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Goose bumps and bruises as Victoria’s Secret models take to Paris catwalk
It took a fair bit of cheek — and not a little phlegm on a freezing Paris night — for the brash US lingerie brand Victoria's Secret to hold its first-ever fashion show in the city that invented sexy underwear. Lady Gaga — the star draw for the annual extragavanza famous for bringing kitschy Las…
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Bottega Veneta to combine men’s and womenswear shows
Luxury design house Bottega Veneta has announced that going forward it will combine its menswear and womenswear ready-to-wear shows reports British Vogue. The change is set to take place in February at the brand's Milan Fashion Week autumn/winter 2017 womenswear show. The news comes after many other design houses have decided to shake up their…
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All aboard! Adrien Brody drives festive express in H&M Holiday 2016 ad
Monday, November 28, the Swedish ready-to-wear giant unveiled its Holiday 2016 campaign, showcasing its festive collection for this year's end-of-year celebrations. American actor Adrien Brody takes the lead role in this short film directed by Wes Anderson. H&M has pulled out all the stops for its Holiday 2016 campaign, signing up a star actor and…
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Kaupthing to put UK’s Oasis and Warehouse up for sale – sources
By Dasha Afanasieva and Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) – Administrators for failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing are looking to sell off British high street retailers including Coast, Oasis and Warehouse which employ thousands of people, four sources familiar with the matter said. The bank was nationalised during Iceland's 2008-2011 financial crisis, with its domestic operations spun…
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British photographer David Hamilton dies in Paris -police source
British art photographer David Hamilton died in Paris on Friday at the age of 83 after committing suicide, a police source told Reuters. Hamilton, who was born in London but had lived much of his life in France, was found unresponsive in his Paris apartment by a neighbor who alerted emergency services, French radio station…
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Fashion player Federico Marchetti wins Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Yoox Net-a-Porter group's CEO Federico Marchetti has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2016 in Italy.
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Tokyo holds its first fashion show for Muslim women
TOKYO (Reuters) – Models wearing an array of colorful hijabs walked down a Tokyo catwalk on Tuesday in what organizers said was the first such fashion show for Muslim women in Japan. Floral patterns were among the designs adorning long robe garments and matching headscarves at Japan's first “Muslimah Fashion Show”, which is taking place…
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Hugo Boss, Vera Wang to skip NY Fashion Week
Hugo Boss and Vera Wang are skipping Fashion Week in New York next February in a sign of the upheaval rippling through the industry. In a presentation to investors, the Hugo Boss group explained it wants to concentrate more on its men's ready-to-wear clothes. The fashion house will take part in late January in the…
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Ferragamo names Guillaume Meilland as men’s ready-to-wear design director
Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed Guillaume Meilland as its new men's ready-to-wear design director. Meilland was previously Lanvin's senior designer of newswear, reports Luxury Daily, a role he assumed in 2007.