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31 Dec

The Estée Lauder Cos. to Acquire Tom Ford – WWD

The Estée Lauder Cos. to Acquire Tom Ford – WWD
It’s official: The Estée Lauder Cos. is the brand new owner of Tom Ford, marking the beauty giant’s first enterprise into the style world and its biggest deal ever. Paying $2.3 billion to amass the posh fashion, beauty and eyewear brand, Lauder outbid rival Kering, which was reported earlier this month to be a front-runner for the corporate. Ermenegildo Zegna Group and Marcolin SpA will enter long-term license agreements for Tom Ford fashion and Tom Ford eyewear, respectively. Marcolin has been the eyewear licensee since 2005, while Zegna has had the license for Tom Ford menswear since around 2006. Now, it is going to be answerable for all of Tom Ford’s fashion business. The deal values the entire enterprise of Tom Ford at $2.8 billion....
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31 Dec

Will fashion ever be ‘taboo’ again?

Will fashion ever be ‘taboo’ again?
In an era where almost every part is sexually permitted, and shock has been supplanted by outrage, taboo has lost its potency on the runway This text is a component of our Way forward for Sex season – a series of features investigating the long run of sex, relationships, dating, sex work and sex employee rights; tech; taboos; and the subsequent socio-political sexual frontiers. The one image to look on the invitation was that of human flesh. A pale wound haphazardly sewn back along with bits of string, as if it were the handiwork of a backstreet surgeon or an act of self-mutilation. That piece of card can be the prelude to half-hour of psychic romance, where women staggered through a catwalk strewn with...
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31 Dec

Whitney Houston’s Estate Releases Fragrance In Singer’s Honor –

Whitney Houston’s Estate Releases Fragrance In Singer’s Honor –
Ten years after the passing of superstar Whitney Houston, the singer’s estate has released a fragrance in her honor. Through executor Marion “Pat” Houston, the estate partnered with Scent Beauty and perfumer Firmenich to provide the Whitney Houston Signature Fragrance.  The brand new scent arrives in late October, just two months ahead of “I Wanna Dance With Someone,” an estate-approved biopic concerning the singer’s life. “Whitney Houston has been a pioneer within the entertainment space and a real inspiration to women, says Steve Mormoris, the founder and CEO of Scent Beauty, in a press release. “We desired to proceed to bring her legacy to life through a scent that encompasses all that she has achieved.”  Houston was an achieved performer, holding the dignity...
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