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del.icio.us fashion links for March 12, 2010:

• Lindsay Lohan ends collaboration with fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro – Telegraph
  Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan's design career has ended after a single collection for Parisian label Emanuel Ungaro, leaving the fashion world divided over whether her work was a disaster or a much-needed bit of fun.
• Prada ordered manager to get rid of ‘old, fat and ugly’ staff – Telegraph
  A senior manager at Prada is suing the fashion label claiming that she was ordered to get rid of "old, fat and ugly" staff in the Italian fashion label's Japanese stores.
• Canadian fashion icon Linda Lundström announces new career path
  Canadian fashion icon Linda Lundström announces new career path
  From designing to inspiring – Linda launches consulting company,
  Linda Lundström Works
• Isabel Marant: internet is “too fast and too fake”
  In this week’s Grazia, we caught up with the lovely cult designer, Isabel Marant, at her Paris studio, just a fortnight before her show. As we chatted about everything from her countryside home (with no electricity btw) to her status as designer du jour, and the secret behind that elusive French chic, there was lots of great stuff that we just couldn’t fit into the magazine feature

del.icio.us fashion links for March 1, 2010:

• Justin Theroux Readying ‘Zoolander 2′ For Ben Stiller And Paramount: Where’s Owen? – Deadline.com
  EXCLUSIVE: What's better than being really, really ridiculously good-looking like Zoolander? Being really, really ridiculously good-looking in the 2001 cult classic's sequel. Finally, Paramount and Ben Stiller are pulling together a PG-13 Zoolander 2 with Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2 writer Justin Theroux who'll also direct. I've learned that Ben and Justin are working on the script together, and Theroux is going to Fashion Week in Paris to "immerse himself on what is current in fashion". "It's got momentum," a studio source just told me. Everyone's hoping Owen Wilson co-stars again but no deal is set. The villain likely will be Jonah Hill who's in negotiations.
• Proenza Schouler and Valentino Owner Permira Said to Be Shopping Both Labels
  European private equity firm Permira, which bought minority stakes in Valentino and Proenza Schouler in May and July 2007, respectively, is reportedly looking to sell its interest in the labels. Permira denied that it is putting out feelers, but WWD reports that sources say otherwise, and several investment funds have looked at both labels.
• Christian Lacroix Has Severed All Ties with Label; Lacroix Womenswear Not Expected Again Before 2012
  Christian Lacroix has severed all ties with his namesake brand, instead focusing on designing theater costumes, hotels, and the like through his XLCX studio, but there's still plenty going on at the label.

del.icio.us fashion links for February 25, 2010:

• Urban Outfitters’ Grow-Slow Strategy in Europe – BusinessWeek
  By studying local fashions first, it hopes to succeed in Europe where others have stumbled
• Calvin Klein To Focus On Chinese Market In 2010 – ChinaRetailNews.com
  American fashion brand Calvin Klein has announced plans to open 60 new chain stores in Asia in 2010, mainly targeting its expansion in the Chinese market.
• Target India is a long-term strategic asset- Interviews-Opinion-The Economic Times
  Target Corporation, the second-largest discount retailer in the US after Wal-Mart, sees its Indian operations as a vital cog in the profound shifts taking place in its global expansion. Though the $64-billion company maintains an India retail entry is still far off, it is upbeat on its Bangalore captive centre that employs 2,100 people
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del.icio.us fashion links for February 18, 2010:

• Alexander McQueen label will survive, say French owners – Times Online
  Alexander McQueen’s fashion label will live on despite the designer’s apparent suicide last week, it was announced this morning.

  The decision to maintain the legacy of one of the most high-profile British designers will come as a huge boost to London Fashion Week which starts tomorrow.

  PPR, the French luxury group with a controlling stake in the designer’s companies, said that it planned to build on the McQueen brand. François-Henri Pinault, its president, said: “The Alexander McQueen trademark will live on. This would be the best tribute that we could offer to him.”

• Toronto’s fashion week finds new home
  After living nomad-style for years – in tents erected first at Nathan Phillips Square then last year on King St. W. – Toronto Fashion Week has come inside.

