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Ebay's Circular Fashion Fund to return for a second year

Ebay UK has announced that its 100,000-pound Circular Fashion Fund, in partnership with the British Fashion Council (BFC), is returning for a second year following its success in 2022, which crowned on-demand tailoring service The Seam as the grand prize winner. The Circular Fashion Fund is available for small businesses, innovative tech...

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Modo Group acquires eyewear brand Italia Independent

Modo Group has acquired eyewear label Italia Independent for an undisclosed sum. The group, which produces and distributes the Modo and Eco brands, and which has been in the independent eyewear industry since 1990, said its know-how will be a “key factor” in the new direction of the Italian brand, which was founded by Lapo Elkann. “I have always...

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Target circle week October 1-7, to hire 100,000 seasonal workers

Target is offering a full week of savings during Target Circle Week, which will be running from October 1 to 7. Ahead of the upcoming holiday shopping season, the retailer also plans to hire nearly 100,000 seasonal team members. Also starting October 1, Deal of the Day program returns with deep daily discounts exclusively for Target Circle...

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FIT and Parsons MFA runways during NYFW represent two diverging paths of study

On successive days during NYFW the two major New York City fashion schools presented their MFA student collections on the official schedule, and were the only schools to do so. Unveiling their graduate collections were fourteen designers from the Fashion Institute of Technology, a public institution and part of the State University of New York,...

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Dior's longest-running designer Marc Bohan dies at 97

Fashion designer Marc Bohan, who was artistic director of Dior for an unprecedented three decades, has died, the luxury brand said Friday. Bohan, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 97, was one of the quieter members of the fashion fraternity, in stark contrast to successors like John Galliano. But he was a master of the trade who managed...

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Will this New York Fashion Week signal the end of the body positivity movement?

On the morning of my scheduled Zoom conversation with Lauren Downing Peters whose book Fashion Before Plus-Size; Bodies, Bias and the Birth of an Industry, has just been released, an email arrives in my inbox on how internet searches for Margot Robbie's diet exploded following the debut of Barbie. It seems appropriate as the topic of women’s...

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Fashionette H1 earning improve, raises outlook

Fashionette AG achieved operating earnings (adjusted EBITDA) increase to 1.5 million euros in the first six months of 2023. The company said in a release that operating cash flow improved from negative 7.1 million euros to negative 3.8 million euros. In light of the effects of the cost-cutting and efficiency program, Fashionette raised its...

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Harrods continues pandemic recovery as sales, profits jump

Harrods has reported a jump in profit and turnover in its most recent annual trading update as shoppers continue to flock back to physical stores following the end of lockdowns. The British department store chain posted a 42.9 percent increase in turnover to 831.6 million pounds in the 12 months to January 28, according to accounts filed at...

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Spain fines Amazon, Apple 194 million euros

Spain's competition watchdog said Tuesday it has slapped US tech giants Amazon and Apple with a combined fine of 194 million euros (218 million dollars) for collusion in the sale of products. The two firms had colluded to limit the sale of Apple products on Amazon's Spanish websites "which restricted competition," the regulator said in a...

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HanesBrands confirms interim CFO Scott Lewis as new CFO

HanesBrands, Inc. (HBI) announced Tuesday that Interim Chief Financial Officer Scott Lewis has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Lewis will also continue in his role as Chief Accounting Officer, a position he has held since 2015. Lewis, a 17-year veteran of HanesBrands with an extensive background in accounting, tax,...

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Exploring the enduring legacy of David Bowie's style

London’s Victoria & Albert museum which hosted the globally acclaimed “David Bowie Is” exhibit in 2013 announced in February that it has acquired more than 80,000 archive items spanning Bowie’s career that will be made open to the public in a custom-built David Bowie Centre for the Study of Performing Arts in 2025. As New York City prepared to...

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Jonathan Anderson: Young designers are driving sustainable fashion

Young generations are pushing the pace when it comes to sustainability in luxury fashion, said Jonathan Anderson, the founder and creative director of LVMH-owned luxury label JW Anderson. Speaking on Tuesday at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, Anderson said it is “exciting” to work with young designers who are focusing heavily on...