Stacy London Talks Beauty Hacks and Product Wish Lists at FIT

Double-ended applicators for two shades of lipstick, products to tame brows and attractive travel containers were just a few of the ideas tossed around during a chat attended by students from the Fashion Institute of Technology moderated by Stacy London, host of “Love, Lust or Run.” With quick wit, London, the brand ambassador for Hollywood Fashion Secrets, responded to the attendees’ beauty hacks and product wish lists. When one student admitted she travels with her skin-care potions in Tupperware, London noted it would be great to have more attractive options. “Don’t get me wrong, I love Tupperware, it’s great for leftovers,” she said. “You’re creating your own life hacks and that’s one of the goals of this session — to hear what people need.” Hollywood Fashion Secrets markets fashion and beauty solutions, mostly notably Fashion Tape. Another student shared her secret — an arsenal of safety pins. “That’s what Fashion Tape is for,” London shrieked. “It’s a lot less bulky and you can go through metal detectors,” London said. “I don’t care how good you are at it, with safety pins you look like a mess.” London applauded another student who said second-day hair is her beauty hack. Then London jokingly chided another

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Lindsay Ellingson and Divya Gugnani Launch Wander Beauty

When Divya Gugnani met Lindsay Ellingson at a salon opening last year, she had no idea she was a model. Little did she know the 5-foot, 10-inch blonde bombshell would soon be her partner in a new venture to be sold on QVC, called Wander Beauty, a color cosmetics line inspired by Ellingson’s travels. “I’ve been modeling for 10 years,” said the Victoria’s Secret model. “In that time I’ve picked up so many tips and tricks about how to apply makeup, what works, what doesn’t, colors and formulations. I was absorbing so much information and developed this passion for beauty.” That passion even led her to do her own makeup for events, but she doesn’t claim to be an artist. “[Wander Beauty] is for the woman in a cab doing her makeup,” noted Ellingson. “You carry around your makeup because you’re constantly going to meetings and doing touch-ups.” Gugnani added, “Women put their makeup on themselves and this is all about the DIYer.” In mid-April Ellingson will appear on QVC to launch Wander Beauty’s first product, On-the-Glow Blush & Highlighter Duo Stick. The multitasking illuminator consists of cream blush on one side and a highlighter on the other. Available in two shades, Soft Pink/Nude Glow and

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Peter Lindbergh Talks Projects

Peter Lindbergh is having a moment of truth, although not in the existentialist way. At age 70, the photographer is bombarded with assignments and special projects, not that he has ever been a loafer, but even he sounded puzzled by the recent pace. Tonight he will be at New York’s Gagosian gallery for a party in honor of his newest book “Images of Women II 2005-2014.” Numerous A-lister laden ad campaigns, collateral for next week’s opening of the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition in Paris, a major museum exhibition at Kunsthal Rotterdam next year, a film series about death-row inmates and an Italian Vogue shoot (“the best kind — lots of pages and nobody tells you what to do”) are all in the works. Reached in his Paris studio, Lindbergh pretty much lives on Air France as its third-highest frequent flier. “Of the whole airline,” he booms. “I want to know who the other two are.” Recognizable for his purist style, Lindbergh seems to be prospering during the current backlash against excessive airbrushing and Photoshopping. “For me, every picture is a portrait — no matter what I’m doing. From my very old standpoint, I think everything you do should have a meaning,” he says.

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Fusion Brands America Inc. Hopes to Revamp

Fusion Brands America Inc. has weathered management changes, a misfired fragrance launch and legal skirmishes. Now the company, which has spent the last few years retooling, hopes to restore its two marquee franchises — Clean Original fragrance and Fusion Beauty — to their former cult status. LipFusion, for example, was one of the industry’s first lip plumpers and helped create an entirely new category with a devout fan base. With a focus on fragrance, eye and lip, and a management team stewarded in the U.S. by industry veteran Gregory Black, Fusion is expanding its Clean franchise and capitalizing on its results-oriented cosmetics. “We’ve put together a team created for profitable and sustainable growth,” said Black, who joined Fusion four years ago and ascended to the title of executive vice president and general manager in 2013. “We’re rebuilding with brands that are relevant for today’s beauty business.” Industry sources estimate Fusion, which was acquired by Canadian entrepreneur Eugene Melnyk in 2007 from founder Randi Shinder, still maintains global sales exceeding $50 million despite a few years of challenges, but is still well off from the estimated volume of $100 million generated in 2007. Black is confident the right strategies are in motion. “There’s a

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Shiseido to Distribute Burberry Fragrances in Japan

