ITALY: BLACK LIVES FASHION EVENT TO BE ADDED IN THE MILAN FASHION WEEK

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• The Milan Fashion Week will be including the Black Lives Matter event to the official September show calendar
• Five Black-led Italian brands will make a digital presentation during the Milan Fashion Week

The only designer ...

JAPANESE ‘NIKO AND …’ BRAND STORE TO OPEN ITS SECOND OUTLET IN CHINA

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• Japanese ‘Niko and …’ brand store to open its second outlet in China.
• The fashion chain operator of the store is Adastria Co.
• The new store is about 1,500 square meters in Shanghai’s busy West Na...

LOCAL PRODUCTION FOR AUSTRALIAN TEXTILE FASHION WILL UPLIFT FARMERS

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• The nation doesn't manufacture cotton and also wool. Production moved abroad during the 1990s when taxes for materials, garments, and footwear businesses were fundamentally scaled-down, and China had the option to undermine costs and offer more pr...

HERVIS SPORTS & FASHION OPENS 38TH STORE IN ROMANIA

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• Hervis Sports & Fashion, has opened a new store in Romania.
• Its 38th store in Romania is in Dâmbovi?a County.
• Many offers for Romanian customers are available at this store.

The Austrian sporting goods...

ANDREW CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

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• It will feature more virtual events
• It will include live-streamed runway shows

Andrew Cuomo said that the New York Fashion Week can be organized in September. However, it shall be under the state public health guidance and...

CAMPAIGNERS URGE ITALIAN FASHION BRANDS TO TACKLE RACISM

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• Campaigners insist that controversial decisions could be avoided if more black people held senior positions.
• The fashion designer Stella Jean co-wrote a letter, urging fashion labels to take action to curb racism.

Black fa...

KANSAI YAMAMOTO, AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED JAPANESE DESIGNER DIES AT 76

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• Kansai Yamamoto, an internationally renowned Japanese Designer dies at 76.
• The family of the designer mentioned that he passed away last week of leukemia.
• He is known to be the first Japanese designer to hold a fashion s...

MALTESE FASHION FRANCHISE AFFECTED FROM ITALIAN LOCKDOWN

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• In Europe, Italy has maximum coronavirus cases.
• Retail shutdown due to COVID-19 left Melite Retail Group with no choice but to request that bondholders to accept to a reduction in their bond interest rate.

High street fash...

JOOR EXPANDS GLOBAL EVENT COVERAGE TO MIDDLE EAST AND JAPAN

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• JOOR is partnering with Arab Fashion Council and Japan Fashion Week Organization.
• Organizers of fashion weeks that JOOR is a part of want to create one-stop-shop for users.

JOOR, the world’s industry-standard digital...

RAGS TO RICHES: THE STORY OF DO WONG & JIN SOOK, FOUNDERS OF FOREVER 21

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• Unlike the story of most millionaires, the Chang husband-wife duo  came from poor families in South Korea, made it big in America and is now again on a downward spiral

• Rags to riches to a low phase again, Forever 21 is the mate...

HIGH-END FASHION BRAND MULBERRY WILL CUT 25% WORLDWIDE WORKFORCE

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• Mulberry plans to cut its workforce by 25% worldwide.
• The company will start reopening UK stores from 15 June.
•  Mike Ashley's Frasers Group retail business bought a 12.5% stake in Mulberry.
• Mulberry ha...

FOREIGN RETAILERS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES IN THAILAND

• Amid Local Players muscling into the retail market in Thailand, retailers are faced with no other alternative but to shut shop.
• Japanese Isetan and Britain’s Tesco have made It quite clear about difficulty in doing business in Thailand

The last of the co...

NYKAA SHUTS SHOP AFTER CLOSING A 100 CRORE FUNDING IN WAKE OF COVID-19 IMPACT

• Beauty and Cosmetics retailer Nykaa has bitten dust ever since the lockdown came into effect.
• It  has shut down operations, even though having raised funds to the tune of 100 cores.

The company has to say that the lockdown has put the operations unde...

BEST SHAMPOO BARS FOR WOMEN

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• Shampoo and conditioner bottles contribute to a major part of non-biodegradable wastes every year
• The cosmetics industry delved into a technique which was quite fashionable in the olden days

Shampoo bars are a great way t...

3 BEST MALE FASHION STYLES TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2020

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• Many trends from 2019 have crept back in 2020
• Loose and comfortable clothing have been major hits this year

New Year brings new trends and also the repetition of some older trends. Many styles and trends from male fashion...

FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FACES RACISM ALLEGATIONS

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• The renowned fashion design school has been slapped with numerous racism allegations
• Last month, a student refused to model certain accessories as they were racist

Last month saw an American-African student refusing to wa...

BEST NAIL TRENDS FEATURED IN LONDON FASHION WEEK

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• London Fashion Week saw muted, minimal trends with regards to clothing
• The lack of drama in the clothing department was more than made up in the nails department

London Fashion Week saw over-the-top nail art on all design...

MANSCAPED SUCCESSFULLY REIGNING THE MALE GROOMING MARKET

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• The male grooming and consumer packaged goods market is a widely untapped one
• American founded company MANSCAPED has created a niche for itself in this market

The brand was founded by Paul Tran in 2017. He identified the ...

BEST AT-HOME TREATMENTS FOR A GLOWING SKIN

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• Facial maintenance requires occasional treatments like micro-needling, facials, etc.
• Facial treatments can be done at home easily and at much lower cost

Facials, face packs, cleansing, micro-needling are just some ways to...

A WELLNESS START UP THAT REDUCES THE STIGMA AROUND MALE PATTERN BALDNESS

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• Male pattern baldness is a subject that men still aren’t comfortable discussing
• The baldness may be hereditary, hormonal or due to external factors

Nearly 66 per cent of the men worldwide suffer from male pattern ba...