Day: October 20, 2019

Gucci to Return to Men’s Fashion Week

MILAN — Milan Fashion Week Men’s is three months away, but it’s getting an unexpected boost, courtesy of Gucci. The Italian fashion brand will be returning to the January edition with a men’s wear show to be held on Jan. 14, after deciding to go coed in 2017. That would be the last day of […]

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Jackson Wiederhoeft Debuts Namesake Label Through Ballet Performance

On Tuesday evening, young designer Jackson Wiederhoeft unveiled his namesake brand “Wiederhoeft” at a theatrical ballet performance-cum-fashion-show for his spring 2020 collection titled, “Spooky Couture.” The collection marks the designer’s first on his own, having recently left a three-year design position at Thom Browne following his graduation from Parsons School of Design in 2016, where […]

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Barneys, Full of Yearning, Looks to Its Next Life

Barneys New York, flanked by lawyers and financial advisers for months as it tangled with landlords, vendors and investors, is showing a more vulnerable side. The retailer has found in Authentic Brands Group a prospective buyer that would scoop up its web site and brand name — and potentially keep some stores after liquidating the […]

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The North Face’s Tim Hamilton on Blending Performance and Lifestyle

It’s been a busy two years for Tim Hamilton since he joined The North Face as global creative director in October 2017. He’s quietly been assembling a team, poring through the brand’s archives for inspiration and applying what he’s learned to put a fresh stamp on all aspects of the product line. On Thursday night […]

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Montreal a Front-runner in Sustainability Movement

Starting with efforts to mitigate single-use plastics, (and with the country already intending to ban it), the city of Montreal plans to ban the discarding of food and textile waste. Montreal signed C40’s Advancing Towards Zero Waste Declaration last year ahead of the global climate action summit, which included 23 signatories, (including Copenhagen, Dubai, London, […]

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