Chavie Lieber
Styles Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
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wsjmagazine.cmail20.com | Anne Steele |Rashad Minnick |Jenny Hartman |Chavie Lieber
On Tuesday night, WSJ. Magazine celebrated Milan Design Week with a cocktail party at Villa Eugénie. Guests including social media entrepreneur Chiara Ferragni, designer and creative director Athena Calderone, artist Laila Gohar and others toasted to one of the biggest design events of the year. Check out photos from the evening below. And if you’re looking to take in some of Milan Design Week’s highlights from home, WSJ.
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Chavie Lieber / Photography by Miranda Barnes for WSJ. Magazine David’s Bridal, the country’s largest wedding-dress retailer, believes it has a solution for getting its business back on track two years after declaring bankruptcy: $10,000 dresses. The 75-year-old chain has for years promoted its affordability, selling wedding gowns that start at around $129 and go up to about $3,600.
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wsj.com | Chavie Lieber
CaaStle helped brands rent unsold inventory. Investors say its co-founder overstated its success, leading to ‘a severe and immediate liquidity problem.’Christine Hunsicker liked to boast that she could make more money off of clothes than anyone, investors recall. Her startup, CaaStle, provided support for fashion brands looking to rent their clothes to customers.
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wsj.com | Chavie Lieber
Artipoppe’s ‘Zeitgeist’ carrier has taken over women’s social feeds and the sidewalks of wealthy neighborhoodsLibby Newman could not escape the Cool Mom Baby Carrier. All of the fashion influencers and mommy bloggers she followed seemed to have the same soft, chic-looking pouch for their babies. When she looked up the product—the Artipoppe “Zeitgeist” carrier—she couldn’t believe that one popular model, a yin-yang design made of silk and cashmere, went for nearly $800.
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wsj.com | Chavie Lieber
The company’s name is a pun on software as a service, or SaaS—Hunsicker was selling clothing as a service. CaaStle handled the interface of fashion rentals as well as shipping, cleaning and storing clothes. Express, Ann Taylor and Bloomingdale’s were among the big brands that became clients and rented their unsold inventory through CaaStle. An investor pitch said the company had raised money from Peter Thiel, John Hennessy, Jim Breyer, Bill Ackman, Henry Kravis and Peter Fenton.
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