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‘Anti-Viral-Leisure’ Could Be a $20 Billion Opportunity for ailing Fashion Industry

Fashion businesses have taken significant financial hits due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As these companies look for ways to get through it, a new category is emerging: protective apparel and accessories — or "Anti-Viral-Leisure," as WWD has coined it. Marshal Cohen of NPD, one of the top American market research companies, told WWD, "Fashion is probably the most challenged of all industries right now, and it's going to be […]

todayJune 10, 2020

Fashion

Chanel to Unveil Cruise Collection Online TODAY

Having been forced to cancel its planned cruise show in Capri, Italy, last month because of the coronavirus pandemic, Chanel has now opted for a digital presentation of the collection. The French fashion house released the news that it will unveil its cruise 2020-2021 collection, titled “Balade en Méditerranée” (or “Mediterranean Stroll” in English) today, Monday, June 8 at 12 p.m. Paris time on its web site and social media […]

todayJune 8, 2020

Fashion

Magazine Publishers are pushing release dates for Fall “Fashion Bibles” to September due to Coronavirus

In the world of glossy fashion magazines, September is actually August, but this year the September issues will do just what they say on the cover. Some publishers are pushing back the release dates of their most crucial issues of the year from August to September, allowing more time for ads and samples to roll in. It will also give editors additional time to shoot models and celebrities, a task […]

todayJune 4, 2020

Fashion

Gucci goes seasonless and bids adieu to Fashion Week

Fashion week is over, according to Gucci. In a virtual press conference broadcast from his Rome studio, the label’s creative director, Alessandro Michele, announced that Gucci was slashing the number of fashion shows it holds each year from five to two. Declaring the fashion week calendar obsolete, Michele said he was no longer adhering to a rota staked out by spring/summer, autumn/winter, cruise and pre-fall shows. “I think these are […]

todayMay 26, 2020

Fashion

Jeremy Lin is the new face of Coach’s Men’s Business

Coach is repositioning its China strategy by appointing American-born Chinese basketball player Jeremy Lin its second men’s wear ambassador, after Michael B. Jordan. “In 11 years as a pro, I have never ever done high-end fashion, but when presented with the chance to join the Coach family, I had to jump on it. Classy, refined, relational, dream-oriented and philanthropic. I’m ready to go into unchartered territory. Looking forward to collaborating […]

todayMay 15, 2020

Fashion

Vanna White, Bob Mackie Team Up for ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Collection

Viewers of beloved game show “Wheel of Fortune” may have noticed co-host Vanna White is looking particularly glam this week. The letter spinner has been modeling Bob Mackie archival gowns to help promote a new “Wheel of Fortune” collection by the designer available at shopwheeloffortune.com. “I have been watching ‘Wheel’ and ‘Jeopardy’ since the Eighties. They are part of American life. Some nights I get all the answers and some […]

todayMay 7, 2020

Fashion

This year’s Met Gala goes Virtual – and Everyone’s Invited

The first Monday in May was supposed to be a pinnacle day and night in the world of fashion with the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiling its exhibition and fans flocking to see arrivals for the annual celebrity-studded Met Gala. While the pandemic-induced shutdown has caused the actual gala to shift to a date of to-be-determined, all is not lost.   With the Fifth Avenue museum […]

todayMay 5, 2020

Fashion

A Sign of the Times: Maxfield L.A. Launches E-commerce

It took a pandemic for legendary Los Angeles fashion boutique Maxfield to launch e-commerce for the first time in its 50-year history. “We changed our computer system a year ago with the idea to go into online, and we probably would have rolled it out in the fall. But faced with the virus and having zero idea when we can reopen, we gathered all the assets we could get our […]

todayApril 27, 2020

Fashion

Harry Styles Releases T-Shirt Benefiting Coronavirus Relief Efforts

Harry Styles is joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.  The singer celebrated World Health Day on April 7th by releasing a graphic T-shirt that benefits COVID-19 relief efforts. The white T-shirt is inscribed with the message, “Stay Home. Stay Safe. Protect Each Other.” All proceeds from the $26 T-shirt will benefit the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Fund. “In times like these, it is more important than ever to […]

todayApril 15, 2020

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