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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Fashion Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami The exhibition celebrates McQueen's dark imagination: gothic Victoriana, dresses tufted with blood-red feathers, decorated with dying flowers or rattling with clamshells, horns appear as protuberances from the shoulders, or platform shoes like organic growths. However disturbing the...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami' Clearly, Newbold is hugely positive about our British fashion industry and ever enthused by the challenges of developing Pure. Although he would like to see 'more manufacturing in the UK,' he is proud to be part of an industry with so much heritage and a braver, quirkier appeal that...

Luxottica & Burbery:Luxury hits back Apparel Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles,German fashion house Hugo Boss followed luxury peers LVMH and Burberry with a jump in sales and profits for the start of 2011 as Asian demand for European luxury labels continues unabated. Luxottica also posted strong profits on Thursday. Hugo Boss forecast 2011 sales up at least 12 percent...

Farming fashion: 100% designed by nature Fashion Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, For instance, is the perception of beauty man-made or is there natural beauty in fashion? To find out, an Italian designer and an organic farmer came up with the idea of growing shirts, having nature design fashion. After a two year period of growths in the hills of Umbria, near the Tuscan...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami Big mover of the session was athletic shoes and apparel maker Nike, which was rising 5% to $85.37 early on Tuesday as its fourth quarter profit increased 14% from the previous year, as higher North American sales helped to offset a rise in expenses. Both earnings per share and revenue were...

Tommy Hilfiger bejewels Apparel Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami Besides five fashion groups for women, Tommy Hilfiger is also introducing a range of cufflinks for men at 49 Euros. For 25 years Tommy Hilfiger offers American apparel and accessories. Hilfiger's career started in 1969 as a student, after which he developed into an honoured designer...

French Connection expands Fashion Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami The move into the markets is supported with a new interior design concept by the global fashion brand. In time for the spring season, French Connection launched its Moscow and St Petersburg stores featuring the women's collections. Both stores have raw steel walls, bespoke floor to ceiling...

The 'Kate Middleton effect' on fashion Fashion Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, And it's given the heritage based tradition some oomph with young talent such as Piers Atkinson, Noel Stewart, Little Shilpa now elevated into high fashion's stratosphere. Middleton's come a long way from the old cashmere cardies and long skirts she favoured and looks set to be a long...

Fash 2012 Apparel Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, MiamiFash 2012 Creative platform Nineteen 74 is looking for Europe's most talented fashion design students from their second year. Fash 2012 is one of the most respected European fashion awards among fashion design students due to its professional direction. An international jury will select a...

Armani charity sport Apparel Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, MiamiArmani charity sport Fashion designer Giorgio Armani has shown a particular interest in the Milan basketball team, and is now co-owner of the team Olympia Armani Jeans. The designer sponsors the team with 42 million Euros (37 million GBP). Intercepted in 1936, the basketball team has taken...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami For next season, it is up to Italian fashion label Versace to wow young fashionista's. The collection inspired by the heritage of Versace will include ranges for women, men and for the first time selected pieces for the homeware collection. Founded in 1978 by Gianni Versace, the iconic brand...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, MiamiLike Louise Vuitton and Prada, luxury fashion house Hermès loves a bit of art association. At the company's concept store in Brussels, Hermès has an art piece on display by French artist Lionel Estève. 'There are no Circles' takes up a square space in the Hermès store featuring a dynamic...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami According to a Reuters report, the yoga apparel retailer expects sales to hit $1 billion in fiscal 2012. The company did $712 million in revenue in fiscal 2011. Analysts from Zacks Investment Research reminded how one week ago, Gap Inc was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Cowen and...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami IN Sweden, second quarter results from fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) were a mixed canvas. Group sales, including value added tax (VAT), and increased by 12% year-on-year in local currencies, with like-for-like sales up 2%. Sales excluding VAT grew to SKr.27,632m from SKr.27,033m in...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami5% drop Thursday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 2.2%—investors appear to be growing more selective about their IPO investments.

