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Ralph Lauren nominates Microsoft North America president to board
Ralph Lauren Corporation named on Friday Deb Cupp, president of Microsoft North America, as a director for election at the company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
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Paris menswear Saturday: Intensity and nonchalance at Craig Green, Loewe and Hermès
Menswear’s two most defiantly artistic designers – Craig Green and Jonathan Anderson – began Saturday with two strikingly unique visions in Paris, before Hermès presented a salutary lesson in nonchalant chic.
Fashion
Cool T.M. and Rains make their mark at Paris Fashion Week
Rains designed a lineup suitable for next summer's warm weather featuring optimistic colors and cuts, while Cool T.M. stood out for its ironic street couture.
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Alexander McQueen suspends its McQ line
The brand owned by the Kering group is putting its youth line on hold, which may well be discontinued for good, due to changes in the market.
Luxury
Barbour partners with the National Trust for restoration programme
Luxury outerwear brand Barbour has linked up with the National Trust to work on “the clean-up and restoration work at Wallington, Cragside and Hadrian’s Wall in the North East of England, following Storm Arwen.
Luxury
Threadology gets funding injection as it scales up
London-based Threadology has secured a seven-figure loan from HSBC UK, as the formalwear supplier and retailer scales up operations as demand grows with weddings and formal events returning after restrictions ended.
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Spanish designers Victorio and Lucchino get own museum
Spanish fashion designers Victorio and Lucchino, who have dressed singers and aristocrats, on Thursday inaugurated a museum dedicated to their works in their southern home region of Andalusia.
Luxury
Paris Fashion Week opens with Egonlab, Taakk, Etudes
Paris Fashion Week Men's opened on Tuesday with interesting collections by Egonlab, Taakk and Etudes, giving a foretaste of what looks like an extremely promising programme.
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Walter Van Beirendonck, LGN, Y/Project: When fashion runs riot
On Wednesday, the three labels closed the second day of Paris Fashion Week Men's with panache, each broadcasting their message loudly and clearly.
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Ferragamo opens concept store in SoHo
Salvatore Ferragamo is set to open on Friday a concept store in SoHo designed to offer a new retail experience and creative hub.
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Louis Vuitton to open dedicated men’s store in Beverly Hills
On July 14, Louis Vuitton will open its newest freestanding store dedicated to the men’s universe on Rodeo Drive. Ready-to-wear, accessories, publishing, iconic trunks and Objets Nomades will be presented.
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Baby Dior pops up in Miami
Dior has inaugurated a new pop-up shop in the heart of the Miami Design District highlighting its Baby Dior collection.
Luxury
Yann Rivoallan appointed new president of the Fédération Française du Prêt-à-Porter Féminin
The co-founder of The Other Store, an e-commerce specialist for fashion brands, and most recently of training company Everywhere Anytime, was elected chairman on Thursday for a three-year term.
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AZ Factory opens triple Amigo pop-up in Marais
A triple-header at AZ Factory, where the brand unveiled the first looks by its three “amigos” inside a Marais pop-up, each of whom subtly channeled elements of founder Alber Elbaz’s oeuvre.
Luxury
Paris Menswear Thursday: Louis Vuitton and Rick Owens
Paris will always be a city of contrasting ideas. Like this Thursday, where luxury brand Louis Vuitton blended French romanticism with hip hop, as Californian-born Rick Owens sought inspiration from Ancient Egypt.
Luxury
Chanel presents its next Métiers d'Art collection in Dakar
The French luxury fashion house is back to traveling far and wide and will hold its next Métiers d'Art 2022/23 show in the Senegalese capital on December 6.
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