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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

MenInvest Acquires Online Retailer oki-ni

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London-based online retailer oki-ni, a Highsnobiety regular, has been acquired by French menswear-focused media and e-commerce group MenInvest for an undisclosed amount. The news was announced this morning as “…a key piece of our growth strategy to reach €100 million…

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Saturday, November 17th, 2012

Christopher Kane Appointed Creative Director of Balenciaga

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Once news had reached us earlier this month that Nicolas Ghesquiere would be leaving French fashion house Balenciaga, the rumors started who would be following the successful creative director at the French house, starting December 1st. It looks like British…

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Sunday, July 22nd, 2012

Warriors of Radness Sold to American Apparel

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Today we get both interesting, yet very unexpected news, from Warriors of Radness. Rick Klotz, the man behind WOR and Freshjive, has sold the brand to the biggest domestic clothing maker, none other than American Apparel. In an eMail entitled…

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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Lana Del Rey for H&M

Lana Del Rey New Becomes Face of H&M Campaign

Today Swedish fast fashion retailer H&M has announced its new partnership with singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey. She has already been very active in the fashion world, gracing a multitude of fashion magazine covers. Now she will be the…

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Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Yves Saint Laurent Becomes Saint Laurent Paris

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News have surfaced today that Hedi Slimane will be changing the name for his collection from Yves Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent, the original name of the ready to wear collection by the late French fashion designer from 1966. The…

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Thursday, May 31st, 2012

Nike Sells Cole Haan and Umbro

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Interesting and unexpected at the same time, Nike has reported today that they will be selling Cole Haan and Umbro, in order to focus on their sports brands, including Nike, Converse, Hurley and Jordan. ““We see tremendous opportunity to accelerate…

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Monday, April 9th, 2012

Raf Simons Replaces John Galliano at DIOR

Raf Simons Replaces John Galliano at DIOR

Many rumors circulated about who would take over the artistic director position at DIOR, after designer John Galliano was fired last year for anti-Semitic remarks. From Marc Jacobs to Riccardo Tisci from Givenchy, many names were coming up in the…

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Monday, March 26th, 2012

Is H&M Working on a High Fashion Brand?

The H&M New Business division, comprised of Weekday, Cheap Monday, Monki and COS seems to be busy these days. COS was the first in-house move by H&M into a higher fashion category and so far that has been very successful.…

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Sunday, March 25th, 2012

A.P.C. Sells Stake for Expansion

A.P.C. Sells Stake for Expansion

It is always interesting to get some background information on the business of brands that report about so often. Since many of them are privately held companies, such as A.P.C., news about their financials hardly ever come out. Today we…

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