  Following last-minute negotiations, Robin Kay, executive director of the Fashion Design Council of Canada – the body that mounts LG Fashion Week – told the Star Tuesday that a home has been nailed down.

• The real McQueen – Times Online
  The suicide of the designer Alexander McQueen was a shock, but not entirely a surprise, according to those who knew him best

del.icio.us fashion links for February 8, 2010:

• Behind the Scenes: The Product Specialist – On the Runway Blog – NYTimes.com
  Once again, models are ready to strut and designers take their bows in the latest reenactment of the emperor’s new clothes. The back story of New York Fashion Week is far more interesting: an industry in turmoil, the drastic loss of local factories and suppliers, the manufacturing dominance of China and other countries, the gradual decline of technical expertise in the face of apparent consumer indifference about fit and quality. As usual, the story goes well beyond the limited world of runway collections.

  Recently, over a meal at Ben’s deli on W. 38th Street, I spoke to Cindy Ferrara, a veteran production specialist, about her job and how the work has changed. The wingspan of her career is enormous. Now manager of product development and production at Danskin, a Moret Group brand, Ms. Ferrara first came to New York in the early 70s to buy fabrics for a shirt company she started as an Iowa college student.

• Donna Karan on the Current Fashion System: "We’re Killing Our Own Industry"
  Last night, in honor of two new graduate degrees at Parsons which she helped initiate, Donna Karan sat down with FIT's Valerie Steele for a little chat before a sold-out audience in the school's auditorium. Karan, who has also been a major proponent of updating the fashion schedule, explained how she proposes the changes be made:
• Burberry follows Avatar’s lead as first label to stream 3D show at London Fashion Week | Mail Online
  Red and green glasses are not much of a fashion statement – but this appears little obstacle for British fashion label Burberry, which is set to make history by broadcasting its upcoming catwalk show live in 3D.

  The 150-year-old brand, which continues to defy the recession with soaring profits, has announced plans to stream its upcoming London Fashion Week show at a string of parties in New York, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo and Los Angeles.

  Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1249401/Burberry-follows-Avatars-lead-label-stream-3D-London-Fashion-Week.html#ixzz0excGIeUy

del.icio.us fashion links for February 4, 2010:

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• Bespoke branding for Gucci’s luxury marques
  WHEN Robert Polet became CE of the luxury conglomerate Gucci Group five- and-a-half years ago, one of the first things he did was call a meeting with his IT department.

  “I told them to go find out what sort of set-up Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had in their offices, and then get it for me,” says the personable Polet, a Dutchman who has made a strategic art out of the gently self-mocking story, dimpling as he admits to the request.

• Fluff flies as fashion writers pick a cat fight with bloggers – News, Fashion – The Independent
  Editors claim the amateurs taking their front-row seats have been bought by the big couture houses

del.icio.us fashion links for February 1, 2010:

• Fashion bloggers driving unique fashions online
  Etsy — that online marketplace of handmade goods — has long been dominated by sales of felt owl tchotchkes. But dig a little deeper into the craft fair, and you’ll find independent designers selling unique made-to-order pieces, shipped to your door within a week.

  It’s a strategy that drives the success of Montreal-based designer Angie Johnson. Since 2007, her Etsy shop, iheartnorwegianwood, has garnered 8,117 user “likes” for her cage skirts, harnesses, and colourful fringe necklaces.

• Steve Madden and Diana Ross to Collaborate on Sneakers – StyleList
  We know Diana Ross for her smooth voice, trademark mane and sometimes crazy antics, so a partnership with Steve Madden sounds like a perfect fit for the wacky fashion world.

  Ross is bringing her decade-spanning fashion sense to a newly announced collaboration with the mega shoe brand, reports WWD.

• Liz’s juicy gossip – NYPOST.com
  The Los Angeles duo that co-founded Juicy Couture is taking a vacation — for good.

  Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy, who made a fortune turning women's sweatsuits into a fashion statement, have left the upscale sportswear brand, The Post has learned

  Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/liz_juicy_gossip_JirsQoWB4WzcpkfVXwXmkJ#ixzz0e1E7xehm