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Sojo launches Pledge to Repair at Institute of Positive Fashion Forum

Sojo launches Pledge to Repair at Institute of Positive Fashion Forum

​The BFC’s 2024 Institute of Positive Fashion Forum has wrapped up with the big news being a call from Sojo for the UK fashion industry and its customers “to get behind Care & Repair in a bid to reduce textile waste”.
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Represent to launch Metallica collab

Represent to launch Metallica collab

Represent will launch a collaboration with Metallica on 24 April with TikTok star Huddy starring in the campaign. The British luxury streetwear label said it “marks a full circle moment” for the brand”.
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Pierre-Louis Mascia is set to host inaugural runway show at Pitti Uomo

Pierre-Louis Mascia is set to host inaugural runway show at Pitti Uomo

As a seasoned participant of the Florentine fair, Toulouse-based designer Pierre-Louis Mascia is preparing for his runway debut, unveiling his Spring 2025 collection at a meticulously planned show on Thursday, June 13.
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Nordstrom to evaluate founding family's interest in pursuing take-private deal

Nordstrom to evaluate founding family's interest in pursuing take-private deal

Nordstrom said the founding family behind the retailer had shown an interest in pursuing a potential go-private deal, prompting its board to form a special committee of independent directors to evaluate any proposal.
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Neiman Marcus launches Balmain Beach Club

Neiman Marcus launches Balmain Beach Club

Neiman Marcus has teamed up with fashion house Balmain to introduce an exclusive collection and immersive customer activation. 
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Michael Kors Collection store opens on Rodeo Drive

Michael Kors Collection store opens on Rodeo Drive

Michael Kors opened on Thursday a Michael Kors Collection store in Beverly Hills, marking the North American debut of a new store concept for the designer’s Collection boutiques.
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LVMH highlights its socio-economic impact at its Annual General Meeting

LVMH highlights its socio-economic impact at its Annual General Meeting

For once, Bernard Arnault, CEO of the world's number one luxury goods group, and his teams emphasised the group's social approach at its Annual General Meeting in Paris on Thursday morning.
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Valentino is new International Booker Prize event sponsor

Valentino is new International Booker Prize event sponsor

​Valentino has formed a new cultural partnership and has been announced as the sponsor of the International Booker Prize 2024 ceremony.
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Gucci's next cruise show to be held at the Tate Modern in London

Gucci's next cruise show to be held at the Tate Modern in London

The Kering label has announced a three-year partnership with London's leading museum of modern and contemporary art to promote young designers, and will be showing its Cruise 2025 collection at the museum on May 13.
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Jacquemus opens first store in Middle East

Jacquemus opens first store in Middle East

French label Jacquemus is keen to strengthen its international presence. After opening in Paris and South Korea, designer Simon Porte Jacquemus has inaugurated a third store, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
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Boss Bali activation adds unique experience to SS24 launch

Boss Bali activation adds unique experience to SS24 launch

The Boss brand is opening the doors of Boss House Bali to a “select group” of Hugo Boss Experience members, as well as VIP customers, media, and “key tastemakers” from Asia-Pacific with an online global element too.
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Italy's Cucinelli defies slowdown fears with 16.5% growth in sales

Italy's Cucinelli defies slowdown fears with 16.5% growth in sales

Italian luxury group Brunello Cucinelli said on Wednesday its sales rose 16.5% at current exchange rates in the first quarter, driven by growth in all regions, including Asia.
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Harvey Nichols names Alexander McQueen exec Goddard as its new CEO

Harvey Nichols names Alexander McQueen exec Goddard as its new CEO

​Harvey Nichols has faced tough conditions in recent years but it’s now hoping for better times ahead with the announcement of a new CEO from one of luxury's major labels.
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Luxury labels hit by soaring number of Chinese returning goods

Luxury labels hit by soaring number of Chinese returning goods

During China’s biggest single-day shopping festival last November, upscale labels like Ralph Lauren, Burberry and Net-A-Porter saw purchases far surpass those seen just a year earlier on the e-commerce platform Tmall. 
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Major Chatsworth exhibition to mix Erdem SS24 with Duchess Deborah's life story

Major Chatsworth exhibition to mix Erdem SS24 with Duchess Deborah's life story

A new exhibition this summer at one of Britain’s best-known stately homes, Chatsworth, celebrates the image and legacy of the late dowager Duchess Deborah Devonshire through the lens of Erdem's latest collection.
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Dior arrives in New York for a runway show and party at the Brooklyn Museum

Dior arrives in New York for a runway show and party at the Brooklyn Museum

Led by women's artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri, the Fall 2024 collection pays homage to the synergy of New York and Christian Dior.
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