Opening Ceremony news and archive

Gap launches designer collection with GQ

Gap has launched its latest limited-edition collection with GQ, featuring Balmain, Dsquared2, MSGM, No Vacancy Inn, Officine Générale, Opening Ceremony, Stampd and Surf is Dead, as part of its “coolest designers on the planet” initiative. The Gap and GQ collaboration started as an initiative recognising American menswear designers and it has...

Fashion

Burberry joins Opening Ceremony for special capsule

Burberry is teaming with Opening Ceremony to release a special collection. The release will feature pieces made for the brand’s fall collection and items made exclusively for the American clothing company. Among the designs are re-released logo jerseys and previously sold items that have been given a new spin - with rainbow graphics that pay...

Business

Opening Ceremony cuts 23 employees from their staff

Fashion label Opening Ceremony recently has been making some changes in their staffing. The contemporary brand officially laid of 23 employees just last week. According to reports from both Page Six and WWD, Opening Ceremony has confirmed these cuts. The change in staff includes cuts in the design staff as well, but are meant to help streamline...

Fashion Featured

Patrick Church launches at Opening Ceremony

Artist Patrick Church has been continuing to make a name for himself in the fashion industry. While Church is not a designer in a typical sense, he's found an audience and customer for those who wanted his custom artwork on their clothes, shoes and accessories. Last year, Church launched his own e-commerce store on his website, and now off the...

Fashion

Opening Ceremony to extend NYFW showcase to raise funds for Hurricane Harvey victims

Opening Ceremony founders Humberto Leon and Carol Lim are set to showcase their Fall/Winter 2017 collection in a dance performance on September 10, named “Changers” as part of New York Fashion Week. Following this, the duo have now announced that the performance will be extended for four days and opened to the public, staged on September 11, 12,...

Fashion

J.W Anderson X Uniqlo reveal AW17 collection

Uniqlo have just unveiled their upcoming collaborative Autumn/Winter 2017 collection with London based designer J.W Anderson. The new collection, set to launch September 20, was first announced back in March and sees J.W Anderson collaborate with Uniqlo. Best known for his classical British statement pieces which incorporate bold graphic...

Fashion

Opening Ceremony teams up with Habitat for a Twins Peaks t-shirt range

London - The much-awaited return of cult TV show Twin Peaks has seen a resurgence of 90s fashion styles and led to a number of brands releasing Twin Peaks inspired merchandise. To mark the hit tv show return leading concept store Opening Ceremony has teamed up with Habitat to launch a Twin Peaks capsule collection, which includes five different...

Fashion

LA labels Agolde and Opening Ceremony collaborate

Premium denim label Agolde has just paired with modern retailer Opening Ceremony for a traditional, work-inspired collaboration. The two Los Angeles labels have teamed together to create the ultimate work wardrobe. Founded by industry giant Jerome Dahan, Agolde has paired with Opening Ceremony in order to create an exclusive women’s collection...

Fashion Featured

Opening Ceremony x UMD capsule launches on Farfetch

London - US label Opening Ceremony has teamed up with UMD by Unmade to launch a customisable capsule collection exclusively for Farfetch. The collaboration allows customers to create their own unique versions of classic Opening Ceremony styles, such as adding trompe l’oeil knit motifs to a unisex crew sweater, beanie, a women’s elliptical...

Fashion

In Picture: Back to the '90s with Esprit by Opening Ceremony

US fashion retailer Opening Ceremony reworked Esprit's 90s classics. "It's our interpretation of the Esprit staples that we hoarded growing up, and we hope to make this generation just as excited," said opening Ceremony founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon. "It has the original Esprit energy of the ‘80s and ‘90s, but we’ve updated things with...

Culture

Opening Ceremony pop-up at Brooklyn Museum

'New York-based brand Opening Ceremony have opened a pop-up boutique at the Brooklyn Museum to accompany the museum’s exhibition "Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present," one of the first museum exhibitions to put sports photographers in the forefront and is the most comprehensive presentation of sports photography ever...

Fashion Featured

New York Fashion Week opens amid debate on the events' future

New York Fashion Week opens Thursday with its usual frenzy of models, catwalks and bloggers. But above the din looms one all-encompassing, soul-searching question: How does it all stay relevant in the modern age? With social networks thrusting every last trend into the public spotlight and customers used to getting what they want right away, can...