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Hugo Boss and Vera Wang are skipping Fashion Week in New York next February in a sign of the upheaval rippling through the industry. In a presentation to investors, the Hugo Boss group explained it wants to concentrate more on its men's ready-to-wear clothes. The fashion house will take part in late January in the menswear fashion show that precedes Fashion Week for women's wear.
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Hugo Boss, Vera Wang to skip NY Fashion Week
The US designer has been revealed as the recipient of the event's ‘Outstanding Achievement' award, WWD reports. The British Fashion Council, hosting the event, allegedly selected the fashion mogul for the creative vision and business flair displayed over the course of the 77-year-old's lengthy career. Lauren will be presented with the honor at the awards ceremony on December 5 in London, alongside the winners of nine additional categories and a series of special recognition prizes.
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Ralph Lauren wins British Fashion Council’s ‘Outstanding Achievement’ accolade
Miami (AFP) – Sometimes, there is such a thing as being too popular, Tommy Hilfiger says, explaining that after his label's crazy romp in the 1990s, he had to reinvent the brand.
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Tommy Hilfiger says you can be too popular
Vera Wang is skipping New York Fashion Week next season and will be debuting her Autumn/Winter 2017 collection via film instead.
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There's no doubt which side the fashion world supported during the US presidential campaign. For years, First Lady Michelle Obama and Democrats' vanquished presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been favorites with fashion designers who dressed them in clothes aimed at evoking their values.
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French fashion designer refuses to dress Melania Trump
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
The figure-hugging gown Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade President John F.Kennedy for his 45th birthday smashed its guide price to sell for $4.8 million at auction on Thursday. The flesh-colored dress, adorned with 2,500 hand-stitched crystals, had been expected to fetch between $2-3 million, Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills said. The dress was so tight on Monroe that the legendary actress wore nothing underneath and had to be sewn into it at the last minute before stepping on stage at Madison Square Garden in 1962 to sing to JFK in her trademark sultry voice, according to the auction house.
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Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’ Gown Sold for $4.8 Million
Central Saint Martins graduate Richard Quinn has been awarded the H&M Design Award for 2017, it was announced on Wednesday in London. As winner of the high-street fashion retailer's prestigious award, Quinn will win €50,000, a year mentorship with H&M, and the chance to develop some of his pieces to be sold in selected H&M stores in fall 2017. The London-born 26-year-old womenswear designer prints all of his own fabrics using ethical processes and has plans to open a print studio in London that would serve as a creative hub for young designers.
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Richard Quinn wins H&M Design Award
Michael Kors is making his mark on Asia with a new flagship store in Singapore's Mandarin Gallery, and a new accessories collection to match. The store holds the dual honor of being the US fashion brand's largest in Southeast Asia, as well as the first freestanding store in the region to carry the label's menswear collection.
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Michael Kors unveils Singapore-themed accessories to mark new flagship store
