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FASHION INDUSTRY NEWS – TUESDAY

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Good morning designers!  The Tuesday 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…

KMART RE-IMAGINES BLUELIGHT SPECIAL FOR DIGITAL AGE – RetailingToday
“The retailer is re-launching its iconic Bluelight Special promotion, but this time, it won’t just be the energizing in-store phenomenon that many shoppers remember. The company is adapting the Bluelight Special for the Amazon age by featuring the flash deals on the Kmart website and mobile app.”

BROTHER VELLIES, GYPSY SPORT, AND JONATHAN SIMKHAI TO SHARE 2015 CFDA/VOGUE FASHION FUND WIN – Vogue
“On arguably the biggest night for American fashion’s emerging talent, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund has made a big decision: Rather than one winner and two runners-up, this year the selection committee decided to award three equal winners—Aurora James of footwear line Brother Vellies, Rio Uribe for streetwear label Gypsy Sport, and womenswear designer Jonathan Simkhai—to share the title, and to each receive $300,000 to invest in their respective labels, as well as a yearlong mentorship with an industry veteran to help take their business to the next level.”

TOM BRADY, THE NEW FACE OF TAG HEUER – TheNewYorkTimes
“But on a recent Tuesday, the 38-year-old New England Patriots quarterback had come to talk about watches, not clothing. The lavish event was Mr. Brady’s coming-out party as the brand ambassador for TAG Heuer, the sporty Swiss watch giant.”

TIFFANY & CO. COMES TO DOVER STREET MARKET – NYMag
“Tiffany & Co will debut its 17-piece “Out of Retirement” collection (the brand doesn’t discontinue items, but retires them) to Dover Street Market beginning November 12.”

FASHION WORLD FEARS DESIGNER BURNOUT AS PRESSURE TAKES ITS TOLL – TheGuardian
“As star names quit Lanvin and Christian Dior, is the business model of six high-profile collections a year sustainable?”