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Versace: The new Tapestry of life

Versace: The new Tapestry of life

Donatella did always love a grand show-space, and few are bigger anywhere than Pirelli HangarBicocca, where Versace staged her first runway show since the merger with Tapestry.
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Leather Naturally launches world's first digital exhibition for leather circularity

Leather Naturally launches world's first digital exhibition for leather circularity

The headline news may be all about alternatives but the leather sector is out to prove its sustainability credentials with the “world’s first-ever digital exhibition [promoting] the longevity and circularity of leather”.
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Tom Ford: Red carpet, real life, hit show

Tom Ford: Red carpet, real life, hit show

So, there is life for Tom Ford after Tom Ford, and seemingly a very healthy one. Judging by the slick, sleek and sophisticated debut by his long-time design director and successor, Peter Hawkings.
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Sweden’s H&M Move launches latest outerwear collection

Sweden’s H&M Move launches latest outerwear collection

This autumn, H&M Move is to exploring the belief that one great functional wardrobe can unlock a world of outdoor activities with innovative and trademarked performance materials.
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Milan heats up with No. 21 and Roberto Cavalli

Milan heats up with No. 21 and Roberto Cavalli

A muggy Milan of frequent showers on Wednesday as the Italian runway season opened, but a pair of steamy collections by two southern gentleman – Alessandro Dell’Acqua and Fausto Puglisi to ignite the season.
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Facing 'torrent of theft', UK retailers press for police action

Facing 'torrent of theft', UK retailers press for police action

A coalition of British retail industry groups and shopworkers union USDAW has written to police leaders in England and Wales calling on them to back a plan to counter a "torrent of theft".
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Global Fashion Agenda launches films to drive change in industry

Global Fashion Agenda launches films to drive change in industry

Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) has released a new online film series called Fashion Redressed to “inspire the industry to take action to transform the way we produce and consume fashion”.  
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Burberry: Cool codes in Highbury

Burberry: Cool codes in Highbury

So, admiral blue is the new black. And plaid should come in hunter green and yellow daisy, just like the enormous tent in Highbury, where Burberry staged its latest show on a cloudy Monday.
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Elsewhere in London: Fashion East, AN-Y1, Malone Souliers, Banshee of Savile Row, and Ashish

Elsewhere in London: Fashion East, AN-Y1, Malone Souliers, Banshee of Savile Row, and Ashish

Every editor, buyer or critic in London showed for Fashion East on this weekend, as well they should given its organizer Lulu Kennedy’s legendary antenna for new talent.
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LFW Sunday: Simone Rocha, Erdem, Tove, and Holzweiler

LFW Sunday: Simone Rocha, Erdem, Tove, and Holzweiler

A Sunday that drenched London in intense showers didn’t wash out the fashion, with two stellar collections from Simone Rocha and Erdem, and more than honorable displays by Tove and Holzweiler. 
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MYGroup opens sustainable textiles factory in Yorkshire

MYGroup opens sustainable textiles factory in Yorkshire

Waste management firm MyGroup is building a sustainable textiles factory at its Hull, North England, site supported by £500k funding.
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Coats-Lenzing collab creates "industry-first" footwear tech

Coats-Lenzing collab creates "industry-first" footwear tech

Coats Footwear and the Lenzing Group have formed a “ground-breading” alliance by combining their latest innovative technologies.
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LFW Saturday: JW Anderson, Roksanda and Molly Goddard

LFW Saturday: JW Anderson, Roksanda and Molly Goddard

On a sunny Saturday in London, three bold-face name designers presented contrasting visions of fashion, though unified in their common attempts to explore unexpected silhouettes, made of unlikely raw materials. 
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London Fashion Week opens with Di Petsa, Huishan Zhang, and Mark Fast

London Fashion Week opens with Di Petsa, Huishan Zhang, and Mark Fast

London Fashion Week’s busy opening Friday afternoon of shows starred an erotic Greek revival at Di Petsa, East-meets-West sophistication at Huishan Zhang, and clubbing cool at Mark Fast.   
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NYFW: Puppets and Puppets, Willy Chavarria, and Luar

NYFW: Puppets and Puppets, Willy Chavarria, and Luar

A crop of indie designers such as Puppets and Puppets, Willy Chavarria, and Luar demonstrated a distinctive New York point of view, during New York Fashion Week.
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Asia apparel hubs face $65 billion export hit from extreme weather, study shows

Asia apparel hubs face $65 billion export hit from extreme weather, study shows

Extreme heat and flooding could erase $65 billion in apparel export earnings from four Asian countries by 2030, as workers struggle under high temperatures and factories close.
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