Hugo Boss CEO says wants to abandon luxury segment: Handelsblatt

October 25, 2016 By admin

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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Alexander McQueen to be played by rising UK actor Jack O’Connell

October 25, 2016 By publisher

One of the UK's hottest new young actors, Jack O'Connell has been tapped to play Alexander McQueen in an upcoming biopic. The recipient of BAFTA's Rising Star Award in 2015, O'Connell's credits include “'71”, “Starred Up”, “The Iron Lady”, “Belle” and “Lady in the Van”. The biopic about the legendary fashion designer will be directed by Andrew Haigh and the script written by playwright Chris Urch, which will be based on the biography “Blood Beneath the Skin” by Andrew Wilson, reports Deadline.

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Gigi Hadid turns footwear designer for Stuart Weitzman

October 25, 2016 By publisher

The supermodel has teamed up with luxury footwear brand Stuart Weitzman on the 'Gigi' — a metallic style described as a 'hiking bootie'. Hadid also stars in a short campaign film featuring the new design, shot by Hollywood star James Franco. Stuart Weitzman has pledged $105,000 to the organization, to build schools in Ghana, Guatemala and Laos.

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Jack O’Connell: 5 Things to Know About the Actor Playing Alexander McQueen

October 25, 2016 By creative

The English thespian has been tapped to play the late fashion designer in the Andrew Haigh-helmed biopic.

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Jack O’Connell to Play Alexander McQueen in Biopic

October 25, 2016 By creative

Andrew Haigh is set to direct the film about the late fashion icon, with principal photography to begin in January.

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Fashion brands ignore ‘endemic’ abuse of Syrian refugees in Turkey: watchdog

October 24, 2016 By admin

By Timothy Large LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Big fashion brands are failing to protect Syrian refugees from “endemic” abuse in Turkish clothing factories supplying European retailers, a monitoring group said on Tuesday. Child labor, pitiful pay and dangerous conditions are among the risks facing undocumented Syrian refugees working in Turkey’s garment industry, according to the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. The London-based charity surveyed 38 major brands with Turkish factories in their supply chains on steps they are taking to protect vulnerable refugee workers from exploitation.

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Man writes letter to editor about yoga pants; women take to the streets

October 24, 2016 By publisher

By Elly Park BARRINGTON, R.I. (Reuters) – A male reader who sent a letter to a small Rhode Island newspaper criticizing women who wear yoga pants in public found that snug-fitting pants were the least of his problems as hundreds of people picketed his home and thousands rebuked him on social media. Alan Sorrentino, 63, in a letter to the Barrington Times – a newspaper which says it has a print circulation of 5,000 – described yoga pants as “stinky, tacky, ridiculous looking.” “They do nothing to compliment a woman over 20 years old,” he wrote in the letter, which was published on Wednesday. Sorrentino told a Providence radio station, WPRO, that he had received death threats, and he compared the threats to those he had received in the past as an openly gay man.

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Victoria’s Secret takes ‘Angels’ show to home of lingerie

October 24, 2016 By admin

US lingerie giant Victoria's Secret said Monday it will hold its next “Angels” show in Paris, the city that invented the concept. It will be the first time the much-hyped annual lingerie show, which often features big name singers such as Rihanna, Taylor Swift or Justin Timberlake as well as the brand's stable of underwear models, will be held in the French capital. The label said Brazilian models Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio, their American counterparts Lily Aldridge and Jasmine Tookes will walk the runway alongside Swede Elsa Hosk and Denmark's Josephine Skriver.

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Designer duo go at French fashion label Carven

October 24, 2016 By admin

French fashion label Carven parted company Monday with the duo of young designers who took over at the helm just 18 months ago. Alexis Martial and Adrien Caillaudaud left “by mutual agreement”, the Paris house said in a brief statement only weeks after their latest spring-summer show. Carven — one of French fashion's success stories of recent years — said it would announce the appointment of a new artistic director later.

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Raf Simons has a new American dream

October 24, 2016 By creative

The Belgian designer announced plans last week to show his Fall/Winter 2017 men's collection at New York Fashion Week: Men's next February, making it the brand's debut on the city's catwalks. “Raf is one of the most influential designers on the international fashion stage,” said Steven Kolb, President and CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Perhaps Simons is taking a more US-focused approach to fashion following his appointment as chief creative officer at one of the country's most renowned fashion houses, Calvin Klein, which was announced in August.

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