Italian fashion designers look to China for salvation
Italy's top designer brands are looking to China for salvation this year with revenues falling due to a debt crisis that has cast an air of gloom as Milan Fashion Week kicks off on...
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Skechers sees sales plunge in 2011
The American company’s latest financial results have been dragged down by weak sales of its toning footwear in comparison to record growth in 2010, with net sales falling 20% in the space...
Levi’s Made & Crafted : Miles Johnson in charge of style
Miles Johnson has been responsible for the creative direction of Levi’s Vintage Clothing since 2003. His first collection for Made & Crafted is the Fall-Winter 2012/2013 collection. He...
World stage beckons Indian designers
Fashion designers in India, known for shimmering silks and other rich textiles, must be true to their roots and play up these strengths, along with a fine hand for detail, if they aspire...
Passion for fashion sweeps war-weary Afghanistan
A passion for fashion is not the first image that springs to mind when most people think of Afghan men, usually pictured in war reports wearing beards, turbans and carrying AK47s as...
Diesel Black Gold opens its first store in New York
Diesel’s high-end line has chosen New York for the location of its first ever standalone store. Found at 68 Greene Street in Soho, the 2,500 m2 space will offer the label’s collections...
Crocs goes beyond footwear
Crocs wants to go beyond footwear. The American brand plans to diversify and multiply its licensing agreements with international and regional partners in order to extend its brand to...
France's L Capital buys 8 pct of Fabindia
L-Capital, the private equity arm of LVMH, the world's biggest luxury goods group, has bought out the 8 percent stake in unlisted Indian ethnic wear chain Fabindia from Wolfensohn Capital...
True Religion looking to grow its international presence
True Religion's fourth quarter net sales from its international segment remained flat, while sales from its US stores increased by almost 24%. The company's CEO spoke of plans to increase...
Menswear creeps up on Fashion Week's center stage
Menswear, the perennial poor relation of women's high fashion, is staking a larger claim on the lucrative fashion stage, as retailers tap a growing men's clothing market and runways in...
US designers lag European labels in wooing China
China is in fashion for top U.S. designers as they look to tap the world's fastest-growing luxury goods market amid a slow economic recovery at home, but critics say they have lagged...
Men splurging on clothing signal firming US growth
After years of skimping on clothing American men are hitting the shopping malls in droves, a sure sign the economy is finally strengthening. Sales of men's apparel are forecast to...
Culture-jammer or neo-dandy, meet post-metrosexual man
From culture-jamming youths wired into a networked world, to neo-dandies or take-it-slow types, what tomorrow's man will look like -- and what he might want to buy -- is a capital issue...
Levi profit falls on higher costs and discounts
Levi Strauss & Co saw quarterly profit fall by nearly half as price rises were not enough to offset cotton costs, and the jeans maker also had to discount to keep up with competition.
Hugo Boss 'confident' after record year in 2011
German fashion house Hugo Boss on Thursday expressed "confidence" for business this year after turning in record sales and earnings in 2011. "2011 was another record year for Hugo Boss.