• Fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson of Style Rookie will be the guest of honor at Comme des Garcons’ holiday party in Tokyo on Friday November 27. Gevinson, who is just 13, counts Rei Kawakubo, the founder of Comme des Garcons, as one of her idols. She will travel to Japan with her mother and is lined up to do a series of photo shoots with Japanese magazines before attending the party. [WWD]
• Last week rumors swirled that Lindsay Lohan had been dropped as the creative director of Emanuel Ungaro however a spokesperson for Asim Abdullah, the chairman of the French fashion house, has refuted the reports. “Such an insinuation is totally absurd,” the Daily Express quoted the rep as telling New York Post. [Indian Express]
• Alessandro and Guccio Gucci, the great-grandsons of Guccio Gucci, are launching a handbag line, To Be G, in time for spring. “We are not doing this because our name is Gucci, nor do we want to try and replicate what the Gucci brand is doing,” said Guccio. “We have our own vision.” [WWD]
