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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Michael Kors’ huge valuation, Surface to New York, Nordstrom profit up, Kirkwood heels, Fabergé’s relaunch

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Surface to Air Paris Store | Source: High Snobiety

Michael Kors sells minority stake in deal that values brand at $2.5B (New York Post) “The New York fashion label — whose black-clad founder and namesake also moonlights as a tough judge on the “Project Runway” TV reality series — has sold a minority stake to a group of investors in a deal that values the brand at a whopping $2.5 billion.” Surface to Air Comes to New York (IHT) “In a sense, the business model of Surface to Air was

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Retail theatre, Nigerian lace, Hilfiger eyes Michael Kors investment, Ferragamo IPO, Giles’ playful disposition

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Anthropologie on London's Regent Street | Source: Styleguide

Retailtainment: the future of shopping? (Independent) “An extension of previous high-concept… These concept stores provide the kind of entertainment designed to make you – or at least your children – leave the premises grinning from ear-to-ear as you reel from your experiential day out. This is Retailtainment.” In Nigeria, ‘Lace’ Market Reflects Rising Middle Class (WSJ) “No longer reserved for

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Jack Wills in front, Michael Kors celebrates, Re-imagining Puma, McArthur in at Anya Hindmarch, Gathering Moss

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Pretty, posh and profitable (FT) “Even though Jack Wills is a rapidly expanding global business… you could be forgiven for never having come across it before. [The company targets] teens with money… It prides itself on its stealth marketing and its very direct relationship with its consumers.” Three decades later, Michael Kors’ shows no signs of slowing down (Globe and Mail) “Optimism is in the spring

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Digital retail, Google wins EU ruling, Saks to shutter weak doors, Indian mass fashion, Weight and wellness

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Jeremy Renner in Esquire's Augmented Reality Fashion Spread | Source: Esquire

Luxury brands focus on digital retail experience (Marketing) “Brands and high-end retailers, including House of Fraser and Selfridges, are preparing to launch virtual shopping experiences using cutting-edge digital technologies.” Google wins EU ruling in fake luxury goods case (AP) “Google Inc. won a key European Union court ruling Tuesday that says it did not violate luxury goods trademarks by allowing

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