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17 Jun

Women in Hip-hop Fashion: April Walker, Kimora Lee Simmons

It’s the late ‘80s in Latest York City, graffiti is the omnipresent art, Run-DMC is coursing through boomboxes at block parties from its birthplace within the Bronx to Brooklyn, and off-the-rack fashion isn’t quite delivering on the vibe without the necessity for a remix. Several of the young, gifted and Black had already been getting into Dapper Dan’s in Harlem to see the designer give their suits more flavor — but April Walker wanted something for her borough and her community to call its own. And hip-hop was the thread that wove through all of it. Now, because the musical genre that became much larger than artists and albums turns 50, hip-hop’s longstanding influence on fashion is evident — but what’s at times...
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14 Jun

Kontoor CEO Scott Baxter on How VF Spin-off Set

Fashion’s quick love of the following latest thing — from the newest brand to the buzziest tech — comes with an enormous blindspot.  The tried and true is commonly forgotten or left behind.  For Lee and Wrangler, it wasn’t a lot a case of being left behind, as a substitute they were dislodged from their longtime home at VF Corp. in a spin-off just over 4 years ago.  To hearken to Scott Baxter, who navigated the 2 jeans businesses and their parent company Kontoor Brands Inc. through the spin-off and the pandemic, the split proved to be just what Lee and Wrangler needed.  “The brands had lost their ability to ring a bell with their consumer,” said Baxter, Kontoor’s chairman and chief executive officer,...
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29 May

Ferragamo Taps Jeno Lee as First Global Male Brand Ambassador

FIRST AMBASSADOR: Ferragamo has found its own K-pop artist. The Florentine fashion house has tapped Jeno Lee, best generally known as Jeno, as its first global male brand ambassador. A member of South Korean boy band NCT, Jeno attended the brand’s fall 2023 fashion show in Milan in February, sharing behind-the-scenes moments of his Italian trip along with his roughly 6 million followers on Instagram. “Jeno Lee has a charismatic personality and an uncanny ability to attach with a young international audience through his music, style and persona,” said Maximilian Davis, who took Ferragamo’s creative helm last yr.  “We’re driven by the identical passion for creativity,” underscored Davis, while Jeno said he was “excited concerning the opportunity to create synergies with the brand,” which...
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18 May

Lee Teams With Be@rbrick for Buddy Lee Collection

Lee is paying homage to its beloved mascot with a latest collaboration. The denim brand is joining forces with Medicom Toys, the creator of the Be@rbrick dolls, to release an apparel and figurine collection on Thursday that celebrates the Lee mascot, Buddy Lee.  The collaboration includes three T-shirts and a denim jacket that feature cartoon images of Buddy Lee. The T-shirts are designed with patches or screen-printed images of Buddy Lee and his figurine counterpart. The denim jacket is designed in an oversize fit and vintage wash.  The gathering also offers two Buddy Lee figurines, with the larger size standing at greater than two feet tall. The figurines are wearing denim overalls and a hat which are inspired by classic Lee styles. The Buddy...
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