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Met Gala announces 2020 exhibition theme, About Time: Fashion and Duration
The Met Gala, the annual fundraising event for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City, has announced the theme of its 2020 exhibition, About Time: Fashion and Duration. On show from May to September, the exhibition will officially be inaugurated by the high octane celebrity-attended Gala. Arguably New...
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Ralph Lauren receives highest French order of merit
American designer Ralph Lauren on Friday was decorated by French president Emmanuel Macron as an Officer of the Legion of Honor. The 80 year-old designer was awarded the prestigious prize, which is the highest French decoration and one of the most famous in the world. For two centuries, it has been presented on behalf of the Head of State to...
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Zac Posen shutters his namesake label
Designer Zac Posen has shuttered his namesake fashion label House of Z, citing unable to timely find a strategic investor amid a struggling retail climate. The announcement to cease operations went into immediate effect, with Posen’s website and e-commerce platform being taken offline. The news comes as American fashion must re-find its footing...
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Death of the IT bag: sales of handbags fall 20 percent
A desire to buy the latest handbag every season is no longer a priority for shoppers. In the US the handbag business has fallen by 20 percent over the first eight months in 2019 compared to 2016, according to research data analytics firm NPD Group. This is no coincidence as the status IT bag no longer carries the same cachet as it once did. A...
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Richemont and Alber Elbaz announce partnership
Swiss luxury group Richemont and designer Alber Elbaz have announced a joint venture called AZfashion. Details of the new partnership have not been disclosed, but Richemont in a statement said AZfashion will be an innovative and dynamic start up, meant to turn dreams into reality.” The Swiss luxury group is keen to captivate a millennial...
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30 million people tune into Dior Shanghai fashion week show
The House of Dior brought a touch of Paris to Shanghai fashion week on Saturday, when it presented its SS20 collection, including 14 exclusive looks for the Chinese market. The set was a continuation of the landscape theme from the Paris show in September, where creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri worked with Coloco to create “a collective...
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LVMH acquires stake in LA streetwear brand Madhappy
Luxury Ventures, the investment arm of LVMH, has acquired a stake in Madhappy, a Los Angeles-based streetwear label founded in 2017 by brothers Noah and Peiman Raf and partners Mason Spector and Joshua Sitt. The collection features basic items such as unisex sweats and t-shirts, designed around its philosophy of ‘local optimism,’ a platform for...
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Luxury brands face losses as Hong Kong protests continue
The Hong Kong protests have come with insurmountable costs for luxury brands, as stores remain shut, tourists stay away and shoppers avoid malls in protest areas. Hong Kong, up until August, was a thriving metropolis for luxury brands, especially the lucrative flow of visitors from mainland China. The city accounts for between 5 and 10 percent...
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Savile Row hit hard by US tariff increase
35 milion pounds of fashion and textile exports from the UK will be subject to new tariffs next week. To put this in perspective, figures form the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) show approximately 23 percent of exports from British luxury brands in 2017 were shipped to America. The 25 percent tariffs come at a time when a no deal...
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Pre-owned celebrity garments, a new business model?
Our celebrity-obsessed culture has turned a new corner. Not content with following our favourite stars’ every move on social media we now want to own the (old) clothes off their backs. Enter the Kardashian-Kloset, a collection of celebrity garment cast-offs (or should that read Kast-Offs) from the notorious Insta-Famous family. The only...
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