Jack McCollough

>> Proenza Schouler, Andre Leon Talley, and Elle's Robbie Myers All to Appear on The Martha Stewart Show —Starting tomorrow, The Martha Stewart Show is having a three day run of fashion fixtures. First, on Tuesday, April 6, Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez will be live on the show for a tie-dye scarf how-to; then, that afternoon, Andre Leon Talley will be in studio to chat about America's Next Top Model and make brioche with deviled eggs — for an episode airing Friday, April 30. And finally, on Wednesday, April 7, Elle editor-in-chief Robbie Myers will be live on the show for a "Designers to Watch" segment.

>> Theory's Andrew Rosen to Invest in Proenza Schouler? —Early on this month, reports came that Permira, which owns a minority stake in Proenza Schouler, was shopping its interest in the label around. Now, Fashionista's sources report that a day after the news broke, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez met with Andrew Rosen, CEO of Theory, who is an investor in labels like Rag & Bone and Alice + Olivia. There's no confirmation, but the timing suggests that perhaps Rosen is considering an investment in the brand. [Fashionista]

>> At the CFDA meeting earlier today, the board voted overwhelmingly to re-elect Diane von Furstenberg for a third, two-year term as president of the organization.  Von Furstenberg, whose term would have originally come to an end after this year, will now serve until Dec. 31, 2012: “[The board] unanimously asked me to stay another two years and I said yes. I am happy that they love me and I love them. There is so much more to do and we’re doing it.”

And this evening, von Furstenberg held a cocktail gathering for the 2010 CFDA Award nominations announcements at her studio.  She noted that the awards ceremony on June 7 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall will host a special tribute for Alexander McQueen, and the Popular Vote category, which is open to public voting and which Ralph Lauren won last year, will be back again this year, with voting starting April 1.

Without further ado, the nominees »

>> European private equity firm Permira, which bought minority stakes in Valentino and Proenza Schouler in May and July 2007, respectively, is reportedly looking to sell its interest in the labels.  Permira denied that it is putting out feelers, but WWD reports that sources say otherwise, and several investment funds have looked at both labels.

One "well-placed source" is cited as saying that the situation with Proenza Schouler is "all very agreeable . . . [Permira is] trying to find a way out and working on a possible deal together with [Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez] . . . I believe the problem is that the brand is absorbing too much cash: It’s still a small business that requires a lot of investment to grow.”

Why the deal was originally made »

>> Proenza Schouler to Livestream Show, Make Fall 2010 Runway Bags in Flash Sale —Tomorrow night, Proenza Schouler, too, is livestreaming their Fall 2010 show on their website. But they are doing things a little differently than just your run-of-the-mill live video — starting after the show Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8 pm EST, for the 24 hours following, the Fall 2010 runway bags — straight off the catwalk — will be available to purchase exclusively on the designers' website.

>> Proenza Schouler Eases Into E-Commerce —Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez are the latest to get on the e-commerce train — starting today, their site boasts a smattering of exclusive pieces: “Every collection, we design small accessories that often don’t make it to the stores. Now we can sell a selection of them exclusively online.”  For now, wallets, satchels, and key chains, each part of a limited edition of 100, fill out the stock, but expansion into shoes, bags, and the like will come in the future. [Vogue Daily]

>> Loic Prigent's The Day Before series, documenting the 48 hours before Proenza Schouler, Fendi, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Sonia Rykiel shows, doesn't air on the Sundance Channel until Sept. 9, but they've put up 11 clips total spanning the four segments, and the entire Fendi episode has leaked to YouTube — watch here.  A couple of favorite clips below: the first in which Karl Lagerfeld's muse Amanda Harlech yells for some music, initiating the Fendi employees' seasonal late night fashion show — one male staffer even wobbles the runway in vertiginous Fendi heels; the second in which Proenza Schouler's clearly nervous Jack McCullough — who yearns for a cheeseburger — and "fidgeting" Lazaro Hernandez are inclined to physically touch every look backstage before it goes out on the runway.  Ikram boutique' Ikram Goldman calls it "blessing" the garment.

The video clips! »