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami Everything from fire retardant t-shirts to embroidered wedding dresses are available, at extremely low prices, in comparison to UK apparel costs. The site further offers a business to business portal, whereby un-branded goods, such as crew-neck t-shirts, can be bought for as little as USD1.50...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, MiamiInternationally acclaimed fashion designer, Donna Karan, is implementing a new merchandise, store and assortment planning software solution. In a bid to 'optimize store level assortments for high profile clientele,' the QuickAssortment will enable the retailer to create store assortments that...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami This shows how lower fuel prices could bring some respite to apparel companies like Abercombie & Fitch, Urban Outfitters, American Eagle, GAP and Aeropostale, some of which, have lowered their Q2 targets due to declining sales and lower consumer confidence, reminded Trefis' analysts in their...

Gap´s quarter 23% profit fall Apparel Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami "There is some fashion in the stores, but the overall look and feel is relatively basic," said Howard Tubin, a retail analyst at RBC Capital Markets to Los Angeles Times. "I don't think the merchandise assortment has stood out from the crowd." As oppose to Gap, specialty retailer Cato Corp....

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, MiamiCarter's, the largest branded marketer in the US of infant apparel, reported Wednesday that it has acquired Toronto-based children's clothing and accessory company Bonnie Togs in a deal valued at up to $98 million, aimed to expand in international markets. "The acquisition of Bonnie Togs is...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami Gap's fashion choices have been criticized for being too similar to a number of other specialty apparel chains, according to analysts from Chicago-based Morningstar. That is particularly troubling since the U.S. market has seen the proliferation of fast-fashion retailers, including Zara, H&M...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, MiamiAs the patron of the 'Designer for Tomorrow' Award by Peek&Cloppenburg, Marc Jacobs supports the awards show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin. German fashion house Peek&Cloppenburg has hosted the fashion talent award 'Designer for Tomorrow' since 2009. If offers a platform for...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami They are according to The Business of Fashion, who recently commented that commercial content for fashion brands is the new editorial. Jeremy Langmead, former editor of Esquire, is now at online retailer Mr. Porter, the brother site of Net-a-porter.com. Andrea Linett, formerly of America's...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami Among the movers of the British index was the sports retailer Sports Direct International PLC that Wednesday bought 80% stakes in both USC, a youth-focused fashion business, and Cruise, an independent luxury retailer, for a total of GBP7.0 million. Marks Spencer benefited from being upgraded...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami Big news was Next, which has sold its contact center business Venture to Capita Group for £65 million. Ventura has around 8,000 employees, mainly in Yorkshire, Cardiff, Milton Keynes and Pune, India, who will transfer to Capita. The retailer closed up by 1.11%. Still in British soil, Ted...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami While the fashion world may be divided on Galliano's abrupt firing, of his absence critics agreed the show lacked polish, restraint, and clear vision. Bill Gaytten, Galliano's right-hand man who was recently appointed head designer of the John Galliano label, oversaw this couture collection...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, MiamiListed apparel companies have seen their joint market value to go up by 32% over the past 12 months. This growth beats that of general indices like DOW Jones, FTSE, Nikkei and most others. The international fashion industry benchmark started trading at 1,000 exactly one year ago and closed at...

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami Hosted for the second time, the Awards ceremony awards inspiring and innovative fashion contributors. The Global Fashion Awards by WGSN will take place at Gotham Hall in New York on 20th October. The event is a call for the international fashion industry to recognize high-level achievement....

Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, MiamiOrganic travel bag brand Millican appointed Rob Winson as its new Business Development Manager. Launched in 2009, by ex-Kangol MD Jorrit Jorritsma and based in the English Lake District National Park, Millican creates travel and outdoor bags and launches a new line during Bread &...

Mango blogosphere project Apparel Fashion News Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami Seven international bloggers are asked to demonstrate their styling skills at the 'Mango loves fashion bloggers' initiative. The blogosphere project is divided into two stages. The first is taking place on 23rd March at the El Hangar-Design Center, here bloggers are asked to create two looks...