it must be the week of the unlikely fashion news
weird but true :
from wwd
weird but true :
JUICY’S FUR DRIVE: Juicy Couture may go down in the fashion annals for getting Hollywood stars into velour and terry track suits. So what deserves a legend most? Fur, of course, according to co-founder Gela Taylor, who let it slip at a Los Angeles party Wednesday night that she and partner Pamela Skaist-Levy were off to New York today to meet with Gilles Mendel, the designer of luxe fur brand J. Mendel, to “convince him to work with Juicy.” He did it with another casually sporty-brand, LeSportsac. And Juicy, a division of Liz Claiborne Inc., is seeing its estimated $60 million empire burgeoning with recent additions of accessories and swim, its first licensee, for fall. But apparently, Mendel would like to hash the idea out further, said Taylor, as she stroked a white fox wrap thrown over her shoulders. “He’s not convinced yet, but he did invite us to come by, talk — and roll around in the furs!”
from wwd