Fashionable toddler North West baptized in Jerusalem
Fashionable toddler North West -- she who sits front row at Paris fashion shows with rapper/fashion designer dad Kanye West and reality star mom Kim Kardashian -- was baptized in a 12th century Armenian church in Jerusalem on Monday. She wore white, and was humbly barefoot. [Los Angeles Times]
Gisele Bundchen, the world’s highest-earning model, says in an interview with a Brazilian newspaper that her body has told her to stop runway work after she walks during Sao Paulo Fashion Week this week. [Yahoo]
Cher and fashion designer John Paul Gaultier were honorees at the amfAR Inspiration Gala in Sao Paulo on Saturday. [WWD]
New York Fashion Week has a new home. As of September, it officially migrates from Lincoln Center to Skylight at Moynihan Station in Midtown and Skylight Clarkson Square in SoHo. [The Cut]
The granddaughter and great-granddaughter of the late fashion and perfume label founder Nina Ricci were convicted of tax evasion and money-laundering in a Paris court. [Los Angeles Times from wire reports]
Several notables in the fashion industry took to social media to applaud Hillary Clinton’s formal entry into the U.S. presidential race. They included Steven Kolb, president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America; designers Prabul Gurung and Tanya Taylor; and Adidas Originals design director Paul Mittleman. [Footwear News]
Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th plans to open its first L.A. outlet in July, at the Beverly Connection, Saks announced via news release on Monday. Saks Off 5th already has shops near L.A. in Orange, Costa Mesa and Ontario.
