Vogue’s global pledge, LVMH suffers setback, Facebook prices shares, Love of lace, Marc Jacobs

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Vogue Editors | Source: Front Row Mode

Vogue promises to ban underage or ill models (Guardian) “The editors of the 19 editions of Vogue magazine worldwide have added their voices to efforts to tackle eating disorders and the use of underage girls in the modelling industry.” LVMH suffers partial setback in eBay court challenge (Reuters) “French luxury goods company LVMH suffered a setback in its attempts to stamp out counterfeit trading on eBay, as a

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The Vogue Festival Draws A Crowd

Intelligence | Opinion

Vogue 'Cover' Shots | Source: Susana Lau, Style Bubble

British Vogue editors, normally ensconced behind their desks at Vogue House or off on fashion shoots in far flung locales, were zipping around with clipboards, cue cards and headsets, each playing their part in the first ever Vogue Festival.

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The Creative Class | Francesca Burns, Stylist

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LONDON, United Kingdom — “I’m not that prim woman stylist. I don’t think I’ve ever done a picture that you couldn’t actually wear,” says Francesca Burns, the platinum blond Londoner who has styled countless cool girls, from Dree Hemingway to Lara Stone, and six months ago, was named fashion editor of British Vogue. “I love a shoot in which the girl is completely real; she’s just outside your reality. It feels convincing and you

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Fung Brands eyes Rykiel, Hidden wealth, Tod’s woes, Vogue maintains position, Patrik Ervell Q&A

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Hermès Spring/Summer 2008 | Source: Nirali

Sonia Rykiel in talks with investor Fung Brands (Reuters) “Sonia Rykiel, one of the last family-controlled French fashion houses, is in exclusive talks with privately held Fung Brands which could lead to the investment firm taking an 80 percent stake in the company to help it expand internationally.” China’s Hidden Wealth Feeds an Income Gap (NY Times) “Wealthy Chinese are snapping up gold, Rolls-Royces and

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Asian engine, Menswear market growth, Online in India, Vogue archive, Oliver Spencer

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Prada store Hong Kong | Source: Hong Kong Hustle

Across Asia, an Engine of Growth for Luxury Firms (IHT) “Europe is struggling to contain a spiraling debt crisis, the U.S. economy is beset with high unemployment, and emerging Asian economies are growing less rapidly. But none of this is killing off Asian shoppers’ taste for luxury goods. Companies like Burberry, Hugo Boss and Prada have continued to strike an upbeat tone on Asia in recent weeks, despite the havoc that debt

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