The thing is that they care—they're not trolling their audience. I think the thing with other brands is that they are trolling their audience. | | | | Greece in the Grand Palais. Chanel Croisiere, May 3, 2017.
(Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The thing is that they care—they're not trolling their audience. I think the thing with other brands is that they are trolling their audience.”
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| | rantnrave:// Big news of the day came in M&A: COACH will acquire KATE SPADE for $2.4bn cash. On paper, the deal makes sense—these are like brands in like markets, and it's one reason Coach said it can save $50m over the next three years by streamlining manufacturing and supply chain operations. The short story: Coach is buying millennial customers and the potential for further international expansion from Kate Spade. Long term: wait and see. The brands will be kept separate, fueling continual speculation that Coach aims to become a conglomerate... Shoutout to GRAILED for this interview with TOMMY TON. Ton offers some candid thoughts on his career and finding genuine connection to clothes amid the visible bombardment of fashion today. JAK AND JIL 4eva... NIKE does not mess around with marketing. It devoted active research and development to breaking the two-hour marathon, and runner ELIUD KIPCHOGE clocked in just 25 seconds shy. In other words, Nike is throwing meaningful resources (as opposed to bald cash) behind a milestone that has wider implications for sports and culture. It's participatory and something almost everyone can support. Not your typical influencer campaign... ANDERS CHRISTIAN MADSEN offers some personal ruminations on "see now buy now." Great read alongside this data-driven report from THOMSON REUTERS and STYLESAGE CO... Style, dress, and representation from different walks of American life: SIKH American men and dress codes at HBCUs... GLOBAL FASHION AGENDA x BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP issued a report on the sustainability "pulse" of the fashion industry. The 32 out of 100 "pulse" score means little without additional context, but the projected €160 billion by 2030 should provide companies with some motivation... Everyone's fighting for the right to (in)visibility. This short read on the "age of the hipsteader" has some synergy with the lookbook for CAPE TOWN label NOT SEEN. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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 | Grailed |
| "In honor of his own 10 year anniversary of hitting the streets and snapping real outfits worn by real people, I thought it as good of an opportunity as any to not only share our thoughtful and honest conversation with the Grailed community, but turn the lens back onto the man himself to see what he's been wearing lately as part of our ongoing In Medias Res series." | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Will requiring models to have medical certificates stating they are not excessively underweight, or labeling of retouched photographs, really protect models’ health? | | |
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 | Let's Panic |
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 | ADWEEK |
| Not just a test of human endurance. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| The handbag maker will likely keep shopping as it tries to become the next LVMH. | | |
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 | 10 Magazine |
| “See now, buy now.” One of fashion’s more unfortunate monikers for a moment, it always reminds me of mail-order catalogues from the 1990s. “Pick’n’mix.” “Mix’n’match.” “Don’t look now.” “See no evil.” Sorry, I digress. SS17 was the season that “see now, buy now” came to town, taking the first step towards a new age of fashion consumption. | | |
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 | Lipper Alpha Insight |
| The "See Now, Buy Now" retailing model is producing mixed results. | | |
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 | ADDRESS |
| For Ruby Hoette, our clothes materialise the social, cultural and emotional transactions that we experience in our everyday lives. | | |
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 | HERO magazine |
| In a fashion landscape saturated with talented designers and emerging brands, those that present a personal story alongside the clothes often stand out. Enter Parisienne stylist Benjamin (Benny) Brouillet, who is infusing his menswear label, Boyhood, with the 90s spirit of French youth and masculinity. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| Jeremyn Lee is one of 10 student finalists competing for a Kering mentorship and $10,000 to launch a collection. | | |
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 | Very Good Light |
| There's been a recent spike in hate crimes against Sikh American men. This is why they're more proud than ever to wear their turbans. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| The e-commerce platform has grown exponentially since its launch in 2014. | | |
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 | The Fader |
| How the 25-year-old photographer and his friends are bringing the Arab world’s fashion scene to bloom. | | |
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 | Racked |
| At HBCUs, the dress code is enforced as strictly by students as by the administration. | | |
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 | Collectors Weekly |
| During the late Renaissance, these conspicuous spots spread among the stylish set and tantalized onlookers, to whom they seemed like a secret language: Were hers placed in symbolic locations? Did his cover signs of illness or injury? Were messages encoded in the spots’ distinctive shapes? | | |
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 | Reuters |
| Canada's Hudson's Bay Co has hired a debt restructuring adviser to review potential options for combining its business with debt-laden U.S. department store operator Neiman Marcus Group, according to people familiar with the matter. | | |
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| Bloomberg |
| An icon of 20th century American retailers laid low. | | |
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 | The Business of Fashion |
| BoF has learned that the chief executive is departing the super-agency he founded in 2014 after disagreements with its investor, the asset management firm Waddell & Reed. | | |
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 | Daily Front Row |
| It seems like Tokyo is on everyone's minds, thanks to the Met Gala and the Costume Institute's new exhibition honoring Rei Kawakubo and Comme des... | | |
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 | AnOther |
| Inventing subtly subversive power dressing for the ravers of the 80s, Lang's S/S92 collection brought the anti-fashion crowd into his fold. | | |
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