Jacquie Aiche Heading to Coachella With Accessories Capsule Collection

FESTIVAL FANCY: Jacquie Aiche is Coachella-bound. The jewelry designer has teamed with Gillian Rose Kern and Laura Hall of the lingerie brand For Love & Lemons on a capsule collection of festival-ready accessories. The collection consists of body chains, finger bracelets, anklets, armbands, ear cuffs, rings, toe rings, chokers and bolo ties. Made up of diverse materials — gold, diamonds, leather and bone — the collection is geared to be worn with For Love & Lemons’ lace-heavy festival collection. The line hits retail on Wednesday — just in time for the first weekend of Coachella — and will be sold on both brands’ Web sites, as well as at select boutiques. Prices range from $275 to $2,625.

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San Francisco Equity Partners Acquires Japonesque

JAPONESQUE DEAL: San Francisco Equity Partners is building its beauty portfolio with the acquisition of Japonesque. Terms of the deal, which takes effect today, were not disclosed. But industry sources estimate that Japonesque generates retail sales south of $25 million. Japonesque was founded in 1984 and is a company with a deep heritage of creating beauty products inspired by the professional makeup tools used in Kabuki theater in Japan. The product line includes makeup brushes, eyelash curlers, tweezers, makeup cases and other beauty accessories. The company recently launched color cosmetics, which can be found at retailers in the prestige beauty, drug and mass channels. With the purchase, SFEP, which already holds in its consumer stable brands such as Yes To, Method Home and ICU Eyewear, is looking to rev up and fully capitalize on Japonesque’s distribution channels. “We see significant opportunity for growth on both the Japonesque-branded tools and recently launched color cosmetics line in the beauty channel, particularly at Ulta, which is a big opportunity,” said Scott Potter, managing partner at SFEP. “We also see significant growth opportunities in taking the company’s “category management” approach to managing the beauty tools and accessories program for large drugstore and mass retailers to additional customers,

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Net-a-porter Sponsoring San Francisco Film Society’s Awards Night

BY THE BAY: In a confluence of fashion, film, technology and San Francisco society, Net-a-porter is partnering with the San Francisco Film Society’s annual Awards Night April 27, sponsoring the evening and its VIP cocktail party the weekend before the event. “The Bay Area is an important market for Net-a-porter and we’re looking forward to fostering a dialogue between entertainment, technology and fashion via this cultural platform,” said Heather Kaminetsky, NAP’s vice president of marketing and sales for the Americas. In San Francisco fashion/tech/social circles, it helps to have a Traina or two involved. Thus, the VIP party will be held at film producer Todd Traina and his wife Katie Traina’s Pacific Heights home. The couple are also the honorary chairmen of the Awards Night, which is cochaired by Christine Aylward, Heidi Castelein and Victoria Raiser.

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