Month: February 2020

The Valentino Le Blanc Project Unveiled in Milan

COLOR ME WHITE: “The white shirt is the most democratic and most universal, but it can also be the most individual” garment, according to Pier Paolo Piccioli, who unveiled the Valentino Le Blanc project in Milan at the brand’s boutique on Via Montenapoleone during Fashion Week. For Spring 2020, Piccioli presented a study of the […]

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Valextra Launches Collective Project

ALL TOGETHER NOW: For the first time, Valextra will present in Milan today a number of its storied handbags revisited by Sunnei, Plan C by Carolina Castiglioni, Arthur Arbesser, La DoubleJ by J.J. Martin and Massimo Alba. “I’ve always believed that unity is strength,” said Valextra’s chief executive officer Sara Ferrero during a preview at […]

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FIT’s Joyce Brown Takes Several Steps to Deal with Fallout of MFA Fashion Show

Joyce F. Brown, president of Fashion Institute of Technology, released a new statement Friday evening to the FIT community updating the steps the college has taken and continues to take in response to the fallout of the MFA Fashion show on Feb. 7. As reported, during that show, model Amy Lefevre refused to wear accessories […]

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Michael Bloomberg Offers to Release Female Staffers from NDAs

Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg appears to have had a change of heart since Wednesday’s Democratic debate. When grilled Wednesday night on media giant Bloomberg’s use of nondisclosure agreements by other candidates, especially Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the billionaire was defensive and vague about numbers. But that changed Friday afternoon, with him revealing that he asked company […]

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Neri Oxman, From MIT to MoMA

One to three days: that’s how long it takes a silkworm to produce its one kilometer of silk. The silk pavilion on display in the ground-floor gallery at MoMA took the work of 17,000 silkworms — in collaboration with a robotic arm, and a team of researchers at MIT. The hyperboloid-shaped pavilion is larger than […]

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Unilever Employees in Italy Isolated Due to Coronavirus

MILAN — As the coronavirus continues to make headlines globally, on Friday the health crisis got even bigger attention in Italy as six new cases were identified in Codogno, a town a one-hour drive from Milan. A 38-year-old man and his pregnant wife are the most worrying cases, with the former currently hospitalized in intensive care. […]

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Condé Nast to End NDAs, But Union Says That’s Not Enough

Condé Nast is ending nondisclosure agreements, or NDAs, for harassment and discrimination. In a company-wide note, new chief people officer Stan Duncan announced that the media company, which owns The New Yorker, Vogue and GQ, will no longer enter into NDAs “that prevent an employee from making a disclosure of conduct they were subjected to that […]

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Lululemon’s China Stores Respond to Coronavirus Outbreak

Lululemon is tweaking its China operations in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.  The athleticwear brand issued an update on Friday saying that most of its 38 stores in China have been closed since Feb. 3, but that some of the units are “now operating on a reduced schedule.”  Representatives for Lululemon could not immediately […]

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Shoppers Seen Buying More Online Amid Virus Woes, Further Straining Last Mile Delivery

As disruptions caused by the coronavirus are now being acknowledged by retailers and brands, industry observers and analysts expect shoppers to spend less time in stores and more time buying items online — which will further strain an inefficient retail supply chain, especially the critical last mile. But technology providers said there are solutions and […]

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Giorgio Armani Speaks Up

HEAR ME OUT: Giorgio Armani had a bone to pick on Friday after his Emporio Armani show. “I am tired of hearing about trends. They are nothing. I want to improve the woman who lives now. There’s all this musing about the past as a trend, but I don’t agree with it at all,” said […]

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