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Last night Saks Fifth Avenue unveiled its holiday windows, without sparing any expense or fanfare. The spectacular was presented by Mastercard and the build up to the unveiling included a performance of The Nutcracker Suite performed by 85 dancers from the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School’s pre-professional division. …
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FERRAGAMO BRINGS ON TWO NEW DESIGN DIRECTORS Guillaume Meilland and Fulvio Rigoni have been appointed as design directors of mens and womenswear, respectively, at Italian fashion label Salvatore Ferragamo. The announcement completes a new, three-person creative team, where Paul Andrew has served as the women’s footwear designer since September. “I am convinced that …
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Do you know who made Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress? If your guess was Oleg Cassini, you’d be wrong but not alone in that response. The famous dress was actually created by a female African American fashion designer named Ann Lowe, who went unnamed by Kennedy at the time of her …
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The below governmental notices that may be of interest to our members and the trade. CBP’s Notice of a Comment Request, the Current Bulletin providing a Decision providing a Technical Correction to the New Mailing Address for the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings and Notices regarding the…
Before Fashion Week descends upon New York, take this last weekend to see “Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before it closes Sunday February 5th. The show serves as a peek inside the museum’s extensive fashion archives that have amassed over its seven decade-history. With about 60 …
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Coach has outdone itself with its new three-story Fifth Avenue flagship, opening tomorrow in honor of its 75th anniversary. Accessories Magazine was lucky enough this morning to get a sneak peek of the store, which is one part art installation, one part leather apron-wearing craftsmen doing on-site monogramming and construction demonstrations, …
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a Federal Register notice today ([TEXT] [PDF]) announcing the availability of interim 2016 calendar year import statistics relating to the GSP Competitive Need Limitations (CNLs) program. The GSP CNL on duty-free importations will disqualify exportations from a beneficiary developing country…
The accessories industry turned out Monday for the annual Accessories Council Summit, where the day’s agenda was all about learning and networking. Here, a quick overview of the speakers and panelists, plus a few “awards” that Accessories Magazine would like to bestow: #1. THE MOST RIDICULOUSLY GORGEOUS WORK VENUE EVER: HEARST TOWER …
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GRIMES OUT AT NEIMAN MARCUS Neiman Marcus announced that chief financial officer Donald T. Grimes resigned after just 17 months on the job. He had joined Neiman Marcus in June 2015 from footwear brand Wolverine World Wide, where he also served as CFO. …
Safilo Group and The New School’s Parsons School of Design are teaming up for the first-ever Safilo x Parsons Design Thesis Competition. The competition provides six thesis-level BFA students with the opportunity to design eyewear as part of their final thesis work, with the winner having a prototype manufactured by Safilo. The winning …
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