American high end department store Barneys New York has unveiled the new Made in New York collection, the product of an initiative with the CFDA in support of the City’s Made in NY program.

Barneys tapped nine designers including Altuzarra, Thom Browne, The Row, Proenza Schouler, R13, Rag & Bone and Narciso Rodriguez to design the capsule collection. In addition to the 10 percent of proceeds from each sale benefiting the CFDA and FMI, the aim is to also raise awareness on the capability and knowledge of the local New York manufacturing industry, not just domestically but also internationally.

The collection focuses on a palette of black, white, gray and red. The garments were made by local FMI grant manufacturers. The range features a black Chantilly lace and chiffon dress, a sleek form fitting dress, a sensational scuba dress, a tomboyish coat, oversized flannel shirt and jeans, cashmere Melton Coat and a Mackintosh.

The collection is available at Barney stores and at its official website. By next month the Made in New York pieces will be prominently featured in its Madison Avenue windows.

After Moschino, Ralph Lauren is another fashion brand to face legal charges for copying designs.

The fashion powerhouse has been sued for patent infringement by patent designer Jimmy Bryan. Jimmy Bryan has filed a 10-page complaint in Texas federal court where he has said that the fashion housewithout his consent is suing his two patents covering various types of rechargeable accessories that illuminate the interior of a container, such as a purse, backpack or luggage, and contain an outlet to charge electronic devices.

Leoht Inc. and Kickstarter Inc. are also named in the suit because Leoht handbags with a built-in battery, USB chargers, interior lighting and wireless recharging were first sold online via Kickstarter.

The “ Air France Manish Arora Contest “ returns for the fifth consecutive season offering aspiring designers yet another opportunity to showcase their creative talents based on the theme Life is Beautiful, with India’s leading designer Manish Arora that helps nurture young talent in the country. The contestants are required to design garments from scratch or post their best of five works on the contest tab of the website. There are two Grand Prize Winners to be chosen. The first winner will be judged on the basis of the number of votes received with an opportunity travel and witness the Manish Arora show at the coveted Paris Fashion Week, while the second winner will get to  intern  with the designer  for 4 months on his Fall Winter 2016 Paris Collection.

Architect and designer Zaha Hadid has unveiled Allonge, a temporary sculptural installation situated along the High Line in front of her 520 West 28th Street residential tower.

Located on at the heart of Manhattan’s cultural district in west Chelsea, the temporary shelter has been designed with the help of Related Companies to protect pedestrians from the adjacent construction also designed by Hadid. Formed from a silver metallic fabric that stretches over a wave-like metal frame the installation is almost 15 ft high and 112 ft long, creating a tunnel of art that pedestrians can walk through. Its form mirrors the curvature of High Line and exhibits Hadid’s own signature style.

The design was inspired by the “connectivity and dynamism of movement” in the High Line, the popular Manhattan park that was formerly a derelict railway. The linear park’s central pathway passes under the Hadid installation.

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Renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz will be hosting a pop-up exhibition of new portraits of women in London in January, and travel around the world throughout 2016 to places including Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, Istanbul and New York.

The exhibition, the largest touring shows mounted by the financial services company UBS will be open to the public for free, but the undisclosed venues will not be in museums or art galleries.

The new work is a continuation of a project Leibovitz began over fifteen years ago, when she published a book of portraits made in collaboration with Susan Sontag. That book, Women, was accompanied by an exhibition that opened at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Women is Leibovitz’s most enduringly popular series of photographs and she has long wanted to expand her exploration of the subject.

The new portraits by Leibovitz will reflect the changes in the roles of women today and have been commissioned for the UBS Art Collection, one of the largest corporate collections of contemporary art in existence, with over 35,000 works.