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☆ Insider Today: Your knockoff's hidden cost
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

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Persons: Sen, Mitt Romney, Chelsea Jia Feng, Insider's Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins, Counterfeits, Birkin, Dow Jones, Michael M, Ray Dalio, Raghu, —, chatbot, Brooks Kraft, Vivek, crowdfunding, Joe Raedle, JW Anderson, Molly Goddard, Julia Pugachevsky, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Tech, VMware, Yorkers, Bridgewater Associates, Broadcom, Apple, Brooks Kraft LLC, Burberry, Riot Fest Chicago, Foo Fighters, Postal Service, Cutie, Happy National Hispanic, Costa Rica Blue Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Queens, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Spain, New York City, San Diego, London

☆ Adidas up 6% after trimming 2023 loss forecast on strong Yeezy inventory sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A fashion week guest seen wearing red Adidas yeezy shoes, outside paul and joe during London Fashion Week September 2022 on September 17, 2022 in London. German sportswear giant Adidas on Monday said it expects a significantly smaller operating loss for the year after recording better-than-expected early sales of its Yeezy stock, which it is offloading after cutting ties with collection creator Ye. The company also reported a slight outperformance in the underlying Adidas business and said it still expects underlying operating profit, excluding one-offs related to Yeezy and a wider ongoing strategic review, to roughly break even for the year. "If successful, potential future Yeezy drops would further improve the company's results," Adidas said in a statement, refering to further releases of existing inventory. That left the question of what the company would do with its existing Yeezy stock.

Persons: paul, Ye, David Swartz Organizations: Adidas, London, Defamation League, Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Locations: London, €

☆ China drives Burberry first-quarter sales jump
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A person walks past a Burberry store undergoing refurbishment on New Bond Street in London, Britain, March 11, 2023. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - British luxury fashion brand Burberry (BRBY.L) on Friday reported an 18% rise in its first-quarter comparable store sales, in line with market expectations thank to continued recovery in China. CEO Jonathan Akeroyd said outerwear and leather goods were performing well and he was excited about new products from designer Daniel Lee arriving in stores in September. Lee, who joined in September, unveiled his debut collection at London Fashion Week in February. Like-for-like leather goods sales increased 13%, with women's bags, especially the Frances shapes and vintage Burberry check performing well, the company said.

Persons: Henry Nicholls LONDON, Jonathan Akeroyd, Daniel Lee, Lee, Frances, Suban Abdulla, Paul Sandle, David Goodman Organizations: Burberry, New, REUTERS, London Fashion, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, China, Europe, Americas

☆ Burberry fourth quarter sales jump 16% as China rebounds
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - British luxury fashion brand Burberry (BRBY.L) reported stronger-than-expected fourth quarter sales on Thursday, boosted by a rebound in its largest market China following three years of COVID-19 restrictions. In the quarter to April 1, comparable store sales rose 16%, accelerating from 1% in the third quarter and above a company compiled consensus of 14%. Sales in Mainland China rose 13%. "We have delivered a strong financial performance, supported by good progress in our core leather goods and outerwear categories, with revenue accelerating in the fourth quarter as growth rebounded in Mainland China," chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd said in a statement on Thursday. The FTSE 100 (.FTSE) group's luxury rivals LVMH (LVMH.PA) and Hermes (HRMS.PA) have also reported a bounce in first quarter sales due to a recovery in China and wider Asian markets.

☆ Fashion house Vivienne Westwood pays homage to late founder in Paris show
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] A model presents a creation by designer Andreas Kronthaler as part of his Fall-Winter 2023/2024 Women's ready-to-wear collection show for late designer Vivienne Westwood's namesake label during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierPARIS, March 4 (Reuters) - Fashion label Vivienne Westwood paid tribute to its late founder on Saturday, taking to the catwalk in Paris with a collection drawn up by her husband and design partner Andreas Kronthaler. Models sauntered through the gilded halls of the Hotel de la Marine overlooking the Place de la Concorde in a chic, punk-infused lineup for the Paris Fashion Week show. Scores of fans dressed in punk styles gathered to see the arrival of guests, who included fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier and actor Jared Leto. London Fashion Week, held last month, was dedicated to Westwood, one of British fashion's biggest names, who rose to fame dressing punk band the Sex Pistols.

