New York Media Now Part of Vox Media
Vox Media has bought the company, valued around $105 million, that includes New York Magazine, The Cut and others. The acquisition, to be closed in the fall, has left many employees concerned for the state of their jobs, but it was noted there would be no editorial layoffs. [CNN]
Joe Zee Joins Tatler
The luxury-focused Tatler magazine has enlisted Joe Zee to become its global artistic director. Zee was previously at Elle and Yahoo Style. The aim is a rebrand and a shift in focus, which Zee has experience in during his previous tenures. “With Asia being such a powerhouse part of the world, with the pop culture zeitgeist of ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ and with a lot more representations of Asians in pop culture in America this year, it really made me excited about the possibilities,” Zee told The Business of Fashion. [BOF]
Dries Van Noten Surprised PFW With a Wonderful Collaboration with Christian Lacroix
Who would have thought that what the fashion world was missing was an epic, one-off collaboration between Dries Van Noten and master couturier Christian Lacroix. A decade ago Lacroix said goodbye to the fashion calendar and gone on to costume designing but rather than elicit the err of Diet Prada with a bunch of obscure Lacroix references, Van Noten thought it’d be more fun to call upon Lacroix for another go at a harmonious clash between prints, volume, and texture. It was a joyous fashion week moment midway through a week that has already brought us Rick Owens take on immigration, Mugler’s celebration of body types, Margiela’s remembrance of the fallen heroes at fascism’s hand, and Naomi Campbell closing Saint Laurent.
