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Fashion and travel; a love story for the ages

The eye has to travel,” said the former Vogue editor and empress of fashion, Diana Vreeland. In 1966 she famously flew her team to a snowy Japanese mountain range along with fifteen trunks of clothes for five weeks to shoot model Veruschka dressed in fur for the magazine at a rumored cost of 1 million dollars. It was an unprecedented gesture...

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Slump in travel cost the UK economy 5.4 billion pounds last week

Last week the UK Business Travel Association launched a weekly Business Travel Tracker in partnership with Travelogic Data. The tracker analyses the economic value of business travel and illustrates the huge impact of the government’s traffic light system on the UK GDP. The first data released shows how much the UK is losing in contributions...

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Kipling to debut hard-case luggage

Kipling will debut its first-ever hard-case luggage in 2020, as the accessories brand continues to focus on the travel market. Known for its crinkle nylon fabrication, Kipling is launching a polycarbonate luggage range in February 2020 that embodies Kipling's 'Live.Light' brand philosophy by being “extremely robust yet sleek and lightweight”....

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How frequent travel is changing the fashion industry

Traveling is more affordable than ever, thanks to the rise of low-cost airlines and alternative accommodation options such as boutique hostels, house swapping and Airbnb. Millennials, who are known to be focused on personal experiences, travel more than any other previous generation, according to Nielsen’s “Young and ready to travel (and shop)”...