☆ Best of London Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

After Sri Lanka raised electricity prices by 66% in a move to persuade the International Monetary Fund to bail out the country's economy, family-owned Wish Bakers decided not to increase prices for fear of losing business. Their costs, however, have tripled in the past year.

☆ Ukrainian designers 'escape reality' at London Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Models present creations by Ukrainian designer Ivan Frolov during the "Ukraine Fashion Week presents: FROLOV, KSENIASCHNAIDER, PASKAL" show during London Fashion Week in London, Britain, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Unable to show in their war-torn homeland, three Ukrainian fashion designers hit the runway at London Fashion Week on Tuesday, delighted to showcase some colour and joy. In the first of back-to-back shows, fashion house KSENIASCHNAIDER mixed denim jeans and dresses with white tops and multicoloured patchwork outfits in an eco-friendly collection. "I just want to say how we appreciate London Fashion Week and The British Fashion Council," he added, saying the support was vital to keep their businesses going. Keen to make sure their talent is seen, Ukrainian designers will also be showing in Berlin and Copenhagen.

☆ Moncler Genius presents new 'co-creators' at London Fashion Week show
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Italian luxury brand Moncler unveiled an expansion of its Moncler Genius collaborations project at London Fashion Week on Monday, introducing new "co-creators" in the realms of art, music, design and sport. For Williams' "Art of the Terrain" concept, models dressed in khaki camping outerwear walked around a set covered in grass. Others posed in a range of colourful puffer jackets, coats and gloves at the Adidas space. Earlier this month, Moncler (MONC.MI) said it was evolving from the Moncler Genius fashion collaborations project it launched in 2018, where guest designers presented different versions of its jackets, "to a platform for co-creation across different industries". The Monday evening show drew famous faces from the worlds of entertainment, fashion and sport, including the likes of Serena Williams and Lewis Hamilton.

☆ London Fashion Week 2023: All the Best Runway Looks
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Kevin Huynh | Alexander Fisher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

London Fashion Week 2023: All the Best Runway LooksSee new collections from Burberry, Simone Rocha and JW Anderson, plus highlights from the New York shows

☆ Burberry's Lee stages an ode to British heritage in debut runway show
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Suban Abdulla | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Faux fur, oversized coats and hot water bottles dominated Burberry’s (BRBY.L) runway as Daniel Lee presented his vision for the British heritage label at London Fashion Week on Monday. Burberry's mackintosh-style trench coat was re-imagined in a muted khaki with green faux fur lapels. English rose patterned tailoring sat alongside chunky rubber boots with an equestrian twist and cosy square toed shearling and faux fur shoes in the Autumn Winter 2023 collection. Monday's show follows the unveiling of Burberry's new logo: a sleeker elongated typeface and a campaign steeped in "Britishness". Lee previously created a buzz at Italy's Bottega Veneta with pillowy leather clutch handbags and slip-on heels.

☆ Fashion brand 'Unhidden' brings clothes made for all bodies to London Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Designer Victoria Jenkins poses following her catwalk show "Unhidden: A New Era in Fashion", with designs presented by models who all live with a disability, chronic condition or visible difference, during London Fashion Week in London, Britain, February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Fashion designer Victoria Jenkins unveiled stylish and practical clothes made for people with disabilities on the runway at London Fashion Week on Friday, in a collection intended to address a gap in the market. "Unhidden is an adaptive fashion brand… primarily targeted at inclusion within fashion of people with disabilities," Jenkins told Reuters. "It also has openings all down the arm," she said, so that anyone going through treatment "can access their arm without taking any clothes off. Model and content creator Jessica Ping-Wild, who uses a prosthetic leg and struggles to find suitable trousers, said a brand like Unhidden makes all the difference.

LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday, with organisers dedicating the five-day event to late designer Vivienne Westwood, who died in December. "She is the embodiment of our extraordinary industry," British Fashion Council (BFC) chair David Pemsel told London's Evening Standard newspaper. [1/12] Models present creations during the Paul Costelloe catwalk show during London Fashion Week, in London, Britain, February 17, 2023. Highlights this season include designer Daniel Lee's debut at Burberry, while a BFC initiative with Ukraine Fashion Week will see three Ukrainian designers presenting their creations. "Fashion needs to be continually evaluating what it's giving back," Natasha Bird, ELLE UK’s Executive Editor (Digital), told Reuters.

