Month: July 2016
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Jean Paul Gaultier has a new fashion collaboration in the pipeline
The French fashion icon is teaming up with Italian retail chain OVS on a new capsule collection for fall, WWD reports. The collection will comprise 60 pieces spanning ready-to-wear and accessories for both men and women, titled 'Jean Paul Gaultier for OVS'. It is the latest in a line of surprising collaborations for Gaultier, who…
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Georgia’s conservative Olympic outfit scorned by women’s rights activists
By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women's rights activists in Georgia have urged the country's Olympic Committee to pick a more liberal design for its female athletes, criticizing the official outfits for next month's opening ceremony at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games as archaic. Inspired by the national costume, the outfit has…
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See the first looks from the Kenzo x H&M collection
Think tiger-print jersey rollneck tops and matching high-waisted leggings, jacquard knitted tiger-sock boots and long black leather gloves with pink logo rubber print spelling out the words 'Kenzo' and 'Paris'. The looks are modeled by a new group of Kenzo x H&M ambassadors — a group of young creatives and activists that include Amy Sall,…
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Kanye West and Joan Smalls dance for Balmain
The rapper and designer has been unveiled as the star of the label's new fall campaign, alongside supermodel Joan Smalls. The house took to Instagram to announce the news, posting a black and white image of West and Smalls in a dramatic balletic pose. Smalls sports a pair of ruffled trousers and a cropped top,…
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Stars give their jeans to help refugees
Singers Elton John and Lily Allen have also handed over their denims to the American artist and designer Johny Dar to transform and then auction them off for the International Committee for Refugees (ICR). Within hours of the jeans going up on the online auction site Catawiki, someone had already bid 5,000 euros ($5,500) for…
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Taylor Hill is the new face of Topshop for Fall 2016
Model of the moment Taylor Hill has been unveiled as the face of high street giant Topshop's Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign. The US model was shot by photographer Giampaolo Sgura for the grungy campaign, set in New York. Styled by Topshop Creative Director Kate Phelan, Hill can be seen reclining in front of the city's skyline…
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LVMH selling Donna Karan brand to US group G-III Apparel
PARIS (AP) — French luxury giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is selling its Donna Karan and DKNY clothing brands to U.S. group G-III Apparel in a $650 million deal.
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Donna Karan heading back to NYC
French luxury group LVMH said Monday it had sold ready-to-wear group Donna Karan International to US clothing manufacturer G-III Apparel in a transaction that values the company at $650 million (592 million euros). The move will see ownership of the Donna Karan and DKNY brands return to New York where they were launched by the…