No ordinary Apple Watch will do for Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld — who was spotted wearing a one-of-a-kind creation. Meanwhile, Carine Roitfeld, founder of CR Fashion Book and global fashion director of Harper’s Bazaar, is teaming up with Japanese retailer Uniqlo for a womenswear collection to debut in October.
-Apple specially crafted a one-of-a-kind wrist piece for Karl Lagerfeld, featuring a solid gold link bracelet with an estimated value of $25,000. Lagerfeld’s bodyguard, Sebastien Jondeau, posted a pic of the watch to Instagram claiming it was the first watch specially made by Apple. [Racked]
-Fashionista Carine Roitfeld is leaving a mark on the design world with her new collection with Uniqlo. “Creating new clothing within the Uniqlo LifeWear concept is a great challenge,” said Roitfeld. “I started from the idea of clothes that I would want to wear myself and developed this into clothes that anyone would want to wear, a woman’s ideal of clothes that make her feel transformed when she wears them.” [Business of Fashion]
-The 1980s “Boxer of the Decade,” Sugar Ray Leonard, is the new face of Skecher’s Relaxed Fit sneakers. Previous A-listers to appear in the ads include Ringo Starr, Joe Montana and Joe Namath. [Footwear News]
-Women are no longer content to just throw on a T-shirt when they’re hitting the gym. Instead, they are now spending as much on new workout gear as they do on formal party dresses — and brands such as Nike, Lululemon, Sweaty Betty and Striders Edge are cashing in. [BBC]
-Magazines may be suffering on the newsstands, but they’re winning on social media: The Magazine Media Industry reports a 7 percent increase in likes and followers in the first quarter of 2015 among 222 magazines. Vogue alone has 6.3 million followers on Facebook, 5.7 million followers on Twitter and 3.8 million followers on Instagram. [Racked]