☆ Hoka sneakers: Why these chunky, ugly running shoes are selling like crazy
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hoka, which started in 2009 in France as a running shoe for hardcore marathoners, is growing rapidly with casual runners, hikers and weightlifters. “There wasn’t anyone doing what Hoka was doing.”But Hoka carved out a niche in specialty running shops. By 2019, Hoka sales topped $220 million. “We don’t see this as just a running brand,” Deckers CEO David Powers said in October. “This is a running, trail, hike brand that is more like a North Face” than Brooks running shoes.

☆ Burberry's sales growth slows to 1% on China COVID hit
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - British luxury brand Burberry's (BRBY.L) like-for-like sales growth slowed sharply to 1% in the quarter to end-December as COVID-19-related disruption in mainland China largely offset a stronger performance in Europe. It had reported growth of 11% for the previous quarter. Burberry's like-for-like sales in Europe, Middle East, India and Africa grew 19%, it said, but in other regions they fell. Mainland China, Burberry's biggest market, was down 23%, while the rest of Asia fell 7% and the Americas were down 1%. Burberry's new chief designer Daniel Lee, who was previously creative director at Bottega Veneta, will present his first runway collection for the house next month at London Fashion Week.

☆ Vivienne Westwood, Britain's provocative dame of fashion, dead at 81
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/4] Designer Vivienne Westwood poses for a portrait before her catwalk show at London Fashion Week Men's in London, Britain June 12, 2017. "Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London. Instantly recognisable with her orange or white hair, Westwood first made a name for herself in punk fashion in 1970s London, dressing the punk rock band that defined the genre. Westwood used her public profile to champion issues including nuclear disarmament and to protest against anti-terrorism laws and government spending policies that hit the poor. "I've used fashion to challenge the status quo."

☆ Burberry Taps British Designer Daniel Lee as Creative Director
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Nick Kostov | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Burberry’s sales have largely flatlined since 2017 while the luxury industry as a whole has boomed. U.K. fashion house Burberry PLC appointed Daniel Lee as its chief designer in an attempt to breathe new life into the maker of iconic trench coats. Mr. Lee will join the company on Oct. 3, overseeing all Burberry collections, the London-based company said. Mr. Lee is expected to present his debut runway collection for the brand at London Fashion Week in February 2023. He will report to the company’s new chief executive, Jonathan Akeroyd .

☆ London Fashion Week begins with tributes to Queen Elizabeth
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Models prepare backstage ahead of the Bora Aksu catwalk show during London Fashion Week in London, Britain, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Henry NichollsRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterLONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - From an all-black opening look to models holding a picture of Queen Elizabeth, London Fashion Week began with tributes to the late monarch as fashionistas paid their respects during the period of national mourning. Organisers announced last week that London Fashion Week would go ahead as a "business-to-business event" while observing royal protocol and holding tributes for the 96-year-old queen who died on Sept. 8. "I thought as we are opening the event it was important to mark that moment," Fletcher told London newspaper the Evening Standard. Turkish designer Bora Aksu also held a minute's silence ahead of his show, where he presented his usual array of frilly feminine dresses, as well as military-style jackets and hats.

☆ (foto) Constanzia Yurashko, designera din Moldova care se bucură de popularitate pe piața internațională
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Creatoarea de modă Constanzia Yurashko este una dintre campioanele autohtone în domeniul modei sustenabile și a creativității. Constanzia Yurashko este un brand moldovenesc de ultimă generație, cu un etos durabil, care a cucerit comunitatea internațională de fashion prin creațiile sale vestimentare. Printre succesele sale se numără și colaborarea cu celebra interpretă britanică Paloma Faith, care a ales vestimentația creată de Constanzia pentru promovarea noului său album. Constanzia este adepta modei slow fashion și conștientizează importanța protejării mediului înconjurător și a responsabilității sociale în dezvoltarea durabilă a industriei de modă. Constanzia Yurashko este absolventă a Programului de Accelerare ZIPhouse, lansat în 2017 cu suportul Proiectului de Competitivitate din Moldova, finanțat de USAID, Suedia și UK.

Persons: Faith Organizations: London Fashion Week, Constanzia Locations: Constanzia Yurashko, Moldova, USAID, Suedia, UK

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