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Schiaparelli: Man Ray mode for 2021
A golden metallic ear, with its own rings in the form of tiny worms; grasped by a black model, whose hand is covered in four golden knot-sized rings. She is dressed in a hooded jumpsuit and treats the ear as a mobile.
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Hermès Live: One collection, two choreographers, three cities
Leave it to Hermès to dream up a happy marriage between technology, choreography and fashion – and the smoothest and safest live event in an otherwise almost entirely virtual Paris Fashion Week.
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Loewe and JW Anderson: Double-header box shows
No season in fashion since the pandemic hit is complete without the arrival of a show-in-a-box from Jonathan Anderson, both for his own house and for Loewe. Two boxes, one week apart, the second, from Loewe, on Friday.
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Stella McCartney losses widened pre-pandemic, says recovery will be "gradual"
Stella McCartney was hit hard by the pandemic last year but isn't worried about Brexit and is looking forward to a gradual bounce-back under its changed ownership structure.
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Renzo Rosso’s OTB acquires Jil Sander
It’s official. Only the Brave (OTB), the key company in the fashion empire of Renzo Rosso, has acquired Jil Sander, the Hamburg-born label known as the highest expression of minimalism in fashion.
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Coperni: Drive-in catwalk show inside the AccorArena
Finally, Paris Fashion Week had an actual live catwalk show. A drive-in runway event witnessed Thursday night by a few score of editors and influencers from inside Citroen DS7s and staged inside the AccorArena.
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Kate Spade creative director Nicola Glass to exit
Tapestry Inc fashion house Kate Spade New York said on Thursday its creative director, Nicola Glass, would leave in April, as it looks to reorganize its business.
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Hermès opens revamped Saint-Germain store
The house of Hermès has has opened its revamped flagship store in the Saint-Germain-des-Près quarter of Paris, in a significant recalibration of its product offer.
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Dover Street Market opens ‘Little Market’ in Paris
After opening its first store dedicated to perfume in the French capital in 2019, multi-brand retailer Dover Street Market opened a second address in Paris focused on young designers at 54 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
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Selfridges gears up for regional PR push as stores prepare to reopen
Selfridges has appointed a Manchester PR firm to handle publicity for its Birmingham branch as the company gets ready for its stores in England to reopen on April 12.
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Capri Holdings names new chief information officer
Capri Holdings announced on Tuesday the appointment of Alejandro Martinez-Galindo as chief information officer of the global fashion luxury group.
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Juergen Teller shoots Burberry SS21 campaign
Burberry has just launched its SS21 campaign and given that it was shot in line with social distancing restrictions, it's quite different from many of its previous creatives.
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Matchesfashion CEO is out, Chiquet steps up for now
Matchesfashion's CEO of just a year has stepped down with immediate effect. Ajay Kavan has left the firm and director Maureen Chiquet has taken on the role of executive chairwoman as the company looks for a new leader.
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Kering takes stake in Vestiaire Collective
If anybody needed confirmation of how important fashion resale has become, it came on Monday with the announcement by France’s Vestiaire Collective of a new €178m financing round backed by Kering, among others.
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Former JD Sports exec buys Thomas Pink brand
Failed upscale menswear retailer Pink Shirtmaker is set to make a return. The LVMH-owned brand, which went on the block before Christmas, has been bought by Nick Preston, a former JD Sports Fashion trading director.
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Selfridges sales were rising but pandemic meant huge challenges for retailer
Selfridges had already flagged the fact that its sales rose and its net profits fell in the year to February 2020, but it has now officially filed its annual results and the full extent of that performance can be seen.
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