Tuesday Jun 28 2011 Bill Gaytten has been named as new creative director of the John Galliano label. The designer, who has worked closely with former creative director John for 23 years, said that he is curious to find out what his former boss thinks of his replacement. The 51-year-old sounded casual when he described [...]
It has been nine years since Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCulloch started their steadily successful women’s-wear label Proenza Schouler, yet people still trip up on its pronunciation. So all together now: PRO-en-ZA SKOOL-er. With that out of the way, congratulations are in order as the designers recently won the most important award in American fashion: [...]
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Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:22pm EDT * British designer kept Dior on cutting edge * Excesses crept from catwalk into personal life By Nick Vinocur PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) – John Galliano brought flair, vision and a touch of outrage to Dior when he joined the Parisian brand over a decade ago, keeping it in [...]
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Cheaper and better-made Chinese textiles, below-par training for fashion students, insufficient numbers of skilled employees, high taxes and a competitive deluge of wannabe designers were all weighing down the sector, they said. On its sultry surface, however, the event — known as SPFW — is still parading forth with all the confidence Brazil exudes as [...]
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Not to mention that resort clothes also spend the longest time on the full-price selling floor, typically until mid-winter when spring merchandise moves in. The name “resort” is a holdover from the days when brands would offer a few key pieces for their wealthy snowbird customers who’d flee cold climates at Christmastime. The modern definition, [...]
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