tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64106879420704991562024-02-19T22:33:56.954-08:00 Newport International Group RunwayFashion and Style from Newport International Group Runway, Barcelona, SpainKhan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-555817374312647582015-02-10T16:05:00.001-08:002015-02-10T16:07:06.565-08:00Newport International Runway Group: Michael Kors To Open Largest Flagship In Japan<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">U.S. designer </span><a href="http://www.fashiontimes.com/articles/17970/20150126/michael-kors-open-largest-flagship-japan.htm"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Michael Kors</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> has announced
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The 7,800-square-foot flagship, located
on Chuo Street, is the first free-standing Michael Kors store to carry menswear
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The store's interior will utilize Kors'
classic "jet set glamour" theme, which includes white marble
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"Japan is a key market for our
continued development in Asia," John Idol, chairman and CEO of the brand,
said in a </span><a href="http://newportrunway.livejournal.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">brand statement</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">, according to
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">"The importance of Tokyo to </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NewportRunway"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">luxury and fashion</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"> retailing makes
this the right place and time to open our first store showcasing every facet of
the Michael Kors brand. We look forward to offering the full breadth of our
product assortment, presented with our signature glamour, chic and superlative
service, to our Japanese customers and tourists traveling to Tokyo," Idol
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Michael Kors already has many stores
within Tokyo but this new location is in a prime shopping area, which will
reach both residents and tourists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The first floor includes large windows
surrounded by Bianco Dolomiti marble and will offer handbags, accessories,
watches, jewelry and eyewear; while a lower level will offer men's attire and
accessories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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screen covers both the second and third stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Both Michael Kors Collection and Michael
Michael Kors women's ready-to-wear will be housed on the third floor, along
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In related news, Kors was named the 2014
Most Searched For Fashion Designer By Bing. The designer placed second on
2013's chart — he was beat by Victoria Beckham. She did not make the list at
all this year, according to WWD.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-85519811525396924582015-02-08T17:18:00.001-08:002015-02-08T17:18:21.611-08:00Newport International Runway Group Latest Trends: Why Shopping has Turned into a Night at the Museum<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When avant-garde designer Rick Owens celebrated
the 20th anniversary of his eponymous label this fall, he did so on a grand and
unusual scale, installing a towering replica of his torso, 25 feet tall and
painted stark white, one arm raising a fiery torch, above the entrance to
Selfridges in London. Created by frequent Owens collaborator Douglas Jennings
and set against the department store’s columned facade, the sculpture, part of
an art-meets- fashion collaboration called The World of Rick Owens, was a striking
if slightly unsettling sight. Besides the designer’s likeness, Owens’s “world”
also included elaborate visual installations in store windows, a capsule
collection and a curated space featuring furniture and design pieces offering
insight into the designer’s wonderfully weird mind. All told, it was one of the
boldest displays yet of the merging of art and fashion outside of a museum
space. And it was at the fore of a growing phenomenon, spurred by an effort to
lure customers, generate buzz and compete against edgy online retailers nipping
at traditional retail’s heels: the department store as art gallery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"As luxury and retail is an extremely
competitive space, it’s important for brands to continuously innovate in order
to keep their relevancy,” says Dalia Strum, a digital strategist and instructor
at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. “Online shopping is on the
rise and brick and mortar locations need to provide a value-add for potential
consumers. These installations have proven to continuously draw attention and
traffic due to their quick turnover.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Merging fashion and art in the department store
isn’t an entirely new phenomenon; retailers such as Bergdorf Goodman and
Barneys in New York have historically collaborated with artists on their window
displays during the holidays, says Georgie Stout, founding partner and creative
director of New York-based design consultancy 2x4. Selfridges is treading
lightly into the New Year with its January street window takeover termed
“Bright Old Things,” which spotlights an eclectic mix of well-known and
under-the-radar artists, from an architect-turned-topiarist, to a punk
musician/artist, and a furniture designer, all ranging in age from 40 to 80+.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Luxe retailer Bergdorf Goodman, meanwhile, has
taken to elevating fashion as art in its legendary Fifth Avenue store windows
all year long, starting this past May with a celebration of the Costume
Institute’s Charles James exhibit. Bergdorf’s enlisted contemporary designers
such as Ralph Rucci, Mary Katrantzou and Rodarte to put their own spin on
James’ structured creations; those one-of-a-kind pieces, surrounded by
historical references to the couturier’s work, could be purchased directly from
the windows. In September, Bergdorf’s partnered with Sotheby’s to preview the
auction house’s Contemporary Art Sale and created gallery-esque windows
featuring works by the likes of Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol and Dan Flavin,
serving as a backdrop to showcase the store’s fall fashion. Even Bergdorf’s
recent holiday windows highlight art in all its forms, from architecture, to
sculpture, painting and dance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Department stores have been transforming
themselves from a merchandise-driven environment to an experiential setting of
lifestyle goods, epicurean offerings and even services,” says Tom Julian, one
of the directors of New York-based The Doneger Group, a retail and
merchandising consulting firm. “Art can allow a traditional retailer to become
more historical, more cultural, an edgy retailer can be more directional, and an
emerging retailer can be seen as an innovator, all thanks to the art theme.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Those experiences are progressively making the
leap beyond the window display and inside – or, in the case of Selfridges’ Rick
Owens exhibit – outside, the department store environment. In May, London’s
Harrod’s department store presented the “Pradasphere,” an in-store exhibit
taking up a wide expanse of store real estate on the fourth floor, tracing the
Italian design house’s inspirations ranging from art, architecture and film.
