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21 Apr

EXCLUSIVE: Comme des Garçons Is Expanding in Paris

EXCLUSIVE: Comme des Garçons Is Expanding in Paris
Restless fashion maverick Rei Kawakubo — perpetually experimenting with retail formats and modern design concepts — is moving her Comme des Garçons boutique in Paris into the previous location of Burberry’s flagship at 56 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, WWD has learned. The brand new four-story location can be roughly 50 percent larger — and loads more visible — than the previous site, which was tucked right into a courtyard off the identical tony thoroughfare. For greater than 22 years, it has been demarcated solely with a plaque to the side of the courtyard entrance, much like those indicating dental or medical offices — albeit in red Lucite, not brass. Slated to open in early October, the brand new Comme des Garçons unit...
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21 Apr

Prada Group Ups Investments in Industrial Strategy, Sustainability

Prada Group Ups Investments in Industrial Strategy, Sustainability
VALVIGNA, Italy — A vertical industrial structure is nearly par for the course today in the posh industry, but Patrizio Bertelli, executive director of the Prada Group, on Thursday made a degree of letting reporters gathered at the corporate’s plant in Valvigna, Tuscany, know that he is just not jumping on the bandwagon — quite the opposite. In his usual feisty manner, Bertelli said that back within the ‘90s when he began constructing the network of plants that has grown in time to comprise 24 industrial facilities, of which 21 are in Italy, he was challenged by popular opinion. He recalled that he was told then that his strategy “didn't make sense, and folks wondered why I'd not simply turn to...
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21 Apr

The brand new generation of artists giving henna a

The brand new generation of artists giving henna a
Young henna artists are moving away from traditional floral designs, creating art that’s more relevant for day-to-day life It’s the day before Eid, and a small makeshift henna parlour is taking form within the dining room. The family henna artist, my sister, is in the midst of a circle of stretched arms. Fingers wiggling, arms flapping, it’s chaotic to the unfamiliar eye. But to us, it’s nothing out of the atypical, a seasoned ritual to bring to start with of a celebration, steeped in intricate tales of belonging.  While a typical consensus on its origins is yet to be agreed on, some historians report the earliest use of henna as a component of the...
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21 Apr

Levi Strauss Names Snap’s Kenny Mitchell Chief Marketing Officer

Levi Strauss Names Snap’s Kenny Mitchell Chief Marketing Officer
Levi Strauss & Co. has turned to the world of social media and Snap for its latest head of promoting.  The denim giant named Kenny Mitchell senior vice chairman and chief marketing officer of the Levi’s brand starting June 5.  Most recently, Mitchell was chief marketing officer at Snapchat parent Snap, where he led the expansion of the corporate’s global community, promoting base and developer partners. Before Snap, he held executive positions at McDonald’s USA and Gatorade for a brand-building profession spanning greater than 20 years.   Mitchell will report back to president Michelle Gass, who's preparing to take over the role of chief executive officer from Chip Bergh and is currently running the namesake business. Gass said: “Kenny is well known as an modern...
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