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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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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