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22 Nov

Beauty Brand Yepoda Gets Investment From Chris Good, JamJar

MILAN — Beauty brand Yepoda has closed a series A funding round led by JamJar Investments and former Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. executive Chris Good, who will join the label not only as investor but additionally as adviser. Additional funding for the round got here from V3 Ventures, led by Treatwell founder Lopo Champalimaud, and Slingshot Ventures.  The worth of the investment was not disclosed, but Yepoda said the financing might be used to expand its product range in addition to global footprint and omnichannel offering. To this end, the brand will open its first brick-and-mortar store worldwide in Milan on Dec. 5. Based in Germany, Yepoda was launched in 2020 by Veronika Strotmann and Sander van Bladel with a mission to make K-beauty...
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12 Nov

Chris Appleton Named U.S. Ambassador of Revive Collagen –

Chris Appleton has been named U.S. ambassador of Revive Collagen, the liquid ingestible brand founded by Samantha Faiers. “It was just quite organically through social media actually,” Appleton said of first connecting with Faiers. “Just kind of seeing a collagen brand and having a natural interest in collagen myself. It was quite an organic relationship that we built.” Each are English, with a robust social media presence. Appleton, who’s based in L.A., has made a reputation for himself as hairstylist to stars like Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian, while Faiers rose to fame on reality series “The Only Way Is Essex.” “Revive Collagen was attractive to me since it’s a British brand,” Appleton went on. “I believe we share very similar values about...
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28 Jun

Born x Raised Cofounder Chris ‘Spanto’ Printup Has Died

Born x Raised cofounder Chris “Spanto” Printup has died. The streetwear label issued a press release on Wednesday confirming Printup’s passing, stating the designer, 42, was involved in a automobile accident on Sunday in Albuquerque, Latest Mexico. The statement read partially: “[Printup] leaves behind his wife Anna and three children, Marilyn, Carter and David, a sister, three brothers, his mother, stepmother and stepfather, his beloved grandparents, his family at Born x Raised, his prolonged native family, the town of Los Angeles that he loved and championed and an intensive network of true friends.” Printup was best known for launching and operating his popular Los Angeles-based streetwear brand, Born x Raised, since 2013 with cofounder Alex “2Tone” Erdmann. The brand takes inspiration from the...
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6 Feb

Canada Goose Taps Union LA’s Chris Gibbs for NBA

Canada Goose and Union LA are joining forces to have a good time the 2023 NBA All-Star Game. The outerwear brand revealed Monday that it has tapped streetwear brand Union LA’s designer Chris Gibbs to create a five-piece collection that could be a “modern tackle classic Americana designs and patterns,” based on the brand, and celebrates the upcoming NBA All-Star Game happening on Feb. 19. The gathering is a component of Canada Goose’s multiyear partnership with the NBA and will probably be available for purchase starting Thursday. “This collection truly reflects the very definition of Union — the motion or fact of joining or being joined together,” Gibbs said. “By fusing the luxurious performance and the function Canada Goose is thought for...
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