Lady Gaga covers Elle U.S. Photo: Gray Sorrenti/Courtesy of Elle
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Tuesday.
Lady Gaga covers Elle U.S. and U.K.
Lady Gaga covers Elle U.S.’s February issue and Elle U.K.’s March issue. Photographed by Gray Sorrenti and styled by Pau Avia for both covers, Lady Gaga wears a Valentino top and gloves with a Tiffany & Co. necklace on the U.S. cover and her own dress, Valentino tights, La Bagagerie gloves and a Tiffany & Co. necklace on the U.K. cover. In the cover story written by Lotte Jeffs, Lady Gaga talks her highly anticipated new album “Mayhem,” finding happiness with fiancé Michael Polansky and the U.S. presidential election. Elle U.S. will be on newsstands on Feb. 4 and Elle U.K. will be on newsstands on Feb. 6. Read Lady Gaga’s full cover story here. {Elle U.S./Elle U.K.}
Willy Chavarria and Kendrick Lamar create Super Bowl-themed collection
Following Willy Chavarria’s debut at Paris Men’s Fashion Week, the designer shared that he is partnering with Kendrick Lamar on a limited-edition collection tied to the rapper’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance. The collection includes a bomber jacket, T-shirt, gym shorts and a hoodie that will be available on Wednesday at 12 p.m. EST. Proceeds from this collection will be donated to organizations and individuals impacted by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. “Kendrick performing [at the Super Bowl] is so monumental given his voice on the empowerment of brown and Black people and I love his pure L.A. heart,” Chavarria told WWD. “Working with [Lamar] is an important cultural moment for the two of us. We both have an unwavering voice when it comes to our people.” {WWD/paywalled}
Black beauty brand founders urge shoppers not to boycott Target amid diversity rollbacks
In 2021, Target committed to investing more than $2 billion in Black-owned businesses, but the retailer announced on Friday that it’s rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the wake of the new Trump administration. This news came as a surprise to many Black beauty founders, but they’re urging customers not to boycott the retailer in response and diminish their brands’ sales. Maya Smith, co-founder of hair-care brand The Doux, wrote on Instagram: “We didn’t see this coming, and we have no control over these changes. What we do control is how we respond — and that response requires us to think strategically about what it takes to ensure that businesses like ours continue to thrive…The costs of participating in big-box stores are steep, and performance in those spaces can guarantee the survival of the brand, period.” {Beauty Independent/paywalled}
Barbour and Erdem unveil capsule collection
Following Barbour and Erdem’s Spring 2024 runway collaboration, the two British labels are teaming up again for a five-piece outerwear capsule collection for Spring 2025. The collection combines Erdem’s codes of modern femininity with Barbour’s practicality and heritage fabrications to create four key outerwear styles: The Beauflower, The Dhalia, The Clover and The Constance. “I was inspired by the extraordinary Barbour archive, particularly their fabrications and hardware and loved the idea of translating their heritage of practical, utilitarian details and combining it with my language of the feminine,” Erdem’s Creative Director Erdem Moralioglu said in a statement. In an extension to the capsule collection, Erdem and Barbour also collaborated on a Re-Loved initiative where 25 previously-owned Beaufort jackets have been restored with an oversized cord collar and embellished with silver hardware eyelets, which are available to buy exclusively at Harrods. The Barbour x Erdem capsule collection will be available from barbour.com selected retailers in January 2025. See the capsule collection and its campaign images below. {Fashionista inbox}
Barbour x Erdem collection. Photo: Courtesy of Barbour x Erdem
Jil Sander launches fragrance with Coty
Jil Sander launched a premium fragrance collection, which includes six unisex scents, in partnership with Coty. This foray into fragrance follows the brand’s product expansion into fine jewelry last month. The fragrance collection, Olfactory Series 1, is inspired by individuality and uses aldehydes to amplify each scent’s key notes. Priced at $290 each, Jil Sander’s Olfactory Series 1 scents are available now on the brand’s website. {Fashionista inbox}
Jil Sander Olfactory Series 1. Photo: Courtesy of Jil Sander
Ilia and Halfdays release ski collab
Ilia is teaming up with Halfdays for its first-ever outerwear collaboration. With Ilia’s Barrier Build Skin Protectant Cream at the center of this partnership, the winter-ready collection features a limited-edition ski suit in Ilia’s signature rose shade. The pink ski set — consisting of Halfdays’ Lawrence Jacket ($375) and Alessandra Pant ($275) — is crafted from recycled fabrics and features high-performance insulation and waterproofing. Each Ilia x Halfdays limited-edition ski suit comes with a full-sized Ilia Barrier Build Skin Protectant Cream and the suit will be available exclusively on halfdays.com and at the Halfdays Denver Flagship store starting Jan. 29. {Fashionista inbox}
Ilia x Halfdays. Photo: Courtesy of Halfdays
Circ launches ‘Fiber Club’ with Eileen Fisher and Everlane
Textile-to-textile recycler Circ is launching Fiber Club, a collective of brands and suppliers to scale and speed up the adoption of recycled materials. Fiber Club includes brands such as Bestseller, Eileen Fisher, Everlane and Zalando, along with suppliers Arvind, Birla Cellulose and Foshan Chicley. This initiative was created in partnership with Fashion for Good and Canopy, and it aims to collectively remove the barrier of minimum order quantities that suppliers normally require, which typically means higher costs for brands working alone. The collective purchasing power of the Fiber Club will establish bulk pricing frameworks to make it cheaper and easier for brands to adopt recycled materials. {WWD/paywalled}
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