Is Valentino poised to buy Balmain for 500 million euros?
By London – Is Italian fashion house Valentino set to acquire luxury label Balmain for 500 million euros? According to French newspaper, Les Echos, Valentino’s Qatari owners, Mayhoola for Investments, has made a preemptive bid for the French fashion house. The Qatari investment vehicle is said to have offered 500 million euros (569 million US dollars) […]
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Burberry launches first unified brand campaign
London – Burberry launched its first ad campaign since merging its three brands Prorsum, Brit and London under one Burberry label. The campaign – a celebration of British creativity – reunites Burberry’s favourite photographer Mario Testino alongside model Edie Campbell and actor Callum Turner, as well as introducing artist Edward Hall. Hall created portraits and […]
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Fashion Trend of the Year 2016 New Utility at the Fall/Winter 2016-17 Trade Shows
Back in December, Trendstop revealed New Utility as its Fashion Trend of the Year 2016. Characterised by a clean, contemporary take on utility aesthetics, this inspirational trend direction combines fashion with function to produce forward looks that are both practical and well-designed. Having first identified New Utility in early 2014 using their global trend innovator […]
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Keith Haring’s famous designs to be featured on Tom’s shoes
New York – Keith Haring’s famous works of art will be appearing somewhere fashionable and new: on Toms shoes. The shoe company has partnered with the Keith Haring foundation for their latest collaboration. Haring, a social activist and artist from the 80s, is famous for his graphic, bold graffiti paintings and murals. When he moved […]
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United Nude unveils debut accessories line ahead of lifestyle push
“It was Rem D Koolhaas idea from the beginning to create a lifestyle brand,” said IIaria Capriglione, communication specialist and social media manager for footwear brand United Nude to FashionUnited during its Spring/Summer 2016 presentation. Central to the brand’s presentation, which took place in United Nude’s flagship store/retail theatre on Spuistraat 125, in Amsterdam was […]
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Shop Direct boosts sales with relative size technology
Online etailer group Shop Direct has seen a boost in mobile sales after launching a new tech-based feature which lets customers virtual compare the size of an item they wish to purchase in relation to someone of their height and body shape or compare it to an item they own. The new service has helped […]
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Myer creates virtual reality department store
Australian retailer Myer in partnership with eBay has launched the world’s first virtual reality department store that enables consumers to explore and shop products merely by using their eyes. Using the eBay Sight Search app that works with virtual reality headsets like Samsung’s Gear VR and Google Cardboard, shoppers can browse and experience more than […]
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Björn Borg launches ‘nude’ collection for all skin tones
London – For the majority of fashion history, the word ‘nude’ was associated with light to medium skin tones, excluding darker skin colours in spite of 84 percent of the world’s population being a skin colour which is other. However, over the years a handful of brands, such as and have taken steps to expand […]
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Taiwan’s new leader Tsai faces fashion spotlight
Taiwan’s new president Tsai Ing-wen faced global scrutiny over her take on China relations as she was sworn in Friday — but the island’s first female leader was also under the spotlight for her dress sense. Like other high-profile women in politics, from German Chancellor Angela Merkel to prospective US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Tsai’s […]
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Rare oval diamond expected to fetch 35 million US dollars in Hong Kong sale
A 10.10 carat vivid blue diamond is expected to set the record for the most expensive piece of jewellery sold at auction in Asia despite an ongoing growth slowdown in China’s economy, Sotheby’s said Friday. The “De Beers Millennium Jewel 4” is expected to fetch between 30 million US dollars and 35 million US dollars […]
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