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Prada piggybacking on Kolhapuri footwear

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 Fashion companies release new collection and bring new styles and designs at least four times a year, making it competitive as new designs compete for the attention of the consumer. Have you ever thought where the inspiration is coming from? The companies are free to create, inspire, even imitate, but what happens when the designers run out of ideas.  A recent controversy surrounding Italian luxury Prada, puts spotlight on how global fashion giants engage in India – a country whose rich artistic traditions have often suffered because of its inability to cash in on them. Prada got into trouble in June after … Continue reading Prada piggybacking on Kolhapuri footwear

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Prada buys Versace for $1.4bn

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Luxury fashion brand, Prada Group has acquired crosstown Milan fashion rival, Versace from the U.S. luxury group, Capri Holdings Ltd, (parent company of Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo) for $1.38 billion. Capri Holdings is restructuring after a failed merger with Tapestry (owner of Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman), which was blocked by the US Federal Trade Commission in last November. The deal includes Versace’s debt, is a big discount to the $2.15 billion debt that Capri, then known as Michael Kors, paid for Versace in 2017 when the Versace family and Blackstone sold it.  The acquisition strengthens Italy’s position in … Continue reading Prada buys Versace for $1.4bn

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The Savoy luggage porter got inspired to start luxury Gucci brand

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Founder of Gucci, Guccio worked at London’s The Savoy as a luggage porter and elevator operator.  The young porter gained direct access to the tastes and needs of elite travelling customers, escorting them from floor to floor. He met global elites like Winston Churchill, whose accessories inspired him to start his own brand. Many celebrities  worldwide are fans of this brand, including rapper 2 Chainz,  who once said, “ When I die, bury me inside the Gucci store”.  Inspired by his experience and powers of observation, Guccio Gucci  when he was 40 years old, established his eponymous artisanal luggage atelier, … Continue reading The Savoy luggage porter got inspired to start luxury Gucci brand

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Fuming PrettyLittleThing customer backlash not Pretty

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Fashion brand PrettLittleThing ( part of the Boohoo Group, founded by Mahmud Kaman and retail executive Carol Kane in 2006) is facing a customer backlash after becoming the latest retailer to scrap its free returns policy, as UK customers must now pay £1.99 to return clothes, with the cost deducted from their refund.So for many PrettyLittleThing customers the experience is not Pretty at all. Irate shoppers have posted screenshots on social media showing their PrettyLittleThings apps being deleted from their phones, with many saying they would return fewer items if the brand’s sizing was more consistent. High Street giant brands … Continue reading Fuming PrettyLittleThing customer backlash not Pretty

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Seductive pursuit of beauty myth: Ladies in black knickers, corsets, cosmetics

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Are you in front of the dressing table history, a place where your dreams come true, doubts, self-harm and hopes. Who determines which shape is currently “all the rage”? How to custom, colour, class and sex fit into the picture/ Virginia Nicholson explains how advances made by feminism collided with the changing shape of desirability. The pain is Gladys’s botched surgery on her nose, Dorothy, whose skin colour lost her an Oscar, Beccy who took slimming pills and died, and the radioactive corsets. The New Women who discovered freedom by bobbing their hair, the boyish, athletic “ Health and Beauty” … Continue reading Seductive pursuit of beauty myth: Ladies in black knickers, corsets, cosmetics

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League of London’s billionaires

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Caroline Knowles delves into London’s plutocrat’s paradise with more resident billionaires than New York, Hong Kong, or Moscow. Far from trickling down, their wealth is burning up the environment and swallowing up the city. Knowles walks the streets of London from the City to suburban Surrey Via Kensington, Notting Hill, Mayfair, and elsewhere. Her walks reveal how the wealthy shape the capital in their image, creating a new world of gated communities and luxury developments. The dark heart of the plutocratic city, from multi-million-pound mansions to high-end hotels and gentleman’s clubs. Along the way, we meet a wide and wickedly … Continue reading League of London’s billionaires