A brand has one store and suddenly it has 150 stores — it opens 200 stores in China. Loads of stores around the world. Multiple layers in product lines, some in flagship, some in Macy's, some in airports. That's the model and has been the model. But that's the past. It doesn't exist anymore. | | | | | Tommy x Gigi pose. Venice, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) | | | | | | “A brand has one store and suddenly it has 150 stores — it opens 200 stores in China. Loads of stores around the world. Multiple layers in product lines, some in flagship, some in Macy's, some in airports. That's the model and has been the model. But that's the past. It doesn't exist anymore.”
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| | rantnrave:// NEW YORK FASHION WEEK has officially begun. Check out KHAITE, COLOVOS, PARTOW, JI OH, and BROCK COLLECTION... Men's fashion week in SOUTH AFRICA took place Feb. 3 and 4, and ALEXANDRA BLANC's line has a net-inspired aesthetic that I've seen coming from young designers and artists in NYC. Speaking of which, check out AB[SCREENWEAR] for clothing that explores the divide (or lack thereof) between ourselves and our devices. At the label's presentation, IPHONE screens were slipped into pockets made of slick, dichroic material. The screens looked back out at the audience, while three women performed a ritualistic dance inside POSTMASTERS GALLERY. A mix of the tribal and the technological... The IVANKA TRUMP brand is continuing to figure prominently in headlines as more retailers discontinue the line in their stores. Here are some unique angles on the subject: ELIZA BROOKE spoke to shoppers about their ambivalence in purchasing the line, and how they've arrived at being comfortable with whether or not to spend. HANNAH MARRIOTT poses an all-important question in the GUARDIAN: aside from politics, is the line even good? And thanks to MARC BAIN for tweeting PROJECT JUST’s piece on their investigation of the brand’s supply chain transparency, or in this case, opacity… Next, fashion in LOS ANGELES. The power of pop stardom, digital spectacle, and "influence" converged in the TOMMY x GIGI show in VENICE. YAEL AFLALO, founder of THE REFORMATION, talks about the benefits to being headquartered in LA. She defines what The Reformation does as fast fashion. Timely, since "fast fashion" is in the MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary now. Look it up. Her assertion about TESLA is spot on. Something is brewing in the city of angels. Was joking with a friend who recently moved to LA about how street style is less of a thing in LA, because the only thing on the street are cars. That's not a dig, just an observation… I’m a fan of the organic beauty line BAMFORD. Great to see that they'll be opening a spa in AMERICA... More great news: SHANG XIA, a Chinese brand focusing on craftsmanship and materials (backed by HERMÈS) will be stocked in LANE CRAWFORD (paywalled)... Think about shipping containers, and what they can do for you... GOOGLE's fashion search... VISIONAIRE's CECILIA DEAN is on it. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| Keeping a low profile, the chief creative officer Jonathan Saunders has freed clothing from the depths of the 1970s. And no more lip prints! | | |
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| For the North American market, we feel that there are not yet very many people who are interested in the small details of the story a product has to tell. | | |
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| An interview with Cecilia Dean, the founder of Visionaire - the magazine that rose from tearsheets, the Yellow Pages and a desire to radically redefine the stagnant print format. | | |
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| Karen Harvey, who advises Burberry, Coach, and Tiffany, explains why fashion leaders must take a page from Silicon Valley to stay in vogue. | | |
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| Now Rag & Bone’s sole chief executive, Marcus Wainwright speaks to BoF about leading the brand through a time of great change and why it’s not impossible to build another billion-dollar brand. | | |
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| Tommy Hilfiger and Rachel Comey are a few of the designers who brought their shows -- and a scene -- to the West Coast. | | |
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| Not content with limiting her organic empire to England, Bamford recently opened a Haybarn in Miami, at 1 Hotel South Beach, a swanky new hotel and residence. | | |
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| There are two types of regular New York Fashion Week attendees: Those who got the chance to experience the Bryant Park era in all its glory and those who did not. Both — but particularly the former group — can thank Fern Mallis, who held the post of executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America throughout the ’90s. | | |
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| The retail industry faces transformation. Ryan Broshar, head of the Techstars startup accelerator with Target, thinks startups could be the answer. | | |
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| Appreciating the Persian culture woven into Western wardrobes is more important now than ever. | | |
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| "Not only is Trump taking away everything from women, but now he’s taking shoes." | | |
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| Some US retailers are no longer stocking the first daughter’s clothes. The Trump administration claims it is a political attack. But do the clothes cut it? | | |
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| The French documentary maker eavesdropped on customers at the department store and singled out their best quotes for an upcoming exhibition. | | |
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| "No matter how many pep talks I gave myself -- 'You're here to report, not to get attention!' -- I often went home feeling insignificant." | | |
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| Catching up with Takahiro Miyashita, the Japanese fashion designer of the mens brand TAKAHIRAMIYASHITATheSoloist. Miyashita’s original brand Number (N)ine made a mark on men’s fashion during the past decade when menswear was at its height in terms of reinterpreting youth culture. | | |
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| RiverBlue documents the journey of conservationist Mark Angelo on a journey through 11 countries to explore how clothing manufacturers are impacting the earth’s waterways. | | |
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| Yael Aflalo, founder of the the clothing company Reformation, uses tech to create less waste. Her inspiration? Tesla Motors. | | |
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| When airline and hotel staffs look good, their clients feel good. | | |
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| With fashion and activism so intrinsically linked, we ponder whether brands have an obligation to speak out against the president. | | |
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| Reflections on two seasons of loss. | | |
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