From Stern, June 28, 1970.
The recent FT piece about the value of Disney to high-end brands (Fashion Takes The Mickey) caught up with those which have engineered hook-ups with the House Of The Mouse in recent years: Dolce & Gabanna, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Iceberg, Neil Barrett, Manish Arora, Hayden-Harnett, Capellini, Cory Grosser, Chopard, Tommy Hilfiger…
A Disney apparatchik is quoted: “We would never work with a designer that was too edgy or irreverent.”
Once upon a time they weren’t so purse-lipped.
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