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Wrap up warm: How outerwear pop-ups are cocooning us in comfort and creativity

Outerwear brands have been turning up the heat recently with physical activations that transform shopping into an immersive sensory journey. These aren’t your average spots to try on jackets; they’re thoughtfully designed spaces where texture, storytelling, and emotion come to life. From Burberry’s tribute to British parks to The North Face’s...

Fashion

Canadian outerwear brand Moose Knuckles eyes luxury segment

Moose Knuckles, the Canadian outerwear brand, is launching an ambitious creative platform that signals its push into the high-fashion segment. The initiative, dubbed 'Moose Lab', debuts with a capsule collection by the brand's Global Artistic Director, Carlos Nazario, marking a strategic pivot towards fashion-forward interpretations of technical...

Retail

REI Co-op to open Re/Supply store for used apparel

Outdoor retailer REI Co-op is preparing to open a store dedicated to pre-used gear and apparel in late August 2023 in Clackamas, Oregon. Dubbed Re/Supply, the 16,113 square foot space will sit a few doors down from the company’s existing store which has been in the town centre since 2007, and will further add to the eight REI stores already...

Fashion

Canada Goose is launching rental with Selfridges

Luxury outerwear and apparel brand Canada Goose is launching a rental edit with Selfridges, which will be available from January 19 via the department store’s website and its London flagship. The rental edit, curated by the Selfridges buying team, features some of Canada Goose’s “most loved styles” for men and women, including its sustainable...

Business

Uniqlo donates 20.000 Heattech and other winter products to those in need

Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo is donating 20.000 of its Heattech and other winter products to those in need across the ten European markets it is active in - Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and UK. Along with the clothes donation, the company is also giving 50.000 euros as financial support mainly...

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66°North appoints Kei Toyoshima as creative director

Icelandic outerwear brand 66°North has appointed former head of men’s ready-to-wear at Bottega Veneta, Kei Toyoshima as creative director. Toyoshima, originally from Japan, has been working in the fashion industry in Paris since 2008 and most recently was consulting at Louis Vuitton on its menswear collection. He has also worked at Bottega...

Business

REI Co-op appoints Patrick Fell as VP, financial planning and analysis

Outdoor retailer REI Co-op has announced the appointment of Patrick Fell as vice president, financial planning and analysis, effective November 7. Fell has been tasked with leading strategic financial strategies across the company, including driving efficiency in its annual planning and forecasting processes. In a release, REI Co-op’s executive...

Business

Childrenswear brand Dinoski surpasses 300,000 pound crowdfunding goal

Dinoski, a British childrenswear brand, has surpassed its 300,000 pound crowdfunding goal 16 days ahead of schedule. With a focus on character-themed clothing, the London-based retailer has generated over one million pounds in sales since its launch in 2018, growing in revenue by 600 percent. In its crowdfunding campaign, which launched through...

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Mulberry launches outerwear capsule inspired by Softie bag

Mulberry has evolved its contemporary Softie bag style into an outerwear capsule collection for autumn/winter 2022. The Softie bag was launched in February 2022 and has made an impact with its distinctive puffy quilting. That signature detailing has been translated into a tactile outerwear collection “fusing functionality with a fashion-forward...

Business

Eddie Bauer names new CEO

The Sparc Group has announced the appointment of Tim Bantle as chief executive officer of its brand, Eddie Bauer. Bringing two decades of experience to the team, Bantle has been tasked with charting the next phase of the outdoor brand’s growth journey. Namely, he will be overseeing the label’s mission of reaching a broader audience, while...

Fashion

Kassl Editions launches kidswear

European outerwear brand Kassl Editions is expanding into kidswear with the launch of its first coat for kids, as it looks to evolve into a lifestyle brand. The kidswear collection has been created with conscious production in mind, with each coat exclusively made from the leftover textile of Kassl’s iconic rubber fabric featured in the primary...

Fashion

Celtic & Co. collaborates with HD Wool Apparel Insulation

Sustainable Cornish fashion brand Celtic & Co. has teamed up with ethically driven performance-led insulation company HD Wool Apparel Insulation to produce three new jackets for its autumn/winter 2022 collection. The collaboration expands Celtic & Co.’s British-made waxed cotton outerwear offering to include three insulated jackets created using...