Michael Kors opens up, Valentino boost, J.Crew settles lawsuits, Fashion confusion, Helmut Lang shows again

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Michael Kors by Mikael Jansson | Source: Interview

Michael Kors By Lauren Hutton (Interview) “It’s hard to pinpoint when Michael Kors first became a fashion designer. It might have been the moment when Dawn Mello, then-fashion director at Bergdorf Goodman, stopped by Lothar’s, the boutique on 57th Street where Kors was working as salesman/window dresser/in-house designer after dropping out of the FIT, and told him that if he ever went out on his own, she’d love to take a look

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Global fashion capital, M-commerce innovation, Ideeli’s attraction, J.Crew in the UK, Iris Apfel’s ageless style

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Iris Apfel by Chester Higgins Jr | Source: Dialog

Why London deserves to be the fashion capital of the world (Telegraph) “London fashion now has an explosion of internationally bought talent, an array of serious businesses, is a significant contributor to national exports, and is bolstering UK manufacturing into the bargain. Ten years ago, the despairing moan was that everyone was leaving London to show abroad: nobody talks about designers defecting any more, only about how

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Marc Jacobs and Dior rumours, Carine talks to Karl, Bespoke fabrics, J.Crew upsets Canada, FNO’s pointlessness

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Carine Roitfeld by Karl Lagerfeld | Source: Interview Magazine

Marc Jacobs To Dior? (Huffington Post) “The question of who will take the top job at Dior has remained since Galliano’s ousting. But WWD writes that meetings between Dior representatives from LVMH, the luxury conglomerate that owns the Christian Dior label as well as Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and a host of other top brands, and Jacobs’ legal representatives are set to take place this week in Paris.” Carine

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Barneys’ new team, M-commerce on the rise, Saks warns of market turmoil, J.Crew arrives in Canada, Lisoka

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Barneys' new team photographed by Jason Schmidt | Source: NY Mag

Barneys’ Fall Line (NY Magazine) “Like many of its clients, Barneys has had its ups, its downs, and its great many in-betweens, and it is, at right this very moment, engaged in that most New York of pursuits: a reinvention… Last summer, Mark Lee was hired as Barneys’ new CEO. His reputation is as golden as it gets in the fashion world: He’s spent his career in Europe occupying high-level positions at important fashion

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Vuitton’s REcreative artists, Labelux acquires Belstaff, Ferragamo IPO a go, J.Crew reports losses, Honouring Hilary

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Peeq, shop and play with Sneakpeeq | Source: Sneakpeeq

Calling all aspiring artists: Louis Vuitton launches just the site for you (Telegraph) “REcreative, www.recreativeuk.com, has been devised and developed over the past year… Aspiring artists can upload their work and share it with the online community in the ‘Projects’ section of the site, where leading artists and critics will select their favourite works to highlight.” Labelux boosts fashion M&A

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