Mugler's pre-show and backstage live stream | Source: WWD

Mugler’s Digital World (WWD)
“‘My job was to resurrect the brand, and to pump it up and bring it to the new decade… I had this amazing history and archive but there was nothing for me to work with to make it contemporary. For me, it was taking those amazing historical ideas and transforming them digitally. I design digitally, I communicate digitally, and I live digitally, and I wanted to incorporate that into the brand.’”

Julie Gilhart on Sustainability, Philanthropy, and Life after Barneys (Thread NY)
“Julie Gilhart has been flying fairly under the radar since her dismissal as Barneys’ fashion director in November (aside from touting favorite socially-conscious causes via Twitter), but Friday she appeared at Afingo’s Fashion Forum at FIT to discuss sustainability and philanthropy, and revealed a bit about her personal priorities and plans in the process.”

Spain’s Puig is front-runner for Jean Paul Gaultier (Reuters)
“Spanish perfume maker Puig is the front-runner to buy control of fashion brand Jean Paul Gaultier after China’s Li & Fung walked away but Interparfums is still in the race, fashion and banking sources said… Jean Paul Gaultier, which is still lossmaking, made revenues of 26 million euros in 2010.”

Carine Roitfeld, Chanel Stylist (WWD)
“Carine Roitfeld, a guest editor and stylist at Barneys New York this fall, has also been tapped by none other than Karl Lagerfeld. The designer just wrapped up shooting Chanel’s fall-winter campaign in Paris with… the former Vogue Paris editor in chief, as stylist.”

Ten minutes with Carven designer Guillaume Henry (Telegraph)
“If you have not heard of Guillaume Henry or Carven – it won’t be that way for long. The ex- Givenchy and Paule Ka designer moved to the storied French house two years ago to breathe new life into the brand, and has since been causing quite a stir.”

Malcolm McLaren, pictured in June 1994 | Source: Times

Causing Outrage: Remembering Malcolm McLaren (NY Times)
“Malcolm McLaren… was never really into fashion, though we fashion writers loved to pick his brain. Mr. McLaren saw the big cultural picture of which fashion was a part, and he sensed the small vibrations long, long before they reached the mainstream.”

LVMH signs luxury hotel deal with Egypt’s Orascom (FT)
“LVMH, the luxury goods company, is to enter the five-star hotel management business, initially through a partnership with Egypt’s Orascom Development Holdings, to build two resorts in the Middle East.”

American Apparel scramble (Retail Week)
“The “rummage” Sale of one-off samples, vintage pieces and old stock at the Truman Brewery on Brick Lane drew more people than expected and scuffles broke out. The police temporarily stopped the Sale. Ten police officers were injured and three people were arrested on disorder charges.”

H&M Q1 pretax beats forecast, March sales strong (Reuters)
“Swedish fashion chain Hennes & Mauritz beat expectations for first-quarter profit on Thursday, offsetting economic weakness while strong March sales suggested a return to higher spending in the second quarter.”

The Future Of Fashion, Part Five: Julie Gilhart (Style.com)
“Julie Gilhart is fashion’s free spirit… But as the fashion director of Barneys New York, she’s a free spirit who guides the buying decisions of a multimillion-dollar, multicity luxury retailer.”

Mark Fast and Osman Yousefzada | Source: Amira Fritz for Ever Manifesto

PARIS, France — Besides the requisite family members (Paul McCartney) and celebrities (Charlotte Rampling and Gwyneth Paltrow) in her audience and supermodels (Natalia Vodianova) and clothes (feminine tailoring and A-line skirts) on her catwalk, Monday’s Stella McCartney show also highlighted an enterprising new initiative focused on ethical luxury.

The brainchild of Monaco’s Princess Charlotte Casiraghi, Elizabeth von Guttman and Alexia Niedzielski, the EVER Manifesto is designed to showcase and celebrate how ethical principles can underpin luxury lifestyles. The project was launched during Milan Fashion Week with the support of Vogue Italia’s Franca Sozzani and then distributed to attendees of Stella McCartney’s show in Paris.

Today, BoF gives you an exclusive first peek at some of the compelling content offered up in EVER Manifesto 01 as Barneys New York Fashion Director and forward-thinking style maven Julie Gilhart talks to London-based fashion designer Duro Olowu about sustainability and consumption in the fashion industry.

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