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Lanvin by But Sou Lai | Source: NY Times
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The Inside Story of a Couture Dream in the Making (IHT) "Few dare to focus on a blank page, even if it has a gilded trim, or to imagine that a cover could be made from gros grain, with the texture of a couture dress and no sign of a title — until you find the names embossed on the gilding: 'Lanvin' and 'Alber Elbaz.'... 'I didn't want to make it a retrospective, the beginning of the end,' says Mr. Elbaz, who is celebrating covertly his first decade at Lanvin."

Lion Capital's Lyndon Lea defends his performance (Telegraph)
"In recent months, however, Lion, a private equity firm famous for turning Jimmy Choo into an international luxury brand, has lost some of its glamour... Lea models Lion's culture on the creative businesses it invests in, a different approach from most numbers-obsessed private equity firms, even if he does get some stick for the wild parties."

Supergroup sales jump over Christmas (Reuters)
"SuperGroup, the company behind the Superdry fashion brand, posted a 22 percent rise in group sales over the key Christmas period as it overcame distribution issues which had dogged the firm in 2011."

Valentino's Creative Directors Prepare For Their Men's Runway Debut (Style.com)
"Tomorrow in Florence, Valentino's Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli debut their Fall '12 menswear collection as the invited guests of Pitti Uomo. The occasion marks the first runway show for the men's collections, which the designers took over several season ago and have been quietly showing by appointment in their Place Vendome showroom—where it has been a quiet highlight of the Paris collections—ever since."

Sole Man Blake Mycoskie (WSJ)
"Although he's the founder of TOMS Shoes, the company that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair sold, his name isn't Tom. Social entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie named his for-profit company after his original charitable inspiration, 'Shoes for a Better Tomorrow,' which eventually became 'Tomorrow's Shoes,' and then 'TOMS.'

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