BURBERRY’S RISING SUN: Burberry is breaking new ground on the beauty front in Japan. The Tokyo-based Shiseido will start distributing Burberry’s fragrances there within a year, according to Shotaro Nagai, a spokesman for the Japanese company. A source said Burberry is in advanced talks with Shiseido about a deal that also could encompass the brand’s skin care and makeup. Nagai declined to comment on the speculation, as did Burberry. Shiseido’s subsidiary Beauté Prestige International already works closely with Burberry on fragrances, distributing them in markets such as France, Spain and the U.S. Earlier this year, WWD said the company was a likely partner for Burberry’s planned skin-care line. Last year, Burberry’s chief operating officer John Smith said, “We are talking to a range of possible partners about a range of possible relationships,” with regard to skin care. WWD has learned Burberry is mulling a larger-scale, strategic partnership with an outside company to build its beauty business — possibly including fragrance — which it runs in-house, after having terminated its perfume license with Inter Parfums in 2013. Burberry has big dreams for its new beauty division: Wholesale revenue is expected to grow by about 25 percent at constant exchange rates this year, and it

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Nasty Gal Looks to Santa Monica for Its Second Store

NASTY GAL PART TWO: Nasty Gal will test the waters in Santa Monica when it opens the doors Friday to its second store, which bows at the Third Street Promenade. The e-tailer’s outpost comes on the heels of its first entrance into brick-and-mortar in November with a shop on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Santa Monica will take up a larger footprint at 6,500 square feet, nearly double the Melrose location. Nasty Gal chief executive officer Sheree Waterson called the Santa Monica store an “entirely new format for Nasty Gal retail.” The store will sell vintage apparel from designers such as Moschino and Chanel in a nod to Nasty Gal’s start as the eBay shop of founder Sophia Amoruso. The mix of merchandise will also include offerings from international and local designers, along with a recently launched shoe collaboration with Teva aimed at attendees of the upcoming festival season. The two sandal styles are priced at $90 and $110. Nasty Gal has yet to confirm details on any future stores, although Amoruso referred to “a dominating retail presence with stores nationwide” in a statement. The company in March closed on a $16 million, Series C round that also came with the announcement former

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Marion Cotillard Goes Solar for New Lady Dior Campaign

SUNNY SIDE UP: Marion Cotillard, hair swept into a small quiff, is pictured in a field of gigantic solar panels for the latest installment of the Lady Dior campaign, slated to break next week in Le Figaro, followed by an array of U.K. titles including Harper’s Bazaar, Tatler and Marie Claire. Town & Country follows on April 14. Peter Lindbergh shot the ads, with a making-of film realized by Eliott Bliss to debut on Diormag.com on April 8. The futuristic desert setting features one old-school prop: a pay phone.

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Altchek MD Coming to Kohl’s, Harmon Stores

The beauty field continues to get more competitive as witnessed by the addition of upscale skin care in new doors. A case in point is the expansion of derm brand Altchek MD into Kohl’s department stores and Harmon/Bed Bath & Beyond. This month, Altchek MD will roll out to 1,100 Kohl’s and 275 Harmon stores including freestanding Harmon stores or shops within Bed Bath & Beyond. The two new chains join Ulta Beauty, which has had the exclusive rights to the professional skin-care brand for the last year. “Times have changed and women used to get skin-care advice from Oprah,” said Jerrold Rauchwerger, chief executive officer of FSR Beauty Ltd, the manufacturer and distributor of Altchek MD. “Now the number-one influencer is the derm — so the timing is perfect.” Altchek MD is the first dermatologist skin-care line at Kohl’s. Rauchwerger said the brand caught the attention of the retailer’s top management as they put a bigger push into beauty. In the last year, Kohl’s has added more than 30 brands, boosted the training and count of beauty advisers and totally overhauled the physical appearance of the department. According to Rauchwerger, 80 percent of Kohl’s stores have advisers who are armed with iPads

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They Are Wearing: Obsessed With Shoes

Recent fashion weeks in Tokyo, Prague and Lisbon inspired sartorial creativity from head to toe. We trained our lenses on some of the more amusing boot and shoe choices worn by showgoers and city residents. From platform mary janes in cartoon-bright colors to fetish-inspired styles without heels that require a balancing act, footwear often stole the show. There were arty wooden wedges, neon-bright sneakers, eclectic booties and embellishments galore: fuzzy animal faces, chains, faux fruit, floral embroidery and even folded $100 bills. An array of quirky socks and hosiery proved equally captivating.

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Chiara Boni La Petite Robe Eyes Own Store

MILAN — Italian brand Chiara Boni La Petite Robe, known for its comfortable dresses crafted from a stretch fabric, is taking a step into retail. Florentine designer Boni said that the brand’s first boutique will be located in Milan “in an area between the Golden Triangle and Brera” and it will open its doors to coincide with the beginning of the Expo universal exhibition in May. Boni is looking at a couple of locations in the district and expects to ink a rental agreement to this end. Starting this year, the label, which is sold in about 400 multibrand stores around the world, is also going to debut eight corners in Neiman Marcus locations across the United States. The North American market accounts for 55 percent of the fashion firm’s business, which it launched in the U.S. in 2011, opening a branch company in the region. The brand’s collections are available at Bergdorf Goodman in New York, as well as in 38 Neiman Marcus doors and 30 Saks Fifth Avenue stores across the country. “We have a particular distribution is the United States. We deliver 10 new pieces every month,” explained the designer, who is also introducing tops, skirts and pants in her collections,

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