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Versace: Foulard fantasies with lotharios
The odd thing about attending Versace’s runway show at Milan Fashion Week on Friday night was that all anyone could talk about was what Donatella was going to announce on Sunday evening.
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Prada: Miuccia and Raf make their joint runway debut
The season’s biggest runway debut in Milan was Raf Simons in tandem with Miuccia Prada, a show staged Friday afternoon CET time in the brand’s foundation, and simultaneously in Shanghai.
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Milan Fashion Week: Tod’s triumphs, Missoni was mass with no class
Friday morning in Milan was all about two labels built on Italian savoir-faire – Tod’s and Missoni, but where the former staged its best-ever ready-to-wear collection; the latter lost its way under a new designer.
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Kering says it will be going entirely fur free
France's Kering said it had decided to stop using animal fur for all of its brands, in the fashion industry's latest response to concerns over animal treatment and the environment.
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Emporio Armani celebrates 40th anniversary; Etro hip-hops its classics
The key fashion moment of Milan Fashion Week so far was the 40th anniversary Emporio Armani show on Thursday, a rich and varied collection that was followed by a brand retrospective opening in Armani Silos.
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UK retail sales growth slows, stores fret over supply chain woes
Hopes that strong retail sales in the summer would continue into early autumn seem to have been dashed — at least that’s the case according to the earliest of the monthly retail sales reports to come out.
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Landsec sells more retail parks, Martineau Place also sold
This week has brought a number of moves in the property sector as Landsec said on Friday that it has sold two retail parks, while a joint venture acquired Martineau Place shopping centre in Birmingham.
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Lululemon to dress Canadian Olympic Team
Vancouver-based athletic apparel brand Lululemon is the new official outfitter of Team Canada.
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New demographic data shows continued divide at Amazon
Amazon's executives remained largely white, although the share of non-white executives rose modestly. Minorities continued to account for most of its blue-collar workforce as it grew rapidly during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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London Fashion Week put the spotlight on yellow, flowers and frills
The Covid-19 pandemic was far from the minds of designers at London Fashion Week, whose shows set out a vision of a more colorful, optimistic, and dynamic mood than has been seen in the past several months.
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In The Style prospers post-lockdown despite higher returns rate
Fast fashion group In The Style released a trading update ahead of its annual general meeting on Friday and said that it continues to deliver strong sales growth.
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Ulta celebrates Black voices in beauty with launch of Muse 100
The Bolingbrook, Illinois-based cosmetics retailer has unveiled the Muse 100, an initiative that recognizes and awards grants to 100 trailblazing Black voices working in different fields of the beauty industry.
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LFW: Simone Rocha, Roksanda, Paul & Joe and Osman
London Fashion Week’s final day of major shows on Monday was the latest tour around the capital, from outdoor Hyde Park art centre to East End church with stops in Mayfair, from gentleman’s club to concept restaurant.
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Shang Xia names Yang Li creative director, will show in Paris
The understated Chinese luxury label, bought by the Exor holding company at the end of 2020, has taken a more directional turn by naming young designer Yang Li as creative director, and will show in Paris on October 4.
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Jean-Marc Loubier returns to Delvaux as CEO
Jean-Marc Loubier has returned to Delvaux as CEO, re-joining the luxury Belgian bag-maker just three months after it was acquired by Richemont.
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Lids promotes Britten Maughan to role of president
The licensed sportswear retailer has announced the appointment of the executive, who first joined the company as SVP of marketing and partnerships in 2019, to the position of president.
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Matchesfashion names Paolo de Cesare CEO
Matchesfashion has named a new CEO, six months after the departure of its previous leader Ajay Kavan. The new chief executive is Paolo de Cesare, who had run Paris-based department store group Printemps until March 2020.
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