Alexander Wang

H&M's websites experienced early disruptions amid high demand from shoppers for its latest guest collection by designer Alexander Wang. "It's been extremely popular among our customers, with many people queuing in all our markets," H&M spokesman Hacan Andersson said, adding 500 people had been waiting outside the retailer's store in Sydney. Earlier, the company's websites gave a message saying shoppers should try again later to gain access amid high demand for the collection. H&M, usually known for fast fashion at inexpensive prices, has used celebrity collections as a marketing tool to stoke sales each November since 2004.

Neiman Marcus is rebranding its contemporary departments within each of the 42 Neiman Marcus stores as Cusp shop-in-shops. Neiman Marcus first launched the Cusp brand in 2006 with two freestanding stores that offered consumers a contemporary assortment including apparel, shoes, handbags and accessories in a boutique environment. The brand has grown over time and now includes a total of six Cusp stores and Cusp.com. 

Alexander Wang, generally regarded as the darling of New York City's downtown fashion scene, has been hit with a $50 million lawsuit charging him with abusing workers at his Chinatown "sweatshop." Filed in Queens Supreme Court, the class-action lawsuit from 30 Wang employees alleges that the designer and his brother Dennis violated several state labor laws by creating harsh working conditions at his property at 386 Broadway, which the paper describes as "suffocating" and "windowless."

First stop, New York. Next stop, Beijing.That’s the route of the Alexander Wang retail express, set to gather major speed beginning next month with the opening of the designer’s...

Let's just agree to call 2011 the Year of Wang. After Alexander Wang's successful New York Fashion Week show, the opening of his first stand-alone boutique, and a GQ Best New Menswear Designer win for his diffusion line, you'd think the 26-year-old designer would rest on his laurels. Instead,he launched his new and improved website, and damn, it's sharp.