It has been revealed today that American fashion label Tommy Hilfiger is to be purchased by the owner of Calvin Klein for 2.2 billion euros.
Phillips-Van Heusen, who has owned Calvin Klein since 2003, has decided to buy the clothing company that belongs to British buyout group Apax Partners. This is going to be the second change of ownership for Tommy Hilfiger in four recent years.

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Madonna and Dolce&Gabbana strengthen their collaboration with the new venture – eyewear collection. The line will include six styles and each will have a MDG logo, with M standing for Madonna and DG for the brand.

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Lauren Conrad is one of those designers who prefers to wear her own creations when the time comes to change the wardrobe. She considers it important to make things she would like to don herself.

She commented:

I think if you’re not willing to wear your own clothes, you’re doing something wrong. This line was meant to be about my style and pieces I want to walk into a store and want to buy. If you’re not wearing your own line, you’re taking all the fun out of it.”

By the way, Victoria Beckham has also recently claimed she likes her own styles a lot and she definitely proves her words by wearing the pieces of her dress ranges.

Want to sport the patched jeans look as worn here by Anja Rubik in the March edition of Russian Harper’s Bazaar? The Chloe pair that Anja is wearing mightn’t be to your liking, but you’ll find the trend all up the high street starting with H&M.

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The first time I ever entered the venue at 27 Little Collins Street in Melbourne it was for afternoon tea with one of Australia’s former Governor-Generals. I remarked at the time that the building, with it’s brutalist architecture, was hardly befitting of a gentlemens’ club, particularly one with such a history. And history is precisely where the the Naval & Military Club now finds itself.

The venue itself remains, however. Born again as space for art installations and fashion launches it is now being put to a far more appropriate use. An club as old as the Naval and Military always seemed out of place in such an interior, but as the choice for Midmouse, Penthouse Mouse’s contribution to 2010’s L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF), it was spot on.

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We’re seeing so many shoots centered around army and utility, giving further weight to the transition of the military trend into something less ostentatious, and more understated. Glamour France’s G.I Jane may be hanging out in the jungle, but she’s also perfectly street-ready in wearable khaki colours, cool mesh pieces, short skirts and relaxed-fit pants.

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