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fashion news Oct 29, 2012

Hot Topic: Should Retail Stores Stay Open on Thanksgiving Day?

While Lord & Taylor's holiday windows from last year promoted family dinners around the table, the retailer is singing a different tune this year.

by Chi Diem Chau

While Lord & Taylor's holiday windows from last year promoted family dinners around the table, the retailer is singing a different tune this year. Lord & Taylor just announced that it will remain open on Thanksgiving Day, which will leave a number of its employees missing out on family time on one of America's biggest holidays. It's not the first to try out this shopping tactic — Walmart and Kmart also left their doors open last year, but Lord & Taylor is one of the first high-end retailers to do so. With a struggling economy, some workers may appreciate the chance to earn extra wages, and certainly the retailers appreciate the opportunity to increase sales, but when does it get to be too much? Tell us what you think: do you think it's fine for retailers to open or do you think they should honor the holiday tradition and stay closed (and should just wait like everyone else for Black Friday)?

Zac Posen Lord and Taylor Collaboration Pictures

Zac Posen Apr 19, 2012

Zac Posen Z Spoke For Lord & Taylor

>> As far as Zac Posen is concerned, there's no reason his 12-piece Z Spoke collection for Lord & Taylor can't be as sensational as the gowns he creates for the red carpet.

by POPSUGAR Fashion News

>> As far as Zac Posen is concerned, there's no reason his 12-piece Z Spoke collection for Lord & Taylor can't be as sensational as the gowns he creates for the red carpet.

"I don't believe that true trends actually come from high fashion down anymore," Posen said of his capsule collection of dresses, all of which are priced under $200. "I think that if you have the ability to create directly at that price point . . . that's really exciting because then you're addressing a much wider audience. And it makes it more fun."

For Posen, fun means colorful, straightforward dresses created with his core design principles in mind. "They're still flirty. They still have our signature construction in them," he said. "Sometimes we'll take out the lining of some of our couture gowns and even that on its own would just be an amazing dress."

But these dresses aren't just glorified crinolines — they're ways for new consumers to get more familiar with his work. Coco Rocha attended the capsule collection's launch party on Wednesday clad in a blazer from Posen's Target collaboration. She said the Lord & Taylor dresses were a smart move.

"For so long, no one could really relate to him," Rocha said. "It was all about really beautiful gowns and a romantic sort of fairy tale. I think this is appropriate, because now we all — even I! — can have a Zac Posen dress."

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Perfume Oct 17, 2008

Fashion in 50 Seconds 10/17 With Lord and Taylor, Parkvogel and Badgley Mischka

About 100 to 150 executive jobs in the central offices in Lord & Taylor’s Fifth Avenue flagship and at branch stores are expected to be eliminated, sources said to Women's Wear Daily.

by coutorture

About 100 to 150 executive jobs in the central offices in Lord & Taylor’s Fifth Avenue flagship and at branch stores are expected to be eliminated, sources said to Women's Wear Daily. Executive positions in support functions such as human resources, finance and planning, and possibly department managers are among those said to be affected.

Hal Kahn, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s East, has come out of retirement to become ceo of Steve & Barry’s. The N.Y.-based specialty chain known its cheap celebrity-endorsed lines went bankrupt in July and was bought out of Chapter 11 by Bay Harbour Management in August.

In the first 90 minutes alone, shoppers at FFANY Shoes on Sale’s annual benefit Wednesday night at the Waldorf bought more than 33,000 pairs of half-priced shoes, raising more than $1 million for breast cancer research and education.

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The design duo Julie Park and Vanessa Vogel behind Parkvogel are preparing to launch The Organic Collection, a range of organic cotton separates and dresses for spring/summer 2009.

Mark Badgley and James Mischka will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their company this spring and to celebrate they are launching Badgley Mischka Couture a new fragrance that they will introduce in February.

Menswear Sep 19, 2008

Lord and Taylor's Black Brown 1826

Menswear may be one of the most exciting markets in fashion right now and that innovative spirit is helping inspire more and more retailers to create exclusive menswear collections.

by coutorture

Menswear may be one of the most exciting markets in fashion right now and that innovative spirit is helping inspire more and more retailers to create exclusive menswear collections. And while a certain segment of the menswear market has gone crazy for the extremes, savvy stores realize that the renewed interest in menswear means tapping into a large market of fashionable men not quite ready to dive into the fringes of short suits and cropped trousers.

The newest collection to emerge on the menswear scene is Lord and Taylor's Black and Brown 1826. Catering to just that demographic of newly enthusiastic male consumers that want fashionable clothing without the caddish demeanor that comes from the more avant garde in the movement, Black Brown 1826 suits (literally and figuratively) a wide variety of men. It contains many of the most important menswear trends such as natural country style fabrics and textural finishes.

Jane Elfers, President CEO of Lord & Taylor, said of the name: "Black Brown are representative of great men’s colors: street smart country wise. And 1826 is the date in which Lord & Taylor was founded." According to the press materials, Black and Brown is a modern lifestyle collection inspired in classic Americana but with elements for the modern man. Bearing an elegant label, it consists of both collection and classification sportswear as well as dress furnishings, tailored clothing and key item programs for cashmere and merino sweaters.