My Dear Retail Community, Four seasons ago my team and I gathered together some of our stores for an evening of connecting, fashion and wine in New York City. Four seasons passed and our Roni Rabl Community event has now become a tradition during New York Market Week. Every season we’re meeting with you, the …
Change is never actually bad…. We recently started feeling that everything was under control. Most of our designers shipped early and the shows ended well. We know what we are doing next season and where we are showing. Travel was smooth through the markets and we were so happy we got to see many of …
Over 50 stores made it to the event, demonstrating the strength of OUR community. Apart from a great and fun catwalk, we also had a chance to meet Zeekit, a new technology which allows your customers to see how collections look on them. It’s important for me to stress that I don’t get any …
“Gone with the Wind” premiered in 1939. In one of the immortal scenes, Scarlet O’Hara, in desperate need of money to survive the civil war, cannot give up her Southern Beauty status. She takes down her velvet curtains and converts them into one of the most Iconic dresses on the screen & in fashion, known as …
I come from a very cynical culture. We Israelis are very cautious regarding certain rituals and if we feel any type of fakeness, the world hears about it:) I am ready to let that trait go after living in the U.S. for 25 years. We don’t celebrate Valentines day in Israel and we don’t use the …
Hi Retailers, I want to say, I am determined to keep up with the market changes and help us all swim with the stream and not against it. We are here to help you! And why? because if you do well, I do well! Simple! For 2017, we are going to invest in those of …
Fashion is a relatively modern word. Fashion did not exist before the Industrial Revolution. If Queen Victoria had a new gown, it did not inspire a world industry of fashion. Maybe a few ladies at court took inspiration from it and whispered it to their seamstress – not a powerful designer who gave inspiration and …
When Rei Kawakubo established her Fashion brand ‘Comme des Garcons’, and Yoji Yamamoto exposed his avant-guard styles, everybody raised a brow. These were the 1980’s and the fashion world was not ready for the big revolution that was already pouring out of Japan into the West. “The creative adult is the child who survived” (Ursule …
The 90’s fashion, with synthetic fabrics; pleather; machine sewn sequins & machine made lace; animal prints & harsh color combinations, looked trashy then & it does now! This trash was given some interesting interpretations by current designers. As a matter of fact, it can actually look right. Chic post 90’s. One of the elements that …
By Roni Rabl Japanese aesthetics are infiltrating the main stream since the early 90’s. Japanese movies are filling movie theaters more than ever, Sushi is practically the upgraded Pizza, babies are using chop sticks, and why stop there? Japanese designers such as Comme de Garcon’s Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miaki & Kenzo, succeeded in turning fashion …