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THE DAILY FIX: FASHION INDUSTRY NEWS WED

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Good morning designers! The Wednesday edition of the StylePortfolios.com Daily Fix is up and ready for your reading pleasure. What are you waiting for? Get a coffee, sit-down and get your day started-off right with the The Daily Fix…

ADIDAS BY RICK OWENS: FINALLY SOME ‘MANDALS’ WE CAN GET BEHIND – Los Angeles Times
“The collaboration between Adidas and Rick Owens appears to have taken a seriously quirky turn with the addition
of what might just be the most masculine “mandals” on the planet.”

HIGH-TOPS AND HIGH FASHION: HOW SNEAKERS ROSE FROM STREET TO CHIC – CNN
“Has any garment enjoyed a more impressive rise than the once-humble sneaker? From fitness shoe to high-fashion
staple, the sneaker’s ascent reflects some of the most significant pop-culture developments of the last few decades
— from the impact of advertising and mass production, to the influence of hip-hop and the NBA.”

FENDI FACING HAUTE FURORE AT PARIS FASHION WEEK – Yahoo!
“With fashionistas baking in a mascara-melting heatwave and Italy’s Fendi set to raise hackles with an all-fur
collection, Paris Fashion Week, which began Sunday, may prove a tad too haute to handle.”

A CELEBRATION: GIAMBATTISTA VALLI AND MAC COSMETICS – The New York Times
“This week, a 10-year collaboration between the Italian designer — now with his own ready-to-wear and couture
lines, both red carpet favorites — and MAC Cosmetics, a subsidiary of Estée Lauder, was celebrated here with a celebrity-studded party at the Palais Garnier opera house and the introduction of a new lipstick line. All of it, it seems, proving Mr. Demsey somewhat prescient.”

EXPRESS MAKES CHANGE IN FINANCE TEAM – RetailingToday
“Express Inc. has named a new CFO, and the retailer did not look far to fill the role.”