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Club Monaco announces the appointment of a new creative director

Richard Chai has been appointed as the new creative director and senior vice president of Club Monaco. He succeeds Steve Cateron, who has held the role for 11 years. Chai will join the Ralph Lauren Corp.-owned brand on November 18 and will oversee the design and development for all womenswear and menswear, according to WWD. He will report to...

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True Religion names Michael Buckley as chief creative officer

Michael Buckley has returned to True Religion, this time as the brand’s chief executive officer. The company today announced that its board of directors appointed Buckley to the role, effective immediately. Buckley had previously previously served as president of True Religion Apparel from 2006 to 2010. After he left True Religion in 2010,...

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Steve Kessel leaves Amazon

Steve Kessel, an Amazon Inc. executive for over 20 years, has left the company. Kessel, who was a senior vice president, was a major force behind Amazon's Kindle and their brick-and-mortar store, Amazon Go. The businessman said he will now be focusing on community service and non-profit work. Dave Clark, head of Amazon's global supply chain and...

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Tiger of Sweden names new chief executive

Stockholm-based fashion house Tiger of Sweden has named Linda Dauriz as its new chief executive officer. Dauriz will take up her new role with Tiger of Sweden on December 1, joining from Hugo Boss, where she was director of customer experience and corporate development, responsible for the global strategy of the company, CRM, customer data and...

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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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David's Bridal appoints Kelly Cook as chief marketing officer

Kelly Cook has been appointed to the role of chief marketing officer of David's Bridal. Cook brings extensive marketing and managing experience to the role, having held similar positions with Pier 1, Kmart, Sears and DSW. Cook is the fourth new executive to join the company this year. David's Bridal filed for bankruptcy at the end of 2018 and...

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Gap CEO Art Peck to step down amid falling sales

The Gap Inc. has announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer Art Peck will step down from his position and from the company’s board after a brief transition. Effective immediately, the company added, Robert J. Fisher, the company’s current non-executive chairman of the board, will also serve as president and chief executive officer...

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Katie Anderson named new chief financial officer of Guess, Inc.

Guess, Inc. has announced the appointment of Katie Anderson to the role of chief financial officer, effective December 2. Anderson will replace Sandeep Reddy, who has been in the role for six and a half years and will exit the company on December 1. Anderson joins Guess from California Pizza Kitchen, where she has held the role of as chief...

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VF Corporation strengthens EMEA leadership team

VF Corporation, one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies, has strengthened its EMEA leadership team with appointments across its Timberland, Napapijri and VF businesses. Andrea Cannelloni has been appointed to the newly created role of president, product platform of the EMEA Region, Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been...

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Estée Lauder names new general manager for UK

Estée Lauder Companies has appointed Sue Fox as the new general manager for the UK and Ireland to oversee the development of the beauty company in what it calls one of its “most important markets”. Fox who is currently the president of the Estée Lauder Companies in Japan, will transfer to head up the UK and Ireland business on January 1, 2020,...

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Renowned designer, Hussein Chalayan, to begin professorship at HTW Berlin

The renowned Cypriot-born Turkish fashion designer Hussein Chalayan will begin a professorship at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW) this coming winter semester 2019/2020. Chalayan will be teaching "Fundamentals of Design and Design Processes" in the Department of Design and Culture with a focus on sustainability and innovation. His...

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President of BLDWN Denim exits the company

Jonathan Crocker has left his role of president of BLDWN after two years with the company. Crocker had originally joined the brand to help it re-position from a heritage denim brand to an American ready-to-wear brand. Under his direction, BLDWN released three ready-to-wear collections, for the Spring 2019, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 seasons. The...