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NEW YORK's go-to designer for dressed-down chic,Rebecca Taylor, is launching her first ever eveningwear collection. Called the Rebecca Taylor Black Tie Collection, the range offers delicately detailed dresses with more elaborate embellishments and luxurious fabrications than ever before - something that Taylor says her cosmopolitan customer needs.

"We're already dressing the busy woman who needs pieces to take her from work to night, so it's exciting to offer her options for event dressing that feels modern," the designer told us. "The pieces are more elevated with richer fabrics and couture-like beading. With this collection I was really able to let go creatively."

Taylor's mainline has undergone a subtle makeover in recent seasons - moving away from the colourful party dresses that made her name to include cooler separates and outerwear that bring her closer to New York contemporaries like Alexander Wang and Prabal Gurung. And while red carpet starlets will probably have their eyes on a piece or two, Taylor herself has a few in mind who she'd be happy to dress.

"I think Rashida Jones and Kirsten Dunst would look amazing in the dresses," Taylor said. "They are able to wear gowns and still maintain a cool factor."

The collection will be available fromRebeccataylor.com, as well as selected UK stockists, priced from £395.

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Ashley Olsen Lands New Fashion Job

ASHLEY OLSEN has made it on to the board of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She was elected by the CFDA last month, although there was no mention of her twin sister, Mary-Kate Olsen, who also designs for their fashion labels, The Row and Elizabeth & James.

Other new board members include Kate Spade president and chief creative officer Deborah Lloyd and designer Prabal Gurung, WWD reports. The invitation-only membership consists of 400 designers who are either based in America or who are Americans working abroad.

The trio replace Yeohlee Teng, Kenneth Cole and Isabel Toledo, who will join the special Emeritus Board - for designers who have given up their CFDA responsibilities, but are allowed to retain their title.

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Gucci Loses GG Logo Trademark

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GUCCI has had its GG trademark revoked in the UK on the grounds of non-use. The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) said that the label can still use the interlocking double G logo to sell under class three - which includes fragrances and soaps.

Gucci first registered the motif in 1984 in the UK in four different classes - 3, 14, 18 and 25. This spans handbags, T-shirts, watches and cosmetics. Under British law, UK trademarks can be revoked if they are not used within five years of their registration.

Fashion brand Gerry Weber applied for the motif to be repealed in June 2012 for a lack of use between 2003 and 2012, reports the World Intellectual Property Review. Gucci responded by providing figures of sales goods from those years, but didn't make clear as to whether or not these were UK-based.

The IPO deemed these too vague to be proof of genuine use, and revoked the mark covering classes 14, 18 and 25 - which means that the Italian brand no longer owns the trademark to those categories. There was thought to be enough evidence that the symbol was used in class three products, including "non-medicated toilet preparations, cosmetic preparations, perfumes, soaps, dentifrices, preparations for the hair; anti-perspirants, depilatory preparations".

Friday, 15 November 2013

London Couture, Bruce Oldfield-Style

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