bankruptcy three months ago, will debut a new line of "solid and printed sexy, flowing dresses" at her retrospective runway show during New York Fashion Week. [WWD]
  

• Meanwhile, The Great Gatsby — which was supposed to ring in a new fascination with the style of the Roaring Twenties this December — has seen its release date delayed until Summer 2013. [Racked]
  

• Fashion editor Annette Lamothe-Ramos wore a traditional burqa around New York City for one day and documented the experience. [Vice]
  

• Nicole Miller has expanded her company's social media platform to include a page on VYou, where users can answer submitted questions with short videos. [VYou]

>> The company that owns Betsey Johnson's boutiques is bankrupt, and as a result most of the designer's freestanding stores will close between May and July.

In a statement, the company said that it's spent months "rigorously pursuing alternative restructuring arrangements to address Betsey Johnson LLC's cash flow problems," to no avail. "After exhausting our resources and possibilities, it became apparent that neither a restructuring arrangement with a new equity investor nor a sale of the business enterprise as a going concern outside of bankruptcy was to be forthcoming."

Betsey Johnson LLC operates 63 of the designer's eponymous boutiques in the United States, Canada, and England. An executive at the company told WWD that some 350 people will be out of work when the stores close, but executives at Steve Madden — which saved Betsey Johnson from collapse in 2010 when it bought Johnson's $48.8 million debt — wouldn't confirm how many people would be affected.

Johnson herself won't lose her job. She's staying with the company as creative director and will focus on the lower-priced Betsey Johnson label sold in Macy's and other department stores. "I love the moderate price range," Johnson said. "It is in sync with all the girls who are buying my clothes." Mr. Madden said that the closure wouldn't interrupt wholesale deliveries to stores that sell Betsey Johnson and that there would be no impact on ecommerce availability.

Johnson executives are arranging an auction to determine which company will handle Betsey Johnson LLC's liquidation on May 8.

Photo: Betsey Johnson walks the runway with her daughter Lulu Johnson and granddaughter Layla Johnson at her Fall 2012 runway show.

This Fashion Week has been exceptional for its eye makeup, but the creative use of oversized gold glitter on lids at the Betsey Johnson show was easily a standout. Instead of overwhelming eyes with lots of chunky glitz or shimmer, the makeup artists instead used just a few strategically placed flecks of gold to accentuate the shapes of models' eyes. Combined with bright gold liner in the inner corners and v-shaped taupe shadow to define the crease and lash line, it was a little bit Studio 54 and a lot unexpected glamour. Plus, it's the kind of edgy but alluring look that's actually achievable at home. So next time you're going out with the girls, keep this golden idea in mind.

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