Fashion

Stan Smith Mylo, the first sneaker made from mushroom mycelium

DesignerStella McCartney, yoga label Lululemon, and luxury group Kering already rely on Mylo, the mushroom-based leather alternative. Now sporting giant Adidas is looking to tap into the plant-based material. Made from mycelium, the underground roots of mushrooms, Adidas elevates the Stan Smith silhouette by creating a sustainable renewable...

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Business

Luxury fashion M&A reactivates in 2021 with five deals in March

While it has taken a few months to take off, major investments, merges and acquisitions within the fashion and luxury industry seem to have started to flourish in 2021. From divestments to major acquisitions, these are the five deals that have the industry talking: Dondup, OAMC, Louboutin, Jil Sander and Vestiaire Collection. Confirming the...

17 hours ago

Fashion

Pronovias adds Vera Wang to portfolio as it increases luxury offering

Designer Vera Wang has signed a 10-year licensing deal with Barcelona-based Pronovias Group to manufacture, distribute and market Vera Wang Bride in its global fleet of stores and wholesale accounts from October. The deal with Pronovias will give Wang the chance to broaden her bridal audience worldwide while allowing the bridal group to solidify...

21 hours ago

Fashion |In Pictures

First look: Gucci collaborates with Balenciaga

The fashion rumour mill was in overdrive this week with the suggestion that Gucci was collaborating with Balenciaga, which would mark a new era in high fashion tie-ups, well the rumours are true. Balenciaga’s silhouettes have been given the Gucci treatment - think logos, crystal embellishments and branded necklaces. Gucci and Balenciaga branding...

1 day ago

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Tapestry names Todd Kahn as permanent CEO and president of Coach

New-York based luxury fashion group Tapestry has named Todd Kahn as the new permanent CEO and president of Coach. Kahn joined the company as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary in January 2008 and has held a number of leadership roles within the organization since then. He has been interim CEO and brand president of Coach since...

Apr. 15, 2021

Fashion |Interview

A day at a trend forecasting agency: Peclers Paris unveils what goes on behind the scenes

Elisabeth Prat has been working as a forecaster at trend consulting agency Peclers Paris for the last 37 years. As the person responsible for trend forecasting, today she is at the core of the developments in a profession where the order of the day has been disrupted by the Covid-crisis. To help predict what the future trends will look like,...

Apr. 15, 2021

Business

Canada Goose announces new sustainability goals

Luxury outerwear brand Canada Goose is adapting to a sustainable future, as it commits to using recycled and organic materials and sustainable packaging, alongside naming world-renowned science educator Bill Nye aka ‘The Science Guy’ as its sustainability advisor. The announcement was revealed alongside the company’s second annual sustainability...

Apr. 15, 2021

Business

Fashion's digital reckoning: one year on

When Tommy Hilfiger introduced a fully digital showroom back in 2015, little did parent company PVH know it would spell the future of wholesale. While offering a seamless interface of selling tools, a novel touchscreen where buyers can merchandise collections without requiring to see samples, it hadn’t banked on the notion that one day those...

Apr. 15, 2021

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More than 1,000 euros: Clean Clothes Campaign calculates living wage for Eastern Europe

Every fourth garment sold in a major European market like Germany comes from a textile factory in Eastern or Southeastern Europe. But there, the seamstresses who make clothes for the big fashion brands only get poverty wages - sometimes less than their colleagues in the Far East. Together with local textile workers, the Clean Clothes Campaign...

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Fashion

Asics saves 25,000 t-shirts from landfills to create recycled sneakers

Japanese sporting brand Asics announced the release of its most environmentally sustainable footwear collection to date that uses five tons of recycled textile waste equivalent to 25,000 t-shirts to create new shoes. The Earth Day Pack collection was created using a circular manufacturing approach that was able to keep textile waste from...

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Fashion

European countries show: Prospects for trade fair admission are possible

AUMA: Reopening of German exhibitions could begin with model projects at regional level The exhibition industry in Europe is starting to get off the ground or at least gaining opening prospects, for example in Spain, Great Britain and the Netherlands - but not in Germany. In Spain, a first national trade fair has taken place in Madrid under...

1 day ago

Fashion

Frame Denim launches virtual shopping

American fashion brand Frame, best known for its denim, has partnered with virtual shopping platform Hero to launch virtual shopping for customers online. According to the brand, the new virtual service has grown Frame’s average order values by 61 percent. Customers can chat and have live video consultations with Frame stylists. Stylists are...

Apr. 15, 2021