Articles by Sylvana Lijbaart
Kim Jones leaves Fendi
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After four years, Kim Jones and Fendi are going their separate ways. This was announced by Fendi's parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton in a statement on Friday. Jones worked as womenswear designer at the Italian fashion house. “Kim Jones made significant contributions to the brand's creative legacy, seamlessly integrating his modern...
Hugo Boss Foundation invests in Indian cotton fibre project
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The Hugo Boss Foundation has signed a partnership with the Grameena Vikas Kendram Society of Rural Development (GVK Society), an Indian grass-roots non-profit organisation with the mission to build regenerative, circular and socially inclusive agricultural value chains that optimise value for smallholder farmers and indigenous communities. This...
CIFF joins forces with ISPO Munich
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A new collaboration in the fashion fair landscape has risen. Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) and ISPO Munich are joining forces, with the former to take up a partner stand at the German sports fashion fair, while ISPO Munich will also visit the Danish fair. The aim of the collaboration is to unite sports and fashion. The partnership...
H&M to buy back B-shares for one billion SEK
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Swedish fashion company H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB is buying back its B-shares via a share buyback programme, making use of authorisation that was granted in its 2024 Annual General Meeting, the company said in its financial update and explained in a separate press release. H&M is buying back SEK one billion (98.3 million dollars) worth of...
Peter Wertmann wins Lichting 2024 with graduate collection ‘Lost Product of Society’
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Peter Wertmann is the winner of Lichting 2024, the design competition of the Netherlands’ up-and-coming fashion talent. The announcement was made on Friday evening after the annual Lichting show at Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW), held in an intimate space at De Hallen Studio’s in Amsterdam. During the show, ten emerging fashion designers presented...
Former EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger to advise Shein
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Former EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger will lobby for Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein. Oettinger is to advise Shein on the political climate in the European Union, as reported by Dutch media platform NOS on Wednesday. The Chinese fast-fashion giant is trying to improve its reputation against the backdrop of a planned IPO in London. Shein has...
On Holding AG posts success in first half, profit grows 156.5 percent
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The second quarter and first half of 2024 has been a strong one for Swiss sportswear company On Holding AG, which reported a double-digit sales growth for both periods. The half-year report of the brand also showed a strong improvement in net profit. Net sales totalled 567.7 million Swiss francs in the second quarter, while the company surpassed...
IFCO: Turkish fashion world sees Europe as a market with many opportunities and challenges
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Istanbul - The Turkish fashion industry has been competing with major producing players like Bangladesh and China for years. Turkey has managed to defend its position, however, in a time when this is not an easy task. The country does not do this by compromising on prices, because quality comes before quantity in the Turkish fashion world, and...
Ted Baker will not make a fresh start in the Netherlands
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The Dutch branch of Ted Baker, trading under the name Ted Baker Netherlands BV, will not continue, according to the first bankruptcy report. The British fashion brand had a flagship store in Amsterdam, a store in Roermond and shop-in-shops in the luxury retailer, Bijenkorf. Ted Baker Netherlands BV went bankrupt due to liquidity problems, with...
Swimwear brand Via di Gioia: ‘As a young woman with a large cup size, you also want a stylish bikini’
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It’s time to put a new brand in the spotlight. As temperatures rise and the sun makes more of an appearance, a good bikini is a must-have for any summer wardrobe. But what if most bikini tops aren’t available in your size? Netherlands-based Charlotte van Oorschot experienced the same problem and started her own swimwear brand Via di Gioia as a...