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Belgian fashion designer Julie Kegels wins LVMH Prize 2026

Belgian fashion designer Julie Kegels has won the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers 2026, reports WWD. The prize was awarded on Friday during a ceremony at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The main prize includes a cash prize of 400,000 euros, supplemented by a year of coaching from experts at the luxury group LVMH. Kegels launched her...

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Oeko-Tex: “Traceability is becoming a prerequisite for market access”

Traceability is increasingly seen in the apparel industry not as a competitive advantage, but as a prerequisite for market access. This is the key message of the recently published annual report from Oeko-Tex. New legal requirements in the EU, US and Canada increasingly demand that companies can prove the origin of their products and raw...

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Swedish menswear brand John Henric expands into Germany

John Henric has opened its first German store in Hamburg. The new shop in Hamburg's Hanseviertel district opened on Friday, CEO John Henric Ekström announced on LinkedIn. The store is located at Große Bleichen 30/36. A second store in Germany is being planned. Three months ago, Ekström announced on the professional networking site that the...

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Inditex boosts Oysho with a new store concept

Madrid – Inditex remains steadfast in its commitment to Oysho, viewing it as a key potential driver for its next phase of growth. The company is boosting its presence in Spain with the opening of a new flagship store for the brand in Vigo. The store opened its doors to the public on Thursday, September 3, 2026, in the heart of the Galician city,...

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Première Vision Paris: What fabrics reveal about AW27/28 trends

According to the experts at the Première Vision trade show, innovation for autumn/winter 2027/2028 is not necessarily about inventing new materials. It is about reintroducing colour and expression into wardrobes, injecting technology into classic fabrics and reinterpreting traditional skills. For this edition, held from September 1 to 3, 2026,...

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Neelam Shami Rao: “We must develop products better suited to the European market”

With the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), India has gained a significant tariff advantage to strengthen its presence in the European textile market. How does the country plan to transform its industry and offering to capitalise on this? FashionUnited spoke exclusively with Neelam Shami Rao, secretary of the Indian Ministry of Textiles, during her...

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Marilyne Trebus, Kering's new product asset

Luxury group Kering is continuing to strengthen its centres of excellence with the appointment of Marilyne Trebus as its new product director, effective immediately this Tuesday, according to a report by WWD. In her new role, she will report to Carlo Mocci, chief client officer, who took up his position last May and joined the group's executive...

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Victoria's Secret raises forecasts after strong second quarter growth

US lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret & Co. achieved significant growth in sales and earnings in the second quarter of the 2026/27 financial year. In light of this recent positive development, management raised its full-year forecast on Thursday. In the 13 weeks to August 1, the parent company of the Victoria’s Secret, Pink and Adore Me brands...

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Lands' End reports Q2 revenue growth and return to profitability

US clothing retailer Lands’ End Inc. increased its revenue and returned to profitability in the second quarter of the 2026/27 financial year, according to an interim report published on Thursday. Group revenue for the 13 weeks to July 31 amounted to 302.0 million US dollars. This represented an increase of 2.7 percent compared to the same...

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Zegna Group's operating profit rises to 74.5 million in H1

Ermenegildo Zegna reported revenues of 987.3 million euros (1.15 billion dollars) in the first half, up 6 percent year-over-year and 9 percent on an organic basis. The direct-to-consumer channel drove the performance with a growth of 12 percent (+16 percent on an organic basis), accounting for 86 percent of the group's brand revenues. Meanwhile,...

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H&M teams up with Elie Saab for its next collaborative collection

Madrid – Continuing its high-profile collaboration strategy, a dynamic the Swedish fashion multinational pioneered, H&M has just announced the development of a collaborative capsule collection with haute couture designer Elie Saab. The collection will go on sale from October 22, 2026. Founded in Beirut in 1982 by designer Elie Saab, the creative...

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Inditex expands presence in South Korea with new Zara flagship

Madrid – Following the opening of a new Massimo Dutti store just a few weeks ago, the first high street store in the country, Inditex is once again demonstrating the significant role it continues to assign to South Korea as a key market for its growth. This is marked by the inauguration of a new and spectacular flagship store for Zara, the...