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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Hilary Duff To Launch Femme Line for DKNY

As DKNY Jeans’ latest celebrity design collaborator, Hilary Duff is determined to prove her days starring as Lizzie Maguire are long gone.
The 21-year-old actress-singer-designer showed up early for her 11 a.m. meeting at the DKNY Jeans showroom at 240 West 40th St. to discuss her new brand, which she’s calling Femme for DKNY Jeans. She’d just flown in from Los Angeles, and there were no publicists, managers or entourage in tow. She was staying at her friend’s Manhattan apartment, wheeling two suitcases behind her.
“One of the hardest things is to come up with a name,” said Duff of her new line, which she was wearing: a gray fringe T-shirt, leggings and a vest. “But I think Femme works really well and explains the line perfectly as feminine but tough all at the same time. It’s aggressive, but in a good way.”
This isn’t the first time Duff had to come up with a name for her own fashion collection. Five years ago, as a teenager, she launched Stuff by Hilary Duff, which used to produce everything from T-shirts to bedsheets. That line is now being phased out and, with the exception of eyewear, there is no longer product on the market.
dkny-hillary-duff21 “I’ve lost interest in it, and I’m ready to move on and do other things,” she explained of the line, which sold at retailers such as Target, J.C. Penney and Kohl’s. “I feel like the brand was for younger girls, and I want to do things for girls my own age now.”
The partnership with the Liz Claiborne Inc.-owned DKNY Jeans is a big move for Duff - one she plans to be involved in every step of the way. And while she isn’t the first celebrity to partner with the company - Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz was first and actress Rachel Bilson was second - she’s nonetheless dedicated to it.
“I’ve been learning so much about how the process happens from how much certain things cost to shipping schedules - it has been an amazing learning experience,” she said.
The Femme for DKNY Jeans line will launch in stores this fall. And while Wentz’s and Bilson’s collections only sold at retail for one season, the company has signed Duff for two - fall and holiday - with the option to extend the agreement depending on performance.
“From the feedback we’ve gathered from our customers, they wished these collaborations were available to them for a longer period of time,” said Kevin Monogue, president of DKNY Jeans. “They wanted to see more, which is what led us to working with Hilary and making her partnership last longer.”
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Como colaboradora da DKNY, Hilary Duff está determinada a provar que seus dias como Lizzie McGuire já eram. A atriz-cantora-designer de 21 anos apareceu cedo para sua reunião na DKNY, às 11:00, para discutir sobre sua nova marca, que ela chama de "Femme for DKNY Jeans". Ela tinha acabado de chegar de L.A, e não tinha imprensa no local. Ela tava no apartamento de um amigo em Manhattan, trazendo consigo 2 malas.
"Uma das coisas mais difíceis foi pensar num nome", disse Hil, enquanto usava: a gray fringe T-shirt, leggings and a vest. (nao sei nada de roupa) "Mas eu acho que Femme funciona como uma linha feminina porém agressiva ao mesmo tempo. Agressiva num bom sentido."
Essa não foi a primeira vez que Duff teve que pensar em um nome para sua própria linha de moda. 5 anos atrás, ainda adolescente, ela lançou "Stuff by Hilary Duff", que produzia tudo de blusas até roupa de cama. A linha está saindo de cena e, com exceção das lentes de contato (?), não existe mais no mercado. "Eu perdi o interesse, e estou pronta para seguir em frente e fazer algo diferente", ela falou sobre a linha, que foi vendida para estilistas (?) como Target, J.C. Penney e Kohl's. "Eu sinto que aquela marca era para as mais novas, e eu quero fazer coisas para mulheres da minha idade agora".
A parceria com Liz Claiborn S.A é ótima para Hilary - ela quer estar envolvida em cada progresso. E enquanto ela não é a primeira celebridade a fazer algo com a empresa - Pete Wents foi o primeiro e Rachel Bilson a segunda - ela está dedicada.
"Eu estive aprendendo muito sobre como tudo funciona desde o preço das coisas até a exportação(?) - é uma experiência incrível."
Source: wwd / Thanks Guilherme

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