Kanye West may have hired Christophe Decarnin, reports say
British Vogue reports -- without attribution -- that Kanye West has hired former Balmain creative director Christophe Decarnin to help develop his fashion line. [Vogue UK]
Catherine Malandrino’s capsule collection for Kohl’s goes on sale Friday. It includes whimsical pieces -- a couple featuring the Eiffel Tower -- as well as wearable dresses, skirts, jackets and even a “patent leather” trench. [Los Angeles Times]
Rick Owens put on what may prove to be the most entertaining show at Paris Fashion Week. Instead of high-fashion mannequins, he recruited step dancers of all shapes and sizes from U.S. colleges. And they danced their way through the show, Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic Booth Moore reports. [Los Angeles Times]
You can read more of Moore’s reports from Paris Fashion Week on our Fashion Week page.
Topless women from Femen, the Ukrainian feminist group, disrupted Nina Ricci’s Paris Fashion Week show to protest “fashion fascism.” [Racked]
Pharrell Williams and Montcler launched a new sunglasses collaboration at a news conference in Paris. [WWD]
M.I.A. says she has a collaboration coming out in a couple of weeks with Versus, Versace’s little sister line. [WWD]
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