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As Apparel Purchasing Decline, Retailers Develop New Ways to Pump Business
With apparel trends changing every season, preferences of consumers have also undergone a change with lines drawn in favour of different items. In an NPD survey, women said most of their desired purchase was fashion, while men ranked this category lower than electronics, car spending needs and even home accessories within the retail continuum...
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Ross Storms Fashion World
Soul sensation Diana Ross is keen to launch her own clothes label after wowing the fashion industry with her sense of style at John Galliano's Dior show in Paris last week (1Mar05). The Motown queen was the centre of attention at the trail-blazing designer's show, and has already proved her passion for fashion, not only attending top fashion shows, but also acting as ...
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Gucci Shakes Up Design Team Again
Italian fashion house Gucci has shaken up its design team again, just two seasons after star designer Tom Ford left, handing the brand-building womenswear pen to its accessories stylist Frida Giannini.Gucci said on Tuesday its women's ready-to-wear director Alessandra Facchinetti, one of three designers who took over from Ford last year, was leaving "after a disagreement with management."...
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Revolutionary Innovation for Activewear from Invista Sportswear Becomes More Technology Friendly
It is not only business or apparel where the world stage is getting more and more competitive. The sphere of sports is also becoming increasingly fierce. With innovations coming up at every stage, from yarn development to garment manufacturing, the need for technically sound sportswear has become a trend...
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True Blue - Like Doing Laundry? Don't Buy These Jeans
Finally, a respectable reason to put off doing the wash. Nudie Jeans, a Swedish line that recently made its way stateside, is manufactured from 'dry' denim that's unwashed, untreated and meant to stay that way. For the first six months you own them, you're not supposed to wash your Nudies at all, and you're advised to do so only rarely after that...
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The Hammer House of Fashion Presents: Horror in Your Wardrobe
The Hammer House of Horror, the British studio famous for churning out spine-tingling films, is hoping to make it big on the catwalk with its own range of "Gothic chic". Hammer, whose peculiarly British take on the horror genre included Dracula, Prince of Darkness, with Christopher Lee, and One Million Years BC, with Raquel Welch, wants to exploit the cult status enjoyed by some of its characters among young filmgoers.
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MAGIC International Trade Show Report
With appearances by red-hot celebrities such as Jessica Simpson and a concert by new Grammy Award winners The Black Eyed Peas, MAGIC International proved once again it could deliver the glitz befitting America's largest apparel trade show.
Yet the business action on the floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center Feb.14-17 often took a low-key profile, according to retailers and exhibitors ...
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Milan Fashion Week
Donatella Versace was celebrating last night after presenting a collection that, at least for now, has silenced her critics. With Miuccia Prada in the front row, she managed to get some rumours started too. A little fetishistic glamour at Moschino, some other-worldy styling at MaxMara and the perfect mix of kooky, original and stylish at Miu Miu made for another satisfyingly filled day in Milan...
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