Derek Lam news and archive

Derek Lam becomes creative director of Câllas

Designer Derek Lam is set to join the Italian brand, Câllas, as its latest creative director. The first collection by his hand will already be presented during the upcoming February, as part of New York Fashion Week. The news was reported by WWD and FashionNetwork, among other media outlets. Lam is no stranger to the Câllas brand. In fact, the...

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Derek Lam 10 Crosby launches rental offer through CaaStle

Derek Lam 10 Crosby has announced that a number of its collections will now be available to rent through a new partnership with B2B retail tech and logistics platform CaaStle. The brand’s ready-to-wear pieces, including items from its spring 2023 line, can now be rented via its e-commerce website, where a ‘Borrow’ button will be present. Through...

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Three generations of fashion experts break down what’s new

The quest for the new is what drives fashion, and motivates the three individuals on stage at a centennial event at Parsons The New School, entitled “Keeping It New in Fashion; A Talk Between Generations.” Fern Mallis the creator of New York Fashion Week and industry gamechanger for 35 years, Derek Lam, CFDA award winner who created his...

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Derek Lam secures investors

American fashion designer Derek Lam has sold a minority stake to New York investment capital firm Sandbridge Capital, whose senior advisors include Tommy Hilfiger and former Gucci CEO Domenico de Sole. In September 2013, Sandbridge raised 33 million dollars to help support young brands with high growth potential and it is understood that the...

Fashion

Derek Lam buys back own label

Swiss luxury group Labelux has sold the Derek Lam brand back to its founders, Lam and Jan-Hendrik Schlottmann. The sale is part of a refocusing plan to become a global player in the luxury goods market, reported the Financial Times. “We have taken a strategic decision to refocus our activity on luxury leather goods and shoes,” Labelux CEO...

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Kohl’s partnering with Derek Lam

American department store Kohl’s has announced fashion designer Derek Lam will be the second designer taking part in the retailer’s DesigNation limited-edition collection. New York Fashion Week designer Lam will launch his debut range for the retailer inspired by Rio de Janeiro in Spring 2013, and the collection will feature apparel and swimwear...

Design

Derek Lam exits Tod's

Derek Lam, the American-Chinese designer, has reportedly left as creative direction of Tod’s, the Italian luxury shoe and accessories company. Tod's parent company is the Della Valle’s group, which also owns Hogan shoes and Fay clothing. Lam has been the creative head of Tod's for nearly six years but is leaving to concentrate on his own...

Fashion

Designers launch diffusion lines

When news hit that ubiquitous designer, Karl Lagerfeld, would be adding a lower line ‘Karl’ to his portfolio, at the end of the month, it stood as another pointer to a new trend that seems to currently be purveying the fashion landscape; the designer diffusion line. If fashion designers have got bogged down in producing numerous collections and...

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Bradd Pitt and Kiehl's For The Good Cause

A few weeks ago they announced a limited-edition travel kit designed by Derek Lam, this week beauty firm Kiehl’s hit headlines with its partnership with Brad Pitt. The 150-year old beauty company and the Hollywood beau will create the first Cradle-to-Cradle design-certified beauty product; Kiehl’s Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser....

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Lam joins forces with Tod's and Modo

Designer Derek Lam is expanding his brand with accessories. He has signed licensing agreements with Tod's SpA for a line of shoes, handbags and small leather goods, and with Modo for eyewear. Both collections will launch in time for spring. Lam and Tod's have already been working together for a year. Lam designed the Italian house's capsule...