Karolina Zmarlak | Transformational value

International | New York

The ever-morphing Barcelona dress, courtesy of Karolina Zmarlak

NEW YORK, United States — As global economic woes continue to wear on consumer spending, some fashion and luxury companies are teetering on the brink. Blue chip brands are halting expansion plans in order to focus on survival tactics, while smaller labels with limited resources are faced with the reality of sudden annihilation. It may not seem to be the ideal time to start a new label, but New York-based womenswear designer

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CEO Talk | Stella Ishii, President and Founder, The News Inc.

CEO Talk | New York

Stella Ishii, President and Founder of The News Inc.

NEW YORK, United States — At first glance, The News showroom in New York’s SoHo district looked to me like most other fashion showrooms. Rails of clothes hanging in a loft-style space with fashionable young people running to and fro, sending and receiving packages from a stream of couriers coming in and out. But on closer glance, it quickly became clear this was unlike any other showroom I had seen. For one, two young stylish

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Social Shopping at ShopStyle

Fashion 2.0 | New York

Shopstyle homepage

NEW YORK, United States — Fashion brands are finally making a real effort online, launching increasingly sophisticated e-commerce sites that often do more business than flagship stores. But as usual, Andy Moss is ahead of the curve. A British transplant to California’s Silicon Valley, Andy launched fashion shopping site ShopStyle back in 2007. Then described as “a search engine devoted to fashion,” the site set a

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CEO Talk | Wen Zhou, Chief Executive Officer, 3.1 Phillip Lim

CEO Talk | New York

Wen Zhou, CEO of 3.1 Phillip Lim courtesy of Akira Yamada

NEW YORK, United States —Mention the name Wen Zhou to the average fashion fanatic on the street, or even ‘important’ fashion editors, and they may shrug their sh0ulders, not recognising the name. But, mention her name to fashion industry insiders, especially retailers and independent fashion brands, and invariably the words “dynamo”, “amazing” and “genius” will be volleyed right back

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CEO Talk | Bonnie Takhar, Chief Executive Officer and President, Halston

CEO Talk | New York

Bonnie Takhar, courtesy of Halston

NEW YORK, United States — The trend for showing collections online, in lieu of runway shows, has been gathering steam in recent seasons. But, perhaps no initiative has been as ambitious as that of Halston, which debuted its own video presentation for Fall 2009 this past week. Whereas brands like Marc Bouwer and Viktor & Rolf have previously shown online videos of looks going down the runway, Halston instead developed a bespoke,

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