del.icio.us fashion links for September 2, 2008

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del.icio.us fashion links for September 2, 2008:

  • Fashion house Jil Sander being sold
    FRANKFURT, Germany: Fashion house Jil Sander AG, a maker of luxury ready-to-wear clothing for men and women, will be sold to a Japanese apparel group, the private equity firm that owns it said Monday.

    In a statement, Change Capital Partners said it reached a deal to sell Jil Sander to Tokyo-based Onward Holdings Co. Ltd and its European subsidiary GIBO Co. SpA for €167 million (US$244.2 million). - Tags: none

  • It's Michael Kors's moment, (partly) thanks to reality TV
    SOUTHAMPTON, New York: Alessandra Canario approached the restaurant table, her eyes as round as pie tins. Turning to her younger sister, she hissed: "That's Michael Kors, Sabrina, don't you know? He's that guy on TV." - Tags: none
  • the Fashion Spot - Vogue India August 2008 Controversy
    NEW DELHI — An old woman missing her upper front teeth holds a child in rumpled clothes — who is wearing a Fendi bib (retail price, about $100).

    A family of three squeezes onto a motorbike for their daily commute, the mother riding without a helmet and sidesaddle in the traditional Indian way — except that she has a Hermès Birkin bag (usually more than $10,000, if you can find one) prominently displayed on her wrist.

    Elsewhere, a toothless barefoot man holds a Burberry umbrella (about $200).

    Welcome to the new India — at least as Vogue sees it. - Tags: none

  • The MoD wants to use fake fur – what do you think? | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
    Today the Ministry of Defence is meeting with Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to discuss exchanging the fur hats of the guards of Buckingham Palace, which arguably made them so recognisably British, with fake fur substitutes. - Tags: none

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