Iconic looks from the past 100 years were housed in glass cases, and a
Prada-inspired café was created in which to ponder the brand’s intellectual
approach to fashion. “Creating social spaces inside of retail, where the public
can engage with a brand at a more intellectual level, and connect artists and
other collaborators work to the fashion brand as well,” says Stout. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/fashion-and-beauty/fashion/why-shopping-has-turned-into-a-night-at-the-museum/article22709637/">Continue
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Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-28165794414805263782015-02-06T21:29:00.001-08:002015-02-06T21:29:03.163-08:00Newport International Runway Group Latest Trends Going the extra mile for fair-trade fashion<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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Runway Group Latest Trends</a> - On Christmas Day, Dean Newcombe and fellow
Tokyo fashion model Sofi Bevan swapped the comfort of the catwalk for something
considerably less glamorous: a weeklong 391-km trek across often-mountainous
terrain in freezing weather. Newcombe trekked 14 to 16 hours a day, starting at
sunrise from the beaches of Choshi in Chiba and ending up on New Year’s Eve by
the shores of Niigata. Bevan kept pace, with a few days off to heal severe
blisters and boot rash.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Why did they do it? “I started feeling like I would
rather be giving to a charity than wrapping a gift under a tree. I would rather
dedicate my holiday season to support a cause I believed in,” says Newcombe.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While the Briton has applied to register his trek as a
new Guinness world record, the real motivation for the journey was to raise
awareness of appalling garment factory conditions in Bangladesh, an issue that briefly
captured the world’s attention after the devastating Rana Plaza building
collapse in 2013, which claimed the lives of more than 1,100 garment workers.
Walk4Work, as the models’ project was called, was intended to send a strong
message about the need to change the way clothing is manufactured around the
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“This walk wasn’t an abstract idea. It was very close to
my heart,” says Newcombe, who has been to Bangladesh, where he visited schools
and met with workers at a local fair-trade NGO called Thanapara Swallows
Development Society. Newcombe decided that more had to be done to raise
awareness that where we buy our clothes has real consequences — an idea that
the heart of a movement toward “conscious consumerism” that has been gathering
momentum for the last 20 years, largely under the banner of “fair trade.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Fair-trade collectives produce everything by hand or by
sewing machines — not automated machinery,” explains Newcombe. “I fund-raised
for the Swallows foundation on this walk because they’re a perfect example of
optimal conditions for garment workers: a small village where the workers all
know each other; they live nearby; they work for a reasonable eight hours a
day, five days a week; they earn wages that are substantially higher than the average
Bangladesh garment factory worker; and they live at home with their families,
not in urban slums — and, they make beautiful garments that are handwoven and
hand-embroidered.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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To raise awareness of fair trade as an ethical
alternative to sweat shops, Newcombe decided he would try to endure what
millions of sweat-shop workers in the developing world endure every day:
exhausting, relentless hard work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I think it’s amazing that he has the tenacity and
physical stamina to do what he did,” says Safia Minney, CEO and founder of the
People Tree brand, a pioneer in fair trade. “A lot of people don’t know about
the suffering of garment workers.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Most of the world’s clothes are the product of a system
that relies on the exploitation of garment workers in developing countries,
says Minney, whose book “Naked Fashion” tells the tragic yet ultimately hopeful
tales of some of these garment workers. “It’s women 16-25 years of age who are
exploited in factories in the developing world, and it’s the same age group buying
the most from ‘fast fashion’ franchises.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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This issue made headlines in Japan last month after a
Hong Kong-based human rights group called out Uniqlo — arguably the poster
child for cheap-and-cheerful fast fashion — for sourcing garments from “unsafe”
factories in mainland China.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In “Naked Fashion,” Minney writes as both an insider and
pioneer of the “sustainable fashion revolution,” an informal international
