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Original McQueen collaborator presents brand at Atelier Jolie
Freshly returned to his San Francisco home after completing a residency in Atelier Jolie, the new NYC-headquartered fashion enterprise promoting artisanal craft founded by Angelina Jolie, Simon Ungless is hard at work creating garments for his upcoming show during El Paseo Fashion Week. In 2020 he founded his passion project, When Simon Met...
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Why scent marketing in fashion stores leaves you wanting more
A subtle fresh scent that makes customers linger in a fashion store longer or strange food or even sweat odours in the store? A choice that’s quite easily made, you might say. The effect of scent, in general but also in retail, is often underestimated, yet it has a powerful impact. That's why FashionUnited speaks with Transduce about the...
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New York Fashion Week gets ready to welcome us into its shiny new home
Fashion thrives on change and this New York Fashion Week which starts on Thursday, February 8 and runs until Wednesday, February 14, will see newness regardless of what designers reveal on the runway: A fresh new residence. And it has been as divisive as any other major shift in fashion. The upcoming shows will be held for the first time in...
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La Perla manufacturing arm declared insolvent
There continues to be rumblings surrounding lingerie brand La Perla. The Bologna court has declared La Perla Manufacturing Srl insolvent, several Italian media outlets have reported. This branch of the La Perla Group is responsible for manufacturing the brand. The branch is now in receivership. So it is not (yet) about the entire company behind...
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LA brand Outerknown partners with Joe’s Blackbook on student scholarship award
Sustainable apparel brand Outerknown has partnered with Joe's Blackbook on a scholarship opportunity for juniors at a handful of the top U.S. design schools. The brief is to redesign Outerknown's signature item, the Blanket shirt, in a genderless silhouette using its signature twill weave. The winner will receive a 10,000 dollar scholarship and...
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JD Sports pulls support for Dutch retail group leading to bankruptcy
Sports Unlimited Retail had been making losses for several years, according to the trustee's first bankruptcy report. The losses were always compensated by UK parent company JD Sports Fashion Plc, but when it decided to stop doing so in November 2023, Sports Unlimited Retail filed for its own bankruptcy. Sports Unlimited Retail is the parent...
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Rapidly growing luxury fashion storage company treats garments like fine art
As designers prepare to present their fall 24 collections next month and the days become longer making us anticipate swapping out our winter woolies for spring weights, those of us living in city apartments might wish that our closet space was a little more accommodating. Or how many times do we open up boxes that we thought were well-sealed...
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Thom Browne allowed to use three-colour stripes despite protest from Adidas
The battle of the stripes continues. Fashion brand Thom Browne has been looking to register its three-colour stripe as a trademark in the EU, but sports brand Adidas wanted to put a stop to it. However, the European Union's intellectual property office blocked Adidas' attempt, allowing Thom Browne to use the stripes, WWD reported. The reasoning...
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The evergreens from Christine Boland's SS25 forecast: These trends are here to stay
While Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg were grappling with several days of sub-zero temperatures, attendees of Dutch trend forecaster Christine Boland’s SS25 webinar were immersed in a summer ambiance. Although the summer of 2025 is still a long way off, there's much to look forward to, as evident from the trend forecast. FashionUnited...
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Chinese platform Temu to allow European and American sellers
Chinese shopping marketplace Temu will soon allow both European and American sellers on the platform. Americans are welcome as of March 15, according to reports from various media outlets. Compared to Chinese sellers, the process will work slightly differently for sellers from Europe and the US. Where Chinese traders have to send items in bulk...
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