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17 Apr

Within the Highlight: Yony Is Making Its Mark With

Within the Highlight: Yony Is Making Its Mark With
Johnny Schwartz has fashion in his blood. His father is the founding father of ABS by Allen Schwartz, the womenswear brand that he founded in 1982 and sold to an investment firm last 12 months. And his paternal grandmother operated The Town Shop on Latest York’s Long Island. After graduating from Boston University with a level in promoting, Johnny Schwartz cut his teeth at ABS as marketing director for 4 years. However it was throughout the pandemic that the Los Angeles native decided to branch out on his own and created Yony, a menswear brand that provides an updated tackle classic American styles produced using sustainable materials and processes at any time when possible. The gathering was inspired by looks popular within the...
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12 Apr

Making the Most of a Mall

Making the Most of a Mall
Within the mass movement by mall owners to recast drained, unproductive or vacant square footage into alternative uses, Macerich seems one step ahead. The Santa Monica, California-based mall owner and operator is steadily repurposing its square footage, in several cases transforming closed department shops or underutilized parking lots into residences, offices, hotels, experiential concepts reminiscent of museums and fitness centers, electric vehicle showrooms, large-format entertainment, more food and beverage, and with a wide range of direct-to-consumer brands wanting to add brick-and-mortar locations.  “Today, probably 15 to twenty percent of our portfolio is non-traditional use, and I could see it going as high as 30 to 40 percent,” said Tom O’Hern, the chief executive officer of Macerich. “We’ve got 44 properties and I'd say...
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26 Mar

Digital Art Is Making Moves on the Mannequin Market

Digital Art Is Making Moves on the Mannequin Market
GETTING A MOVE ON: Will digital artist Sam Shea — prized for his disquieting, liquid-like figures sometimes comprised only of limbs — disrupt the, ahem, staid mannequin market? “I’m principally going to start out manufacturing all my 3D work in real life,” he said at an event Tuesday during Paris Blockchain Week, where he displayed a video clip of one in all his human-like creatures, its flesh stretching out within the wind, riding a horse across a beach. “The cool thing is my dad worked his entire life at a natural history museum, and his best friend made the mannequins.” Shea, higher often known as Nude Robot, said his “surreal mannequins, like lucid dreamers” would offer a latest way for fashion brands...
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