Tag: year
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Latin America rings in new year with colorful undies
“The yellow underwear is for love, luck, money and so that this year will go well for everyone,” says Gladys Leal, a saleswoman at a lingerie stand in Santiago's Meiggs neighborhood. Yellow is seen in Latin America as a symbol of the sun, an eternal light, he says.
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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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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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Dior to honor its famous designers with new book collection
The House of Dior is celebrating its 70th anniversary by honoring each of its designers throughout history with a series of reference books. Gianfranco Ferré, who became the first Italian to head up the house in 1989, and John Galliano, who took up the role in 1996 but was dismissed amidst controversy over alleged anti-Semitic…
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Benetton to launch new ‘Made In Italy’ fashion line
Global fashion brand Benetton is on track to launch a new “Made in Italy” line layer this year, in a bid to bring the company back to its roots and “refocus on its main expertise”. The collection, to be made in Treviso and titled “TV 31100” in a nod to the city's postal code, is…
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Can Shaholly Ayers change the way we view disability at New York Fashion Week?
The first model ever to take to the runway without a prosthetic returns to NYFW on Thursday as brand ambassador for Global Disability Inclusion (GDI). This year will mark the fifth in succession that GDI has partnered with FTL Moda to create a show where models with disabilities take to the runway to show that…
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Katy Perry becomes the latest pop star to launch her own shoe collection
The pop star is set to launch a new shoe collection in collaboration with Global Brands Group, WWD reports. Titled 'Katy Perry Footwear', the line will feature everything from sneakers to stilettoes, with sketches hinting at a collection splashed with the star's signature love of colorful, glitzy, cartoonish embellishment.