'Be the energy you want to attract.' I always say that here, because in our business we have to deal with a lot of different personalities and egos. We have to deal with bullying. We have to deal with rejection. Teamwork here is so important. | | | | Rehearsal. Katama by Garrett Neff, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Resort, May 16, 2017.
(Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “'Be the energy you want to attract.' I always say that here, because in our business we have to deal with a lot of different personalities and egos. We have to deal with bullying. We have to deal with rejection. Teamwork here is so important.”
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 | Racked |
| ASOS stocks 85,000 styles on its site. Boohoo turns around collections in two weeks flat. And competitors are freaking out. | | |
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 | The Business of Fashion |
| An American ‘sewbots’ start-up has become the symbol of a new industrial revolution in garment manufacturing. What does the rise of automation mean for the business of fashion and the wider world? | | |
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 | British Vogue |
| The artistic Italian entrepreneur partners with the Howard Hughes Corporation on a concept store for New York’s Seaport District. | | |
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 | The Conversation |
| The mall's inventor, Victor Gruen, envisioned thriving hubs of civic activity, rather than bland, asphalt-enclosed shopping centers. Is his original vision now being realized - or further corrupted? | | |
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 | Loose Threads |
| Is Walmart building a reputable competitor to Amazon or will it flame out like Yahoo, the last company to acquire its way to nothing? Looking at its strategy alongside Amazon's gives us some clues. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The French brand is the latest company to be called out on social media for cultural appropriation. Is this the new normal? | | |
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 | Toronto Star |
| Appropriation. It’s the word of the moment following a big blow-up from a little-read editorial in a little-known magazine that called for an “Appropriation Prize.” | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| The managing director of KCD's digital arm got her very first job out of college - as an assistant publicist at KCD - by calling the front desk. She hasn't slowed down since. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| The beauty industry is on fire, thanks in large part to technology. Prestige beauty sales in the United States grew 6 percent to $15.9 billion in the year ending in February, according to the research firm NPD Group. Makeup alone rose 11 percent to $7.3 billion. | | |
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 | Tank Magazine |
| Cristóbal Balenciaga is the subject of a new retrospective at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Tamsin Blanchard looks inside the display cases ahead of its opening. | | |
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| Fashionista |
| "It's not enough just to have a voice or to be creative." | | |
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 | Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator |
| The Copenhagen Fashion Summit looks to the circular economy and industry-wide collaboration for the fashion industry to succeed with a regenerative economy. | | |
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| The Business of Fashion |
| Luca Benini’s ability to imbue products with cultural meaning has made Slam Jam - a diverse enterprise that includes distribution for Stüssy, Carhartt WIP and Nike - a powerful force in streetwear. | | |
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| Racked |
| A consignment expert on what's worth your money. | | |
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 | Jing Daily |
| The British couture shoe brand Jimmy Choo is up for sale, and this Chinese billionaire is in a good position to buy it. | | |
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 | WWD |
| His designs will be featured in a ballet by dancer and choreographer Sébastien Bertaud in June. | | |
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 | TechCrunch |
| Today (May 16)nInstagram Stories adds a more subtle and mature but error-prone copycat of Snapchat's beloved augmented reality selfie filters. | | |
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 | Digiday |
| The boxes, which became a trend several years ago, help Conde deepen relationships with advertisers, drive e-commerce revenue and hold the lines of print circulation. | | |
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 | Sportswear International.com |
| Read here what was the mission of Nina Faulhaber and Meg He who met while working together at Goldman Sachs and founded the label Aday out of a need. | | |
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 | Business Insider |
| As Sears retreats from one of its most promising locations, Seritage says it can triple the rent by turning the space over to the new tenants. | | |
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