Industry News – July 6th, 2016

Curated fashion industry news links for Wednesday, July 6th, 2016…

CFDA, WME-IMG SUED FOR USING NEW YORK FASHION WEEK TRADEMARK – TheFashionLaw
“The lawsuit at hand, which was filed in the Southern District of New York, a federal court in Manhattan last week, asserts that the CFDA and WME-IMG’s use of the NYFW name amounts to trademark infringement (the unauthorized use of a trademark or service mark on or in connection with goods and/or services in a manner that is likely to cause confusion, deception, or mistake about the source of the goods and/or services).”

BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO HOLD EXHIBIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH’S WARDROBE – Pret-a-Reporter
“An unprecedented peek into Queen Elizabeth II’s royal wardrobe will take place this summer at Buckingham Palace. As part of the monarch’s 90th birthday celebrations, the Royal Collection Trust announced Monday that visitors will be treated to a special exhibition of the queen’s outfits, entitled “Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style from The Queen’s Wardrobe.”

A FIRST LOOK AT CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE’S NEW UNIQLO U COLLECTION – Vogue
“Uniqlo U promises to be different. “As a collaboration, Uniqlo and Lemaire was more an expression of our brand within the Uniqlo concept,” the designer said. “The Uniqlo U line is built from a very Uniqlo point of view, it is rooted in the very DNA of Uniqlo, elevated basics, an ideal version of Uniqlo. From the very beginning, we had this slogan from Charles and Ray Eames in mind: ‘The best for the most for the least.’ ”

TARGET CIO MIKE MCNAMARA’S PRIORITIES: DIGITAL AND SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION – Forbes
“McNamara began his tenure at Target by working at a store for a time, getting to know the experience of Target associates by living as one of them for a time. He interacted with customers, discovering what delighted them and what did not about customer experience. Since many of those same customers also visited Target’s digital channels, he garnered invaluable information to take back to headquarters. Since then, McNamara has pushed IT to be woven into almost every facet of the business, as so much, inside and outside of the company, is delivered with and facilitated by technology.”

KARL LAGERFELD TOOK A BOW WITH HIS SEAMSTRESSES – NYMag
“At his Chanel couture show today, Lagerfeld took attendees including Willow Smith and Jessica Chastain inside the atelier, with models walking through a faux design studio complete with mannequins, cutting tables, paper patterns, and facing mirrors.”