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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; Show fatigue, NYFW schedule conflicts, Good start for Boss, Model education, Jet set designer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Out of fashion: Designers finding new ways to sell their style (Independent) &#8220;As the autumn 2012 collections are unveiled, more and more designers are questioning the format; seeking something new in an age where digital culture means every image is beamed straight to an audience at home and cloistered, exclusive runways are no longer the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessoffashion.com/2012/02/bof-daily-digest-show-fatigue-nyfw-schedule-conflicts-good-start-for-boss-model-education-jet-set-designer.html</link>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; Fashion came calling, Trends in austerity, Digital moves, Fierce no more, Pierre Rougier&#8217;s charms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family, fashion dominate the days of Carolina Herrera (Reuters) &#8220;Designer Carolina Herrera didn&#8217;t grow up dreaming of a fashion career. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, she spent her childhood riding horses and pursuing favorite pastimes on the family estate. But fashion became her calling and after a lifetime of design, winning awards and providing red carpet looks for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; Swedish style, Bulgari family sells LVMH shares, Chinese savvy, Moda&#8217;s next phase, Fern Mallis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Swedish fashion: How less can be more (CNN) &#8220;Stockholm fashion may not have the clout of Parisian haute couture or the glamor of Milan&#8217;s upscale brands. But the city is turning its flair for sleek design into a major business export.&#8221; Bulgari family sells LVMH shares (FT) &#8220;People close to the deal said the Bulgari [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; Stella&#8217;s message, MADE&#8217;s mobile app, Models&#8217; rights, Lux Fix, Vogue.fr in the digital age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stella McCartney’s Fashion Message (On the Runway) &#8220;Stella McCartney appears in a new video by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, released today. It’s worth watching. The subject is animal suffering in the leather industry and the risks to human health and the environment from tanneries.&#8221; At Fashion Week, a Peek at a New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessoffashion.com/2012/02/bof-daily-digest-stellas-message-mades-mobile-app-models-rights-lux-fix-vogue-fr-in-the-digital-age.html</link>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; Low rent counterfeits, Brazil&#8217;s dichotomy, Cucinelli IPO, Power publicists, Prabal&#8217;s faraway past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Counterfeit Gap joins the counterfeit Gucci (LA Times) &#8220;The economy is one reason for the trend. &#8216;The recession has more people trading down,&#8217; said Susan Scafidi, academic director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University&#8217;s law school. &#8216;Even lower-priced brands feel like a stretch in this economy, and people are more likely to trade down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessoffashion.com/2012/02/bof-daily-digest-low-rent-counterfeits-brazils-dichotomy-cucinelli-ipo-power-publicists-prabals-past.html</link>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; LVMH sees 2012 growth, Clothes make the man, Flash dance, Polo puzzle, Bill Cunningham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LVMH Profit Meets Estimates, Sees 2012 Growth (Bloomberg) &#8220;LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (MC), the world’s largest maker of luxury goods, reported full-year profit that met analysts’ estimates and said it’s “well- equipped” to maintain growth in 2012. Net income rose 1 percent to 3.07 billion euros ($4 billion) in 2011, the Paris-based maker [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessoffashion.com/2012/02/bof-daily-digest-lvmh-net-income-soars-clothes-make-the-man-flash-dance-polo-puzzle-bill-cunningham.html</link>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; Beckham&#8217;s appeal, Marchetti ups stake, Magazine changes, Fashion tech boom, Scott Schuman Q&amp;A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Beckham Fetes H&#38;M Launch in London (WWD) &#8220;It takes an unusual amount of sex appeal for a man to make a pair of long johns look good — and David Beckham has pulled it off. After serving as the face and body for Armani Underwear, Beckham decided to develop his own range together with his business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessoffashion.com/2012/02/bof-daily-digest-beckhams-appeal-yoox-raises-stake-magazine-changes-fashion-tech-boom-scott-schuman-qa.html</link>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; Benetton ponders delisting, Good life, Bright young things, Diesel collaboration, New extremists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Benetton to make decision on delisting (FT) &#8220;The Benetton family will decide at a board meeting on Wednesday whether to delist the Italian knitwear group known for its brightly coloured jumpers after the company posted another plunge in profits as it struggles to compete with Inditex and H&#38;M.&#8221; Luxury Companies That Can Bring You Closer to the Good Life (Money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessoffashion.com/2012/02/bof-daily-digest-benetton-ponders-delisting-good-life-bright-young-things-diesel-collaboration-new-extremists.html</link>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; Japan does it better, Luxury bonds, Fashion revolution, CFDA controversy, Custom clothing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Made Better in Japan (WSJ) &#8220;Louis Vuitton sales are plummeting, and magnums of Dom Pérignon are no longer being uncorked at a furious pace. That doesn&#8217;t mean the Japanese have turned away from the world. They&#8217;ve just started approaching it on their own terms, venturing abroad and returning home with increasingly more international tastes and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.businessoffashion.com/2012/01/bof-daily-digest-japan-does-it-better-luxury-bonds-fashion-revolution-cfda-controversy-custom-clothing.html</link>
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		<title>BoF Daily Digest &#124; A man&#8217;s world, Luxury business education, Bloomberg luxe mag, Miller&#8217;s Oath, Manolo moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[His not hers (FT) &#8220;It’s a man’s world where luxury goods are concerned. At least judging by recent moves from two of fashion’s biggest players: in November, PPR acquired Italian tailor Brioni and LVMH appointed Antoine Arnault to head up the expansion (including a move into ready-to-wear) of its men’s footwear label Berluti.&#8221; Executive Education in a Material world [...]]]></description>
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