Tag: global
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Down syndrome ‘Be Beautiful’ fashion show raises $2.1 million
(Reuters) – Movie stars Jamie Foxx, Hilary Swank and Queen Latifah were among celebrities sharing the catwalk with models with Down syndrome for a fundraiser that brought in $2.1 million for research and medical care. Foxx, whose sister DeOndra Dixon has Down syndrome, said the aim of the “Be Beautiful, Be Yourself” fashion show in…
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New York Fashion Week kicks off in flux
New York officially kicks off the global spring/summer 2017 fashion merry-go-round Thursday, but one thing's clear: fashion week is over as we know it. The biannual event is a calendar staple in a city home to a $98 billion fashion industry, headquarters to 900 fashion companies and which generates huge turnover even if Paris and…
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Swimming – Speedo, Ralph Lauren drop Lochte after Rio scandal
– Embattled star Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte lost two major endorsement deals following his false claim he had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio, with Speedo and Ralph Lauren pulling the plug. Both the global swimwear brand and the US fashion label said they were ending their relationships with the 32-year-old Lochte as his actions…
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Struggling Ralph Lauren Tries to Fashion a Comeback
When he sat down for dinner at Sette Mezzo on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Ralph Lauren had been deliberating for months over what to do about his faltering business. The market value of Ralph Lauren Corp. now hovers around $8 billion, down from $16 billion three years ago. Stefan Larsson was in some ways an…
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Jason Wu invents Pantone shade ahead of release of new fashion line ‘Grey Jason Wu’
Jason Wu has teamed up with the global color authority Pantone on a custom shade of grey for the launch of his new fashion line. The designer has unveiled his own shade of the color ahead of the launch of his mainline label's sister brand 'Grey Jason Wu' this June. According to the New York-based…
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The World’s Largest Apparel Companies 2016: Christian Dior, Nike And Inditex Top The List
Apparel names like Coach, Burberry and Hermes cracked the ranks of the 2016 Global 2000 — but it’s Christian Dior, Nike and Inditex that lead the pack.
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Hong Kong brings east meets west to NY Fashion Week
Three leading Hong Kong designers sent a riot of color and tailoring down the New York runway in a push to broaden their US client base and put the tiny territory more firmly on the global fashion map. The catwalk show at Moynihan Station, one block from Madison Square Garden, followed by a pop-up showroom…
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H&M announces Global Change Award voting results
H&M has announced the prize allocation from its Global Change Award. It is the first year for the awards, which aim to recognize innovative ideas that will improve sustainability in fashion.
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H&M Global Change Award winners include algae fiber, marketplace for extra textiles
H&M has announced the five winners of its first ever Global Change Award. The ideas include the “polyester digester,” a device that uses microbes to recycle waste polyester textile, “growing textile fiber under water,” which uses algae to make renewable textiles, and “making waste cotton new,” which uses an environmentally friendly solvent to dissolve cotton…