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Breaking News | 6267 is no more
MILAN, Italy – It is sad when fashion lives up to its cliched stereotype as a world without loyalty and common sense. News is breaking that Tomasso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi, the celebrated duo...
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Luxury Outlook | Gucci cuts back production capacity
MILAN, Italy – Take a walk into a Gucci store these days and one cannot help but notice the preponderance of logos and icons on almost every Gucci product in sight, especially the brand’s leather...
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CEO Talk | Federico Marchetti, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, YOOX Group
Federico Marchetti Founder and CEO of YOOX Group, Photo:Luca Cottinelli MILAN, Italy — Federico Marchetti is one of fashion’s online pioneers. In 2000, when Marchetti established Yoox.com, online...
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The Fashion Trail | Postcript on Pitti
Giles Deacon At Pitti | Source: The Business of Fashion FLORENCE, Italy — In the world of menswear, January is a full-on month of trade fairs and fashion shows. The super-charged schedule of activities...
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The Spotlight | Roberta Furlanetto
Roberta Furlanetto collage by Susie Bubble | Source: Style Bubble MILAN, Italy — The words “Made in Italy” have long been the pride of the Italian fashion system. But, in recent years, controversy has...
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Fashion Film Flourishes in Italy
VICENZA, Italy — Whereas Italy may have initially been slow on its uptake of Fashion 2.0, momentum appears to be building there to embrace digital media in all its forms, but especially fashion film....
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BoF Live | Burberry Prorsum Menswear S/S 2011 from Milan
MILAN, Italy — On Saturday, 19 June at 3pm Milan time, 2pm London time and 9am New York time, The Business of Fashion is pleased to bring you the livestream of the Burberry S/S 2011 menswear...
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The Fashion Trail | A Jil Sander Sorbet and Burberry’s Acoustic Treats
Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2010 | Source: Pitti Immagine MILAN, Italy — This season, BoF dipped its toes a bit deeper into the waters of the Italian men’s fashion scene, starting with Pitti Uomo and...
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The Fashion Trail | In Italy, Digital Strategies are only Screen Deep
Hogan A/W 2011 Presentation | Source: The Business of Fashion MILAN, Italy — In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, luxury fashion brands found themselves scrambling to develop strategies for the...
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CEO Talk | Matteo Marzotto, Chairman, Vionnet
Matteo Marzotto in his Milan offices | Source: The Business of Fashion MILAN, Italy — When Matteo Marzotto, stylish scion of the Italian fashion dynasty announced in February 2009 that he was acquiring...
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Koko Rosso
Diesel subsidiary Staff International announced today its investment in the emerging label of much-lauded London-based Greek designer Sophia Kokosalaki. With only £350k in annual revenue, Kokosalaki’s...
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Magnificent Milan
The semi-annual harvesting of the fruits of menswear designers from all over the world has just ended In Milan, and I have to say, it was a bumper crop. I never planned use this blog as an editorial on...
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Links of the week: Sexless Gucci, Gianni-less Versace, Thom and Brooks Brothers
The Times of London: G-ForceFrida Giannini, the last remaining designer of the trio that was selected to replace Tom Ford at Gucci, is an advocate for Gucci without the sex. According to The Times,...
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Paris Fashion Week: 6267 – That dress!
Ever since Roberto Rimondi and Tommaso Aquilano of 6267 sent their S/S 2008 collection down the runway in Milan last week, everyone has been talking about that dress. In her glowing review, Suzy...
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Made in Italy: Time for accountability
The Made in Italy label is a source of pride for every Italian. You see, Italians have fashion in their blood and style in their DNA. It’s not surprising that more than 4 million of them tuned in to...
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Everybody’s talking about | Men’s underwear
David Beckham billboard in Milan, courtesy of Emporio Armani MILAN, Italy - Every once in a while, we notice the media — all kinds of media from blogs to arty fashion mags to the mainstream press —...
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Milan Fashion Week | Commerce and creativity
While London is often the spark of new ideas and New York is confidently commercial, the Milan shows usually sit somewhere in between. They may not be the pushing the limits of fashion in terms of new...
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Rivy Ng and Jsen Wintle | Emerging menswear talents to watch
In our ongoing collaboration with JC Report, we recently contributed two articles about some promising emerging brands, and we wanted to make sure BoF readers could learn about these talented young...
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Made in Italy | Time for accountability II
MILAN, Italy – A few months back, I published an article about the Made in Italy label, following damaging findings aired in a provocative Italian documentary on the state of luxury manufacturing in...
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