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08-08-2025
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Brunello Cucinelli and Wölffer Estate Celebrate Summer in the Hamptons
When it rains, it pours. But on Thursday night, the rainy afternoon and New York's flash flooding cleared the way for a pleasant, breezy dinner out east. For a second year, Brunello Cucinelli linked with Wölffer Estate to host a summertime celebration in the Hamptons. The family-owned Wölffer Estate Stables set the scene for another leisurely evening of wine, Italian cuisine, and convivial conversation. The stable-boarded horses, who occasionally popped their head out from their stables to check out the action, were the party MVPs as guests flocked to say hello. Toward the end of cocktail hour, Joey Wölffer led one of the horses around the central cobblestone area, as a live guitar duo played nearby and bartenders poured a selection of wines from the vineyards. More from WWD Gucci Celebrates GG Monogram Campaign With Emily Ratajkowski in the Hamptons Giorgio Armani Heads to Shelter Island for Mare 2025 Party Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Sai de Silva Join Max Mara and Marcolin to Fete Latest Eyewear Collection at Wölffer Estate Vineyard A tented dinner setup wasn't the first choice, but ' sometimes things work out the way they're supposed to,' said Wölffer, glancing toward the crowd gathered underneath the clear-top tent and canopy of twinkle lights. A three-tier fountain was the focal point, encircled by two long, curved dinner tables. 'When I walked down here today, I was like — actually, it's spectacular, and it ties the whole area together.' Heading into the second stretch of summer, Wölffer is looking forward to more beach dinners — when the weather allows. 'August is all about beach dinners with the kids and family and being together,' she said. For Brunello Cucinelli chief executive officer Ricardo Stefanelli, the next month is all about family time in Sardinia. ' It's one of the most beautiful places in the world to me,' said Stefanelli, who flew in earlier that day for the dinner and would return the next morning. ' In Italy we all go to vacation in August. It is the month where everything slows down a little bit. We did a lot during the last two months for the presentation of collection, everything went very well. So we're very happy and ready to go on vacation. And then the back to school [season] will come.' The CEO underscored the brand's strong connection to the Hamptons, which he described as ' very similar to our community in Solomeo. It's a very small community of people that loves beauty, loves to take care of what they do and what they are. They love to give back.' During cocktail hour Stefanelli greeted Alexandra Daddario and husband Andrew Form, glasses of Wölffer Estate sparkling rose in hand. Nearby, Sailor Brinkley was video-ing the baskets of heirloom tomatoes and cheese displays within Brunello-coded stalls. 'It's too beautiful,' said Sailor Brinkley, as she was invited to sample from the 'mercato' displays. Her mother, Christie Brinkley, took up the offer, as she was handed a jar of pomodori tucked among vine-ripe tomatoes. Other guests, dressed in a spectrum of Brunello Cucinelli's earthy color palette, included Don Lemon, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Gabby Karan De Felice, David Burtka, Tamron Hall, Candace Bushnell, Marc Metrick, Roopal Patel, Isaac Boots, Casey Fremont, Carolyn Angel, Sharareh Siadat, and other Hamptons regulars. 'I'm obsessed with these pants,' said Isaac Boot, stopping to compare his similar belted linen fit with another guest. As dinner began with a course of a shared antipasti spread of grilled vegetables, fried sage leaves, and more, Marc Wölffer welcomed the crowd with a spirited 'buonasera' before toasting to the collaboration between the two 'iconic lifestyle brands.' 'At first glance we might appear we're of different worlds: fashion, wine,' he said. 'But you look closer and you see that we share the same heartbeat. Both Brunello and Wölffer Estate were born from family…. We're both grounded in heritage, and driven by innovation.' 'I feel like I'm…back in my little town in Southern Italy,' said Massimo Caronna, CEO of Brunello Cucinelli North America, gazing out at the dining setup and bubbling fountain. The dinner might have reminded Caronna of his hometown, but he's since made the Hamptons his home, after opening Brunello's first store out east. 'People would ask me, 'where's your home?'' he said. 'One night I looked at my wife and said, 'I think we need to buy a house here, I feel people they want us to be part of the community.'' Stefanelli, who's married to Camilla Cucinelli, did his best to explain to his daughter where he was headed for the quick 24-hour trip. He summed up East Hampton as best he could: 'Where the cool people go.' Launch Gallery: Christie Brinkley, Alexandra Daddario, and More at the Brunello Cucinelli Hamptons Dinner Best of WWD A Look Back at SAG Awards Best Dressed Red Carpet Stars SAG Awards Wildest Looks of All Time on the Red Carpet, Photos From the Archive: A Look Back at Marc Jacobs Annual Holiday Party [PHOTOS] Solve the daily Crossword
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10-02-2025
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Jonathan Cohen Fall 2025: Ladylike Glam, With a Sportif Twist
