Moschino has named Adrian Appiolaza its new creative director. His first collection for Moschino will bow for the women’s fall season, to be unveiled on Feb. 22 in Milan. https://t.co/hIiqb8xRTH
Chanel has named Ugandan-Canadian actress #WhitneyPeak as its first Black fragrance ambassador. The 20-year-old is the new face of Coco Mademoiselle, following on from previous ambassadors #KateMoss and #KeiraKnightley. https://t.co/imQ5m9sKHS
And now, as predicted, #Moschino has appointed Davide Renne — white, male, Italian, longtime Gucci deputy — as its new creative director. https://t.co/Ap8KrvzVPY
A rising star in the architecture and design world, Uganda-based architect Doreen Adengo worked on everything from affordable housing and schools to the preservation of Modernist buildings in Uganda: https://t.co/h9l0sx5QVZ
Groupe Chantelle has sold the French label, famous for its saucy yet irreverent boudoir repertoire, to French businessman Thierry Le Guénic. https://t.co/bjjrUY7BqA
Pledges by fashion brands to reduce emissions are just hot air unless they're doing the work to make sure suppliers all the way up the chain are reducing theirs. @AldenWicker and @WIRED do a great job explaining what's needed, and what's missing https://t.co/jSapWV57qS
The business model for selling luxury and fashion online could experience rapid transformation as e-concessions and e-consignments are introduced by more retailers. This marketplace model has emerged as a new industry favourite.
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Machines have proved adept at many steps in making clothes, from printing textiles to cutting fabric & folding and packaging finished garments.
But sewing has been notoriously difficult to automate, because textiles bunch & stretch as they’re worked with. https://t.co/RWE7R1Riyz