Marc Jacobs To Launch Beauty Line At Sephora Jacobs has designed everything from couture to Coke cans, infusing each with a sense of elegance and whimsy. He brings the same design sensibility to his new beauty collection, which will debut on Aug. 9 exclusively at Sephora, sephora.com and select Marc Jacobs stores. The introduction of Jacobs’ collection will mark the [...]

Isaac Mizrahi Pops-up In Southhampton Starting today through Sept. 30, shoppers can head east from Manhattan to see the world of Isaac Mizrahi from his retail lens. The store at 44A Main Street here is a pop-up concept at 1,250 square feet that will feature apparel, accessories, fragrance, costume jewelry, swimwear and items manufactured solely for the Southampton community, such [...]

Karl Lagerfeld’s Retail Expansion In the latest expansion vector for his signature brand, the designer is set to open at least five stores in Germany and several in China. The Lagerfeld business has the potential to grow to 100 locations worldwide within three or four years. In Germany, the company will step into an edgy but burgeoning Berlin neighborhood first, [...]

VC Signature NYC Flagship Opens The upscale line from Vince Camuto, VC Signature is opening a 1,600 square foot flagship store this Saturday on Madison Avenue. The boutique offers selections from both VC Signature and Vince Camuto footwear, handbags, apparel, jewelry, swim, eyewear, women’s and men’s watches, as well as pieces exclusive to the Madison Avenue location. VC Signature footwear [...]

Nigel Barker To Launch Cosmetics Lines Photographer and reality TV star Nigel Barker, along with his makeup artist wife of 14 years, Cristen, will launch two comprehensive beauty lines, Beauty Equation and BE Cosmetics into prestige and mass distribution, respectively. Designed to make women look “camera ready”, the higher-end line, Beauty Equation, which is planned for department stores and mid-tier [...]

The Life of Ottavio Missoni Ottavio Missoni, who founded the iconic Missoni fashion brand with his wife Rosita, died Thursday at his home in Sumirago, Italy. He was 92. On May 1, Missoni, known by his nickname Tai, was hospitalized for a cardiac problem but was released later that evening. A wake will be held for Tai Missoni on Sunday [...]

Estee Lauder Launches First Major Scent in A Decade The Estée Lauder brand aims to reclaim its fragrance heritage this fall with the introduction of Modern Muse, its first major women’s scent since the 2003 launch of Beyond Paradise. The company that empowered women to buy their own fragrance in 1953 with the launch of Youth Dew now plans to [...]

E.l.f. Cosmetics Opens Doors of First Flagship Last week, E.l.f. Cosmetics quietly opened the doors of its first retail flagship in New York’s Greenwich Village. The store occupies a 1,200 square foot space with plans to open two more locations this year. The store sports gleaming white fixtures allowing the merchandise to pop off the shelf. There are testers for [...]

Kiehl’s Takes The Stress Out of Skin With its new Skin Rescuer Stress-Minimizing Daily Hydrator, Kiehl’s Since 1851 is looking to change the way internal stress manifests on the skin. “This is a game-changer,” said Chris Salgardo, president of Kiehl’s USA. “Stress affects every area of the body, including skin. In the short term, it can cause inflammation in skin, [...]

Michael Kors Makes Mark On Beauty Working with his beauty and fragrance licensee, the Aramis and Designer Fragrances division of the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc, Michael Kors channeled those thoughts into three distinct collections — Sporty, Sexy and Glam. Each emotion has a fragrance, along with key color products — two $24 Lip Lacquer shades, two $24 Lip Luster gloss [...]