Picture this: the glamorously dressed Elizabeth Taylor screaming at boxing matches in the '60s. Turns out, these photographs do exist, and were prevalent on the mood board of Jonathan Cohen's fall 2025 collection. 'I thought how she looked at the boxing match was amazing,' the designer said, noting that in his research he learned that in 1963, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) was knocked out after becoming distracted by the ringside, screaming Hollywood starlet. More from WWD Gucci to Open a Buzzy Milan Fashion Week Next Month Building a Wardrobe With Milan Men's Fall 2025 Presentations Ashanti Hits High Notes in Adrienne Landau's Chinchilla Faux Fur Coat to Sing National Anthem at World Series 'In my head, I came up with this whole story of them meeting and maybe having a night out,' he said of fall's juxtaposition between the fashionable, ladylike star and the famous athlete. Throughout the fall collection, designs were inspired by both sides of the rope in artful ways. There were tiny boxing shorts, luxed up in blue velvet or silk satin featuring a smashed gardenia ceramic floral printed (inspired by one of Taylor's namesake perfumes); sportif striped ladylike dresses, pleated skirts and peplum tops, and knit boxing tanks on the sportiest end of the spectrum. Ditto Cohen's ultra-fun assortment of matching boxing boots, a part of his larger, ongoing shoe collaboration with Larroudé. Elsewhere, Taylor's eyes were woven into a great snow print leopard jacquard topcoat, and her favorite flower turned into embroideries on playful denim layers and a graphic white cotton shirt, or as a 3D floral embroidery on a striking evening look. Throughout the lineup, Cohen melded a strong sense of polish with playfulness, also seen through a lace-inset slashed leather skirt, lady jackets comprised of scrap materials and debut eyewear, designed to resemble singer-songwriter Siouxsie Sioux's signature strong eyebrow, in partnership with Selima Optique. 'We knew we didn't want to do our regular presentation format, so we came up with the concept of working with incredible women right in our lives,' Cohen said at his Sunday afternoon presentation, staged as a gallery at Rockefeller Center featuring fall's campaign imagery, mood board and mannequined looks. Along the gallery walls, attendees could see a handful of the closest women in Cohen's and his brand's life: cofounder Sarah Leff and her mother, Dede Kantorowitz-Leff; Dilone; Sally Singer; Batsheva Hay; Phyllis Kao; Jeauni Cassanova; Kimberly Drew; Marina Larroude; Joanna Gong; Gigi Burris; Mei Zou; Carola Righes; Sophie Conti; Brigitte Conti; Sarah Pidgeon, and his own mother, Elena Kassner. Launch Gallery: Jonathan Cohen Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection Best of WWD Windowsen RTW Spring 2022 Louis Shengtao Chen RTW Spring 2022 Vegan Fashion Week Returns to L.A. With Nous Etudions, Vegan Tiger on the Runway
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07-02-2025
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For Fall 2025, Tibi's Creative Pragmatist Took a Trip to Antwerp
In July, Tibi's founder and creative director Amy Smilovic and Traci Bui-Amar, senior vice president of design, took a trip to Antwerp, Belgium. Looking for inspiration, they were instantly taken by the city's fluid merging of heritage and modernity across architecture, interiors and locals' personal style. 'That's what we really tried to do with the clothing — lean into more luxury fabrics than ever before and into modern sculpture, but wherever we lean modern that we're completely meshing it with something that is just very classic and heritage at the same time,' Smilovic said the experimental twists demonstrated during a presentation in their SoHo space. More from WWD Gucci to Open a Buzzy Milan Fashion Week Next Month Building a Wardrobe With Milan Men's Fall 2025 Presentations Amy Smilovic Releases Second Edition of Well-loved Personal Style Guide, 'The Creative Pragmatist' 'This was our space that we bought in 2008, and we just got it back. We're turning it into the most amazing living room to meet with our clients in the future,' Smilovic said of the location, where they invited guests to get a behind-the-scenes look at their fall collection campaign and video in lieu of having a runway show. (Since the pandemic, the brand solely puts on runway shows for spring.) Here, the collection was hanging in a custom Antwerp apartment-style vignette, and against a backdrop featuring funky door knockers. Models were clad in such modern-meets-heritage garb as an ultra lightweight skirt suit crafted in a papery fabric that looked like traditional wool, or a standout neoprene cinched and tailored jacket with leather collar paired with leggy jeans that could be zipped off into Bermuda shorts. Each season, Smilovic is all about evolving her solutions-based philosophy. Fall continued that idea from the top down with a few nods to vintage moto style seen during their travels, and plenty of ease. For instance, elongated bomber jackets belted at the hem; utility-meets-jodhpur jeans featuring circular godets on the legs paired with a plaid shirt; boots with hidden internal wedges and wider leg shafts, as to emulate the shape of a dress under a pant; dresses that could be snapped up, or down and into a train; outerwear with internal backpack straps, and belts designed with motorcycle loops to hold the season's leather mittens. They, of course, featured flaps that enable the wearer to still use their phone — pragmatic head to toe. Launch Gallery: Tibi Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection Best of WWD Windowsen RTW Spring 2022 Louis Shengtao Chen RTW Spring 2022 Vegan Fashion Week Returns to L.A. With Nous Etudions, Vegan Tiger on the Runway
