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Pronovias expands partnership with Marchesa for occasion wear

Spanish bridal house Pronovias is following up its successful affordable line of wedding dresses with Marchesa’s creative director Georgina Chapman with an exclusive occasion wear collection of red carpet looks. The debut Marchesa Notte for Pronovias collection represents the second collaboration with the New York-based brand within a year,...

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Marchesa staff looking to leave company

One of the biggest headline makers throughout the fashion industry over the past several weeks has been the state of Marchesa after co-founder Georgina Chapman's husband Harvey Weinstein has been unveiled as a serial sexual assaulter. The question of whether the Weinstein scandal will affect the Marchesa brand . Chapman has decided to leave...

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Spotlight on Weinstein Abuse Shifts to Fashion Industry

As the sordid layers of the Weinstein scandal are peeled back, truths about the fashion industry emerge. Until now both industries have operated behind a velvet curtain as they went about the glamorous business of creating illusions and objectifying women, but a new reality is creeping in. So far we’ve heard scarce comment from the major figures...

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Georgina Chapman from Marchesa to leave Weinstein following rape claims

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein faced claims Tuesday he raped an Italian film star and two other women, in a widening scandal that has drawn condemnation from across the film industry as well as America's liberal political elite. The women's allegations against the 65-year-old movie mogul were made in an bombshell expose published...

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Will The Weinstein Scandal Affect the Marchesa Brand?

New York - Georgina Chapman is a dress maker but not in any mundane sense of the word. She and her design partner Keren Craig under their label Marchesa make dresses that are almost not earthbound. Frothed with feathers, spun tulle, and beads these confections materialized over a decade ago on runways and the red carpet almost simultaneously...