DVF and Mispelaere, Twitter sales, Material Wrld, Reversing Japan Inc’s decline, British reboot

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Adam Rapoport | Source: The Dapper Dude

‘I am having a flashback!’ (FT) “Diane von Furstenberg, 65, invented the wrap dress in 1974 at the age of 27; in 1983 she sold her company, later moving to France. She returned to New York in 1990 and relaunched her own brand in 1997… Yvan Mispelaere, 44, became creative director of DVF in 2010, following stints at Gucci, Chloé and Valentino.” Twitter Most Likely To Convince Customers To Buy (Huffington Post)

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Singapore to the fore, Twitter’s ambition, Fashion disaster, Gender bender, A children’s story

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Louis Vuitton Singapore | Source: Luxuo

Singapore to the fore (FT) “‘Until two to three years ago, not much had happened in Singapore’s [fashion and retail] scene,’ says Jean-Baptiste Debains, Asia-Pacific president of Louis Vuitton… But now Singapore, once regarded as Asian fashion’s frumpy step-sister, a place where steamy weather and limited retail options bred a populace most comfortable in beachwear, has seen an unprecedented flurry of

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Hermès appeal, Pricing Kors IPO, Twitter fear, Internship crackdown, Rupert Sanderson Q&A

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Eva Mendes and Bernd Beetz | Source: Patrick McMullan

Hermès and the secret of luxe appeal (GQ) “Hermès is a phenomenon: probably the most successful, perhaps the most creative, certainly the most respected and one of the most profitable luxury-goods companies of all time. After a brief blip from 2009-10, the tur­bulent economic times seem to have, if any­thing, accelerated its success. Putting a Price on Michael Kors (NY Times) “The fashion designer Michael Kors is

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Suzy Menkes: Sources Say Raf Simons To Take Over At Yves Saint Laurent

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PARIS, France — We usually leave ‘breaking news’ stories to the wire services and Twitter, and don’t like to propagate unsubstantiated rumours, but sometimes the news is so big, and the source of the rumour is so credible, that it warrants immediate comment and analysis from BoF. In her rapturous review of Raf Simons’ Spring/Summer 2012 collection for Jil Sander, the highly-respected fashion editor of

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Scoring on Twitter, Skirts and suits in Paris, Luxury goes local, Vuitton’s measured growth, China’s top twenty-five

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Bernardo Huberman explains HP Labs research | Source: Youtube Got Twitter? You’ve Been Scored (NY Times) “Imagine a world in which we are assigned a number that indicates how influential we are… If your influence score is low, you don’t get the promotion, the suite or the complimentary cookies. This is not science fiction. It’s happening to millions of social network users.” Skirting the Issue of Gender (IHT)

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