Opening Ceremony news and archive

Opening Ceremony launches 365 Days of Pride collection

Opening Ceremony is highlighting the importance of acknowledging and celebrating Pride beyond June with a new ‘365 Days of Pride’ limited-edition capsule collection that aims to not only celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community in New York but also to pay homage to some of the most historically significant institutions within it. The fashion brand has...

Fashion

Opening Ceremony and Beastie Boys launch graphic collection

American brand Opening Ceremony has collaborated with New York-based hip hop group Beastie Boys to release a limited-edition collection of graphic pieces to be sold on luxury retail platform Farfetch. The collaboration, inspired by the group’s music, was created in line with the launch of the new documentary ‘Beastie Boys Story’, which...

Fashion

Opening Ceremony collaborates on new shoes with Tevas

The spirit of Opening Ceremony lives on. After announcing the closing of all of its stores earlier this year, the fashion label continues to inject its brand into new pieces. Most recently, Opening Ceremony has teamed up with footwear company Teva to create a limited-edition collection. According to an announcement from Teva, the new collection...

Retail

Opening Ceremony to close all its stores

Following its acquisition by Farfetch-owned New Guards Group, which also owns Off-White, Heron Preston and other streetwear brands, Opening Ceremony announced it will be closing all of its stores around the world. “It’s incredibly emotional for us to announce today that we will be closing our Opening Ceremony retail locations sometime in 2020”,...

Business

Farfetch acquires Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony—the American multi-brand retailer known for its curation of unique, downtown style—has been acquired by the Farfetch-owned platform New Guards Group, which is also behind notable streetwear brands Off-White and Palm Angels. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Business of Fashion, who first reported the news, New...

Fashion

Wrangler and Opening ceremony launch Fall 2019 collaboration

Heritage denim brand Wrangler has collaborated with luxury ready-to-wear label Opening Ceremony on a Fall/Winter 2019 collection that revives the former's archival styles from the 1990s. The collection is titled "Value," recalling the big-box superstores where the styles of the collection were popular during the 1990s. At the time, Wrangler...

Fashion

Opening Ceremony launches capsule collection for Yoox

Yoox has teamed up with New York-based brand and retailer Opening Ceremony on an exclusive eight-piece womenswear collection for the summer. Opening Ceremony founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon were inspired by music festivals for the summer capsule collection, which features a “playful mix” of relaxed silhouettes, bright colourways and summery...

Fashion Featured

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...

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...