The Week in Review | Fashion’s new frontier, Hiut’s artisanal denim, CSM’s Drew Henry

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The Week in Review, May 28 - June 1, 2012

Could Africa be the Next Frontier for Fashion Retail? (Global Briefing) “With large international fashion retailers like Mango, Zara, Levi’s and Gap already active in Africa, and ASOS offering free deliveries to the continent, perhaps it’s time to ask the question: could Africa be fashion’s next frontier?” Hiut Denim Unites Artisans with Technology (Intelligence) “In 2011, with the goal of bringing

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Christian Dior Looks to Raf Simons

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Raf Simons | Source: Hypebeast

PARIS, France – Late Monday in Paris, Christian Dior SA named Raf Simons as its new artistic director, ending more than one year of speculation and rumour following the departure of John Galliano, who was suddenly removed from his role after an anti-semitic outburst at a Paris bar in March 2011 and the subsequent release of a video of Mr Galliano making similar rants at the same bar a few months earlier. “It is with the

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Photo Diary | 10 Fashion Moments at Paris Fashion Week

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  • Rick Owens' beautiful draped silhouettes and soft colours | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Sarah Burton continued her astounding evolution of the Alexander McQueen brand with a show focused on exploding 3-dimensional shapes. | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Marc Jacobs clever plan to bring more bags than ever on the Louis Vuitton runway, while evoking the brand's heritage of travel was a showstopper | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Olivier Rousteing delivered a characteristically over-the-top Balmain collection with Fabergé egg motifs | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Effortless, minimal shapes in bold colours, made for a Hussein Chalayan show that was surprisingly commercial, but still striking to take in | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Pretty clothes and new shapes at Dior, but where was the dream? To be continued. | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Kenzo designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lim showed their second collection of bright prints and colours at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Alber Elbaz's blowout 10th anniversary fashion show and party at Lanvin was the Paris Fashion Week moment | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Gareth Pugh's female urban warriors were ready for a style battle | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Manish Arora toned things down and focused on the codes of the house in his second showing for Paco Rabanne | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital

PARIS, France — Ahh, Paris. The spiritual home of fashion where the wonderful diversity of creative ideas and fashion dreams comes together in a veritable cornucopia of collections that close off fashion month. We’ve selected ten fashion moments from the Autumn/Winter 2012 collections in Paris, with photographs by Morgan O’Donovan, whose camera was focused on all the goings on backstage — before, during and after the runway shows.

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Second lines come first, Hermès loses fight, Charlier’s back, DiorMag launch, Rewriting Gucci

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See by Chloe Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: IHT

In France, Second Lines Finally Can Come First (IHT) “For French brands, there is always a sneaking feeling that a second line is second best. The Milan designers rejoice that Just Cavalli or Emporio Armani are on the runway… But French ‘subsidiaries’ are either non-existent, hidden or given slightly pejorative names, like ‘diffusion’ line.” France’s Hermès loses China trademark fight

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Raf Simons to Leave Jil Sander; Namesake Designer Set to Return

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Jil Sander and Raf Simons | Source: InStyle and Grazia Daily

MILAN, Italy — The ongoing musical chairs amongst creative directors at major European fashion houses took an interesting, unexpected turn on Thursday, as Jil Sander announced that Raf Simons’ would leave Jil Sander, while rumours swirled that Jil Sander herself, the founder of the brand, was set to return after having fallen out with previous management twice in the past. Mr. Simons, the rumour mill said, was set to replace

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