Opening Ceremony Heads to Shoreditch

Opening Ceremony fans in London’s trendy Shoreditch neighborhood are in for a treat. The Ace Hotel, a longtime OC collaborator, will debut a pop-up shop at its Shoreditch location at the end of July. (If you’ll recall, the Ace Hotel in New York City also opened an OC pop-up in 2010.) WWD reports that the Max Lamb-designed store will pop up at 106 High Street.

In addition to Opening Ceremony’s men’s and women’s collections, the shop will sell the new René Magritte capsule (pictured) and pieces by local NewGen designers Faustine Steinmetz and Marques’Almeida.

The pop-up coincides with the temporary closing of OC’s Covent Garden shop, which will undergo renovations.

From the Operating Room to Sumba, Fashion East’s Menswear Designers Find Inspiration in Unlikely Places

Fashion East Men’s latest outing was inventive even by its high standards, proof that Lulu Kennedy’s talent farm keeps producing the best of breed. It started with a clinical and slightly sinister jewelry collection from Alan Crocetti (the man behind the mouthpieces at Bobby Abley’s MAN Fall 2014 show). The goods were inspired by the external fixtures that hold surgically inserted pins in a broken bone. There were a couple firsts in the jewelry world: a “palm ring” (a band that wrapped around the hand) and a silver tab placed above the nose in the same way a bandage would appear after rhinoplasty surgery (pictured, below).

Next up was textile specialist Edward Crutchley, who became obsessed with ikat prints after a recent trip to Sumba, Indonesia. Ikat is a busy pattern to begin with, but that didn’t stop the designer from layering one look with leggings, shorts, and a tunic in the print.

Kenzodiac: The Fashion Crowd’s New Favorite Astrologist?

Move over, Susan Miller, Kenzodiac has arrived. Fierce devotees of the fashion set’s go-to astrologer will be pleased to know that Kenzo’s newly launched, online astrological platform will not only tell you what your love life is looking like this week, but also answer wardrobe questions as well. Not sure what to wear today? Kenzodiac says it’s a print cap sort of day for Pisces and a good time for polo shirts for anyone who’s a Capricorn. (Naturally, the style suggestions are heavy on the Kenzo merchandise.) Wondering what’s on the horizon this month? Scorpios, remember this is the month of the waxing gibbous moon, so “if you take this time to fight against your laconic nature and show more of who you are, you’ll see immediate benefits in your projects and relationships.” Every sign and reading is accompanied by a custom sketch by Franco-Canadian artist Julien Ceccaldi (like the one pictured, left). The site will be live all summer. We only wish it could answer all of our pressing questions, like where is Olivier Theyskens going next?