Helmut Lang (fashion brand) weeks after Prada had sold the Jil Sander label to British equity firm Change Capital Partners (CCP). Already in spring 2005, it had been rumored that Prada was trying to sell the label. Prada Group was said to want to concentrate on its core labels, Prada and Miu Miu, again. The Japanese holding company LTH, developer of the theory fashion label in Japan and the US, re-launched the Helmut Lang collections under the direction of a "suitable" designer for the spring/summer 2007 season (presented in fall 2006), in select boutiques worldwide as a "contemporary brand". The new label is based
Tibi (fashion brand) Tibi (fashion brand) Tibi is an American fashion company based in New York City. Tibi’s design studio, showroom, and flagship store is located in Soho, New York. It was founded by Amy Smilovic in 1997. Amy partnered with another American living abroad, Octavia Hyland, whose grandmother’s name was Tibi. Tibi began with a small collection of contemporary dresses. It now produces 11 womenswear collections per year and a full line of women's shoes. Tibi is showcased in the tents of the Lincoln Center each season during New York's Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Tibi-brand clothing is sold in many stores worldwide,