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Thom Browne prevailed in a trademark lawsuit filed by Adidas. In 2021, Adidas sued Thom Browne and alleged its designs infringed on Adidas trademarks, specifically how the German sportswear company uses stripes. Founder Thom Browne arrived at the courthouse last week wearing a shorts suit and a sock with four stripes. "The notion of Thom Browne wanting to trade on the reputation of Adidas offends him. A Thom Browne spokesman didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.
Rent the Runway is now selling secondhand luxury goods on Amazon. Rent the Runway CEO Jenn Hyman said the collaboration will foster "incredible brand awareness." As part of a collaboration with Amazon Fashion, the rental company is offering lightly worn styles from more than 35 brands, including Diane Von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, and Kate Spade. The partnership also will feature items from the RTR Design Collective, clothes from emerging designers sold exclusively for Rent the Runway, the company announced on Thursday. The Amazon collaboration will join existing resale retail partnerships Rent the Runway currently has with Saks Off Fifth and ThredUp.
Adidas is locked in a court battle with fashion label Thom Browne over its use of stripes. The designer Thom Browne arrived in a shorts suit and striped sock on the trial's first day. A model's feet at a Thom Browne runway show in 2017, left, and Adidas socks and sneakers. The lawyer for Thom Browne argued that the two companies do not compete, as "Thom Browne is a luxury designer and Adidas is a sports brand," according to WWD. A pair of striped socks from Thom Browne can retail for $120, while similar crew socks from Adidas cost around $16 for a three-pack.
Gucci's creative director Michele is exiting the brand - WWD
  + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Creative director Alessandro Michele is leaving Italian fashion house Gucci, the biggest brand of French luxury group Kering (PRTP.PA), Women's Wear Daily (WWD) reported late on Tuesday. Well-placed sources here say that creative director Alessandro Michele is exiting the brand," WWD said in a report from MilanA statement was expected as early as Wednesday, it added. Both Kering and Gucci declined to comment the WWD report. Gucci has been successfully revamped with a bold new style since Michele took over the top creative role at Gucci in January 2015. Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, Silvia Aloisi and Piotr Lipinski; Editing by Benoit Van OverstraetenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Growing up, Sabrina Thompson dreamed of becoming an artist or fashion designer — she just never imagined she would be designing clothes for space. Thompson, 37, is an aerospace engineer for NASA as well as the CEO and founder of the streetwear brand Girl in Space Club. For the better part of this year, Thompson has been designing and researching how to develop a stylish, pressurized suit for female astronauts. She joined NASA in 2010 and has been working with the organization for the past 12 years designing orbit trajectories for space missions. "Spacesuits have never been designed with women in mind," Thompson points out, despite the fact that women have been instrumental in designing space suits for astronauts.
Corporate America is canceling Kanye West
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
Ye, also known as Kanye West, has become a controversy magnet. Later, West threatened on Twitter to “Go death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”Since Ye’s antisemitic comments, businesses have come under pressure to take further action against him. You still might see Yeezy Gap merchandise on the Gap site, though. BalenciagaKanye’s antisemitic comments were also the final straw for luxury fashionhouse Balenciaga, which severed ties over the weekend. He had collaborated with Balenciaga for a wildly popular Yeezy Gap line earlier this year.
Suddenly, in the midst of discussing what Cohen should wear to the next LoveShackFancy store opening, there was the sound of glass clanging. (Another person confirmed hearing this exchange, though the person close to the company said multiple Zoom attendees did not recall it.) The person close to the company said, "It is not uncommon for trips to have dual purposes — they always generate content." Another time, during a visit to the Palm Beach store, Cohen freaked out after seeing staffers in sweatshirts and sneakers. "As with most contemporary fashion brands, we currently do not operate in the plus-size business," the person close to LoveShackFancy said.
Balenciaga cuts partnership with Kanye West
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
New York CNN Business —Fashion powerhouse Balenciaga has officially severed ties with Kanye West following a series of antisemitic posts and other controversial comments from the rapper, according to a report from Women’s Wear Daily citing a statement from Balenciaga’s parent company. “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist,” Kering, Balenciaga’s parent company, said in a statement to WWD. West, who legally changed his name to Ye, collaborated with Balenciaga for a wildly popular Yeezy Gap line earlier this year. In a now-deleted tweet, West said he was “going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine records pulled by CNN. Recently, Ye announced plans to acquire Parler, a far-right social platform, to prevent having “to fear being removed from social media again.”
Ювелирный бренд Фаберже выпустит уникальное пасхальное яйцо в честь 10-летия со дня выхода первой серии фэнтези-сериала «Игра престолов». Как отмечает издание WWD, разработкой эскиза для яйца в виде дракона с крыльями занимались художник по костюмам «Игры престолов» Мишель Клэптон, а также ведущий дизайнер Фаберже Лийса Туллгрен. Яйцо будет украшено разноцветной эмалью и усеяно бриллиантами и лунными камнями. Вдохновением для создания яйца послужила история одного из ключевых персонажей саги — «матери драконов» Дейнерис Таргариен, чей образ на экране воплотила Эмилия Кларк. Стоимость пасхального яйца составит £1,6 млн или $2,2 млн.
Persons: Фаберже, Мишель Клэптон, Фаберже Лийса Туллгрен, Дейнерис Таргариен, Эмилия Кларк
Years after Lagerfeld's death, questions still remain about the benefactors of his estate, which was estimated to be worth more than $200 million at the time of his death. French newspaper Le Parisien reported in 20202 that a group of seven people in Lagerfeld's inner circle were listed in his will, but those heirs are reportedly still in dark about what they'll receive and when, WWD reported. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP ImagesSource: WWD
(foto) Casa de modă Louis Vuitton a deschis un nou muzeu cu obiecte rare din arhivăLouis Vuitton a deshis cel de-al doilea muzeu privat la periferia Parisului în mai puțin de un an, în această duminică, cu o petrecere sub cerul liber. Muzeul, care are două nivele, prezintă o colecție de 400 de obiecte și documente, dintre cele 26 de mii de obiecte și 65 de mii de documente totale din arhivă. De asemenea, o mulțime de obiecte din colecția personală a familiei Vuitton care s-a format ani de-a rândul. Cel dintâi muzeu al familiei Vuitton a fost deschis în luna octombrie 2014, la fel în Paris, numit Foundation Louis Vuitton. Iată câteva fotografii cu exponatele rare și valoroase expuse la muzeul Vuitton:
Persons: Louis Vuitton, Vuitton, Judith Clark, Paul Poiret, Kim Jones, Marc Jacobs, Jeanne Lanvin, Christian Dior, Madeleine Vionnet, Paul Poiret Organizations: Vuitton, Jeanne Lanvin, Christian Dior și Madeleine Vionnet Locations: Parisului, Asnières - sur - Seine, Paris
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