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The year was off to a dramatic start with the announcement in March that Paris designer Bouchra Jarrar had been named the new artistic director of Lanvin. Jarrar replaced Alber Elbaz, who had left the luxury fashion label under a cloud of controversy the previous October. YSL revealed in April that ex-Versus Versace creative director Anthony Vaccarello would be filling the position vacated by Hedi Slimane.
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The business publication Luxury Daily has announced the winners of its annual awards for Luxury Marketer of the Year, Luxury Retailer of the Year, Luxury Publisher of the Year and Luxury Researcher of the Year.
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Gucci, Net-A-Porter and Vogue among winners of Luxury Daily Awards 2016
City-hopping is also hot right now, and the Fall 2017 menswear circuit will feature multiple calendar changes, such as Moschino taking to Milan to unveil its menswear collection for the first time during Jeremy Scott's tenure as creative director for the luxury Italian house, on January 14. The brand will use the opportunity to reveal its women's pre-fall collection on the same day. Meanwhile WWD reports that US brand Coach, which has shown for the last three seasons at London Collections: Men, is opting out this year and heading back to New York for a special show on December 8, which will simultaneously debut the brand's 2017 collection and honor its 75th anniversary and new Fifth Avenue store.
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All change for menswear this January
Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed Guillaume Meilland as its new men's ready-to-wear design director. Meilland was previously Lanvin's senior designer of newswear, reports Luxury Daily, a role he assumed in 2007.
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Ferragamo names Guillaume Meilland as men’s ready-to-wear design director
A day before Men's Fashion Week, Alberta Ferretti is set to show her pre-fall and Limited Edition collections in Milan. The show will be held on January 13, reports WWD, at Ferretti's showroom on Via Donizetti 48 in a historical palazzo.
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Alberta Ferretti to show pre-fall collection in Milan in January
Italian fashion entrepreneur Ciro Paone is set to be honored at the upcoming edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo. The founder of the luxury ready-to-wear and made-to-measure label Kiton will be the subject of a dedicated exhibition project, with fashion journalist Angelo Flaccavento at the helm as Artistic Director. “We at Pitti Immagine have always found Ciro Paone to be representative of friendliness, elegance, vision, and courage,” says Raffaello Napoleone, CEO of Pitti Immagine.
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Pitti Immagine Uomo honors Italian fashion legend Ciro Paone
Rihanna's sideline as a shoe designer is proving to be a runaway success, as she prepares to launch a new collection with Manolo Blahnik. The superstar has once again joined forces with the Spanish designer to come up with a trio of winter boots under the name 'Savage', WWD reports. 'Savage' is the sequel to Ri-Ri's debut 'Denim Desserts' collaboration with Manolo Blahnik, which launched back in May. The collection featured six different denim boots, sandals and pumps, each bearing embroidery and embellishment referencing the star's own multiple tattoos.
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Rihanna and Manolo Blahnik team up on winter shoe collection
German fashion house Hugo Boss is planning to abandon the luxury market and go back to is roots of selling premium men's clothing, its chief executive told Handelsblatt. “The effort to make in-roads in the luxury market didn't prove to be particularly helpful for our business,” Mark Langer was quoted as saying on Tuesday in his first interview since taking over at Hugo Boss. Former boss Claus-Dietrich Lahrs had taken the German label more upmarket as the luxury market boomed, opening more than 400 stores worldwide and putting a bigger focus on womenswear.
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Hugo Boss CEO says wants to abandon luxury segment: Handelsblatt
Chanel is staying home this year for its Metiers d'Art catwalk show, which will take place in the Ritz Paris. Creative Director Karl Lagerfeld chose the Ritz for its links to the house's famous founder, Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, who lived at the hotel for over 30 years, decorating the luxury apartment herself. Located in the French capital's prestigious Place Vendome, the Ritz re-opened its doors this summer after a four-year-long renovation period that saw the addition of a new 'terrasse' and the reduction of rooms from 159 to 142 for a more spacious guest experience.
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Chanel to show Metiers d’Art collection in the Ritz, Paris
In 2015 and 2016, the fashion world appeared to be playing a game of musical chairs, ushering in radical changes and a variety of new perspectives for the major labels concerned. The first collections of some of these new designers will be presented in the course of the 2017 spring-summer shows to be held in Paris this September and October. Newly appointed as creative director for Dior, the Italian designer will present her first collection for the luxury brand on September 30.
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