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7 Aug

ITA to Wave Made in Italy Flag at Chicago Collective

MILAN — Because it continues to wave the Made in Italy flag in international markets, the Italian Trade Agency, or ITA, the governmental agency that supports the business development of Italian firms abroad, is gearing up for Chicago Collective and can take 62 brands to a dedicated area on the show floor. The premium menswear fair will run from Aug. 6 to eight. A part of ITA’s 2023 fashion road show called Inspr Italia Innovations in Style, the Chicago touchdown at town’s merchandise mart marks a vital milestone for the agency’s promotion of Italian menswear by small- and medium-sized enterprises. Paola Guida, deputy trade commissioner, head of fashion and wonder division at ITA, said “the U.S. market, especially with regards to menswear, has...
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5 Jul

A World in Common: the trailblazing recent wave of

We spoke with six photographers from the continent’s recent vanguard of image-making about their visions of Africa past, present and future As its title suggests, the scope of A World In Common: Contemporary African Photography is vast. The expansive recent exhibition at Tate Modern brings together 36 multigenerational artists whose work explicates, shapes, and reinterprets Africa’s diverse cultures and historical narratives. Tracing these threads across photography, film, and audio, the show spans the continent’s many geographies, cultures and time zones to present a vision of Africa past, present and future that's as nuanced because it is prodigious.  “Given the vast number of nations on the African continent, the aim wasn’t necessarily to ‘represent’ each...
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25 May

A Latest Wave of Design Talent at Australian Fashion Week

SYDNEY — Great weather, Insta-friendly show locations and a slew of recent faces delivered the excitement at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, whose resort 2024 collections showcase wrapped on Friday at Sydney’s Carriageworks venue.  A complete of 43 shows featured some 54 designers, not including the #WeWearAustralian finale, which showcased 88 brands. The general public purchased tickets for seven shows through organiser IMG’s two-year-old consumer initiative AAFW: The Experience.  A lot of participating brands are celebrating milestones: midmarket retailer Cue, 55 years in business; Aje, 15 years, and Michael Lo Sordo and Anna Quan, each a decade. Nevertheless, the schedule was heaving with latest names, 10 of them leapfrogging over the event’s traditional entry-level group shows to make their solo runway debuts. They included...
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4 Nov

Klarna and Haus Labs Discuss the Next Wave of

Beyond a partnership that enables beauty consumers to buy with flexible payment methods, Haus Labs by Lady Gaga and Klarna share a core set of values which can be wide deep and impactful. Haus Labs’ chief marketing officer, Kelly Coller, and Natalia Brzezinski, head of strategy at Klarna, U.S., shared with the audience on the WWD Apparel and Retail CEO Summit that it was no accident that the 2 were sharing the stage, but quite the strategic culmination of two corporations driven by investment for the greater economy. “Klarna is completely not only a vendor, in reality, they’re quite the other,” Coller said. “Now we have plenty of programs together that go deep and wide, including the creation of our Klarna...
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