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19 Jun

Chanel Says Coronavirus Impact Will Affect Luxury Sector for Next Two Years (HYPEBEAST)

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Despite the coronavirus pandemic slowly getting under control, French luxury goods company Chanel predicts that the lingering effects on the economy will impact the luxury sector for at least the next two years. “We anticipate that the external environment will continue to impact the luxury sector negatively for at least the next 18 to 24 months,” says Chanel’s CFO Philippe Blondiaux in an interview with Reuters. Despite these predictions, the group has seen a 13 percent growth since 2019 and expects to end the year profitable. Previously having to shutter many of its retail locations, almost 85 percent of the group’s stores have now opened, with a massive sales rebound in China with some weeks going over 100 percent. Business is starting to resume in Paris,...
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16 Jun

Charles Jeffrey’s London Fashion Week Livestream Raises Money for UK Black Pride (VOGUE)

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“Loverboy’s always been a happening, a place where people club together to do something great.” So says Charles Jeffrey, talking about how he was galvanized into action to raise money for UK Black Pride tonight. “I mean, that’s how it all started, at Vogue Fabrics [the East End venue owned by Lyall Hakaraia] when I was a student. I thought if I could do it then, I can do it now.” For London’s first digital fashion week Jeffrey had a virtual version of one of his exuberant party scenes planned, a teaser for the ‘top-up’ collection of t-shirts-and knits he went to huge lengths to put together in quarantine. But when the Black Lives Matter movement put anti-racism urgently in the forefront...
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14 Apr

Bella Hadid’s New Hand-Painted Jeans Were Created by a Fellow Model (VOGUE)

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This weekend, Bella Hadid celebrated Easter festivities with her family at home. (It appears most of the Hadid clan are sheltering in place at Yolanda Hadid’s farmhouse in Pennsylvania.) “Little bunny foo foo hopping through the forest,” read the caption Hadid posted alongside a series of Easter Sunday images in which she’s taking a nature walk in the backyard—and even climbing a tree. Being the supermodel that she is, Hadid couldn’t help but turn the outdoors moment into a mini photo shoot. She gave her candid snaps a high fashion feel by showing off a special pair of jeans that were created by a fellow model friend.                                         Hadid’s artful jeans were covered in adorable hand-painted flowers—a thematic choice for a nature walk—and come courtesy...
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