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Democratization: Fashion Weeks’ secret to offset 600 million pandemic loss

The global fashion industry faces a bumpy road ahead. Not only they have to figure out their own logistics conundrums but to reinvent the supply chain, re-connect with consumers and make up for double-digit decline in revenues. At a global level, the fashion industry posted a 20 percent decline in revenues in the 2019–20 period, with margins for...

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Luxury sector unphased by Corona despite soaring inflation

The pandemic and soaring inflation have done nothing to take the shine off luxury brands, from Louis Vuitton to Gucci and Cartier, as the sector hiked prices to notch up stellar profits. The world economy began to recover from the pandemic last year but the rebound has been accompanied by rising inflation, with prices for raw materials and...

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Prada reports 'robust' sales-driven growth despite pandemic

Italian luxury label Prada on Tuesday reported "robust" growth last year, driven by strong sales despite the continuing disruption of the coronavirus pandemic. Group revenues for 2021 reached 3.36 billion euros (3.8 billion dollars), up 41 percent in 2020 and up eight percent in 2019, according to initial figures adjusted for exchange rate...

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No show: Giorgio Armani’s fashion week cancelations could be catalyst for other designers and brands

Giorgio Armani’s announcement this week to cancel all catwalk presentations across its portfolio of collections could be a catalyst for other designers and brands to forego fashion week once again. Omicron, the latest coronavirus variant of concern, is rapidly spreading across the globe, with France drafting new legislation to ban unvaccinated...

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The textile and clothing sector is recovering in Vietnam

After an unprecedented wave of layoffs, the sector recovered rapidly in the last quarter by abandoning its "zero-covid" policy. Vietnam, along with Cambodia, Bangladesh and more recently Burma, is a major supplier of clothing and textiles to the European Union (and the Western world in general). Its economy has been one of the best performing in...

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FHCM updates the fashion industry on Covid-19 related protocols and aids

To follow up on their previous newsletters and media releases, The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM) has recently issued updated information related to the following topics: 1 Updates of the health and safety protocol in companies 2 Update on partial activity regime 3 Apprenticeship financial aid 4 Solidarity fund 5 Coverage of...

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Retail employees reflect on mental health during Covid-19

As October is Mental Health Awareness month, FashionUnited wanted to bring more awareness and transparency to the topic of mental health in the fashion industry by speaking to a former retail manager of River Island and a former sales associate of Hollister to discuss and reflect on what it was like to work in the retail industry during the...

Podcast

Podcast: Creative director Sam Ku discusses AG Jeans' sustainable denim

In this episode of The Glossy Podcast, the creative director and president of AG Jeans, Sam Ku, has discussed the brand's sustainable denim. Ku discussed the ongoing growth of the brand in a time where sustainable fashion is becoming increasingly important, as well as recovering from post Covid-related challenges. Listen to the podcast below....

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Fashion as protective shield: are antiviral outfits on the rise?

In the health and sports sectors, antiviral functions have been known and used for a long time. In fashion, they were previously thought of as superfluous. That has changed since the pandemic. Back in 2020, at the very beginning of the pandemic, a picture of Naomi Campbell went around the world: the model was photographed at an airport in a...

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Trade fairs in Germany are starting: Industry demands maximum feasibility from politics

• Around 30 exhibitions in September • Yet 110 trade fairs until the end of the year • "The trade fair industry is eager for a new start" A new start for the German trade fair and exhibition industry after almost one year of Corona hiatus: since the beginning of September, trade fairs have been possible again in all 16 federal states. Around 30...

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Podcast: The Glossy Podcast interviews celebrity stylist Law Roach

In this episode, The Glossy Podcast has interviewed celebrity stylist Law Roach about the comeback of high fashion since the start of Covid-19 and his transition from stylist to fashion designer. Listen to the podcast below. Source: The Glossy Podcast via Megaphone

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Protective clothing: three revolutionary textile technologies

The upcoming trend will be protective clothing. This is a point on which many trend experts agree. So cocooning volumes and robust materials are in, but protective clothing doesn't stop at styling. FashionUnited has listed three recent textile technologies that aim to protect us. Highly buoyant swimwear By coating cotton with a three-component...