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Fashion launches into geopolitics to support Ukraine with leopard print outfits

The hundreds of people posting Instagram selfies in leopard-print outfits in recent days launched fashion into geopolitics for Ukraine's successful campaign to get Germany's powerful Leopard battle tanks. Just moments after Germany finally agreed to deliver 14 Leopard tanks on Wednesday, Presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak joined in...

Fashion Featured

Against all odds 6 Ukrainian designers present collections during NYFW

Six Ukrainian designers presented their collections this NYFW at an event entitled Kyiv Art & Fashion Days hosted at the Mastercard Tech Hub on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The event’s goal was to help sustain the businesses of these creative entrepreneurs following the devastation of the war in Ukraine which left many of them refugees in foreign...

Business

Canadian trappers wrestle with loss of Russian and Ukrainian fur markets

Trying to maintain his balance on a dam, Canadian trapper Ray Gall advances cautiously as he tries to retrieve a large black beaver snared in one of his traps. Few people in the country still manage to make a living solely in the business, which dates back 400 years to the first Indigenous trades of pelts to European explorers. But thousands of...

Fairs

Geneva luxury watch fair returns under shadow of Ukrainian war

Switzerland's top luxury watch fair will resurface this week in Geneva after two years of pandemic-induced virtual shows, but Ukraine's raging conflict and Covid lockdowns in China could dampen the mood. The Watches and Wonders show, taking place from Wednesday until April 5, will this year see 38 of the biggest high-end watch brands, including...

FashionPress Release

Leather Working Group offers support to leather manufacturers in Ukraine

In response to the recent conflict, Leather Working Group (LWG) offers its full support to its LWG member companies based in Ukraine. As a multi-stakeholder organization, LWG has members all over the globe and we therefore have a responsibility to support our members in different regions in times of crisis, be it environmental, humanitarian or...

Business

Switzerland slaps sanctions on luxury exports to Russia

Switzerland on Friday adopted the EU's sanctions on exporting luxury goods to Russia imposed over the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, acknowledging that some Swiss companies could be badly hit. The European Union imposed a fourth wave of sanctions on Tuesday, which Switzerland said it would match. Switzerland is not in the EU and has a long-standing...

People

From catwalks to war aid: Ukrainian models taking action

Ukrainian model Bogdana Didenko Nevodnik was in Milan for fashion week when Russia invaded. Unable to return home afterwards, she now sorts aid parcels in the Italian city for her war-torn country. "I felt it was a bit stupid, unreal, to be on the catwalk when people are dying. I was ashamed and had the feeling that the spectators didn't really...

Retail

Russian shopping centers may replace Western brands with Turkish and Chinese ones

Russian shopping centers are ready to replace American and European brands with Turkish and Chinese ones. The president of the Union of Shopping Centers, Bulat Shakirov, shared this information with Russian newspaper "Izvestia". A representative of the Union has already left for Turkey for negotiations aiming to attract more than 200 trademarks...

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What to know about the UK’s sanctions on Russia

Over the course of the past week, since Russia carried out its “military operations” in Ukraine, the world has responded with great force to condemn Putin’s actions and impose restrictions and sanctions on the country and those with ties to the Russian leader. Addressing the House of Commons last week, UK prime minister Boris Johnson said the UK...

Business

LVMH, Hermes, Chanel pause business in Russia

French luxury giants LVMH, Hermes and Chanel have decided to temporarily close their shops in Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24, the firms announced Friday. Hermes group runs three stores in Russia, including one in the Gum department store on Red Square, and employs 60 people in the country. "Taking into account the situation in the...

Retail

Uniqlo defends decision to remain in Russia

The parent company of Japanese casualwear giant Uniqlo on Monday defended a decision to keep Russian stores open even as rivals Zara and H&M suspend operations in the country following its invasion of Ukraine. Tadashi Yanai, president of Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing, said the conflict should not deprive people in Russia of clothing, a basic...

Business

Dior presents a combination of "beauty and protection" in Paris

Dior's show at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday struck a sombre tone, with designer Maria Grazia Chiuri telling AFP her focus on combining "beauty and protection" was apt for a time of war. The collection was put together long before the Russian military began bombarding Ukraine last week. But with Dior's models sporting a range of protective gear...