community of fashion designers, media professionals and retailers who want to
use their experience and skills to change the fashion industry for the better.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When Minney asked Newcombe to be an ambassador for her
company in 2013, he joined a select group of celebrities that include actress
Emma Watson, voice actress Laura Bailey and model Jo Wood, who share an
enthusiasm for raising awareness about fair trade and ethical living. Yet
despite the celebrity endorsements, fair-trade clothing makes up only a
minuscule 1 percent of the global clothing market, a fact Naoko Tanemori,
general manager of People Tree Japan, sees as a reflection of the lack of
awareness among consumers about the concept.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“We did a survey two years ago. We found out that while
50 percent knew of the words ‘fair trade,’ only 26 percent knew what it stood
for,” she explains. “In England, more than 80 percent know that is a movement
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“Fair trade works through the labels. It gives the
consumer enough information attached to a garment they are considering buying
to make ethical choices. On People Tree garments, the labels provide the name
of the collective, its location and explanation about craftsmanship and organic
materials that went into production.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The People Tree store in Tokyo’s Jiyugaoka neighborhood
is a beautiful light-filled space with classic high ceilings tucked away on a
quiet backstreet. Where there’s embroidery, its handmade. Where there’s a
print, it’s often silk-screened by hand and made with organic cotton, silk or
wool. The designers are graduates of Japan’s elite fashion colleges, and it
shows in the exquisite details and attention to quality.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But there is a rub. Fair-trade garments tend to cost
more, and not only because the wages of the workers are higher: Being made of
high-quality natural fibers and not synthetics adds to the cost, as does the
fact that the garments are made in small batches, as opposed to being
mass-produced.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Minney established Global Village, the forerunner of the
People Tree shop, in 1991 based on the belief that given enough information,
people would opt for fair trade. Guided by that conviction, she began educating
her target audience here in Japan through newsletters and lectures.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Since 1991, when we began, I’ve seen changes,” she says.
“People are really prepared now to buy organic food and produce as a way of
supporting social change. In Europe you have the younger consumers who are
going vegan; their parents were vegetarian and they are going one step
further.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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People Tree fashions can also be purchased online, with
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There are many other options for conscious and ethical
fashion consumption, Minney also suggests. These include buying less, buying at
second-hand shops, swapping clothes with your friends, or even sewing your own.
She also recommends putting pressure on your favorite brands by asking them for
details about their ethical standards and sustainability.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While it’s People Tree’s mission to change the
style-conscious fashion world from the bottom up — and in particular to change
corporate practices completely — Patagonia, a U.S.-based outdoor clothing
company, focuses on sustainability, choosing fabrics and recyclable materials
that draw attention to saving the Earth’s resources. Patagonia provided the
tough snow-proof clothing that got Newcombe and Bevan across the Japan Alps.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The total amount of money raised from Newcombe and Bevan’s
walk — more than ¥700,000 — came from small donations by avid followers of
Walk4Work, who logged on to Facebook, Twitter and the People Tree websites to
catch the latest news and views from the couple’s trek.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The grand sum will enable around 25 women to enter the
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Newcombe, while pleased with the outcome, is not about to
rest on his laurels. On Feb. 26, Newcombe will set off on his next challenge,
Tokyo 2 Tohoku, a run, bike or walk challenge open to everyone and organized by
Newcombe’s nonprofit organization Intrepid Model Adventures and Ribelie Media.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Newcombe will set off with a team from Tokyo, running an
average of 30 km a day for two weeks. They are scheduled to arrive in Onagawa,
Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11. Funds raised will go toward projects organized
by Katariba, an NPO working in the children’s education sector in tsunami-hit
Onagawa.<o:p></o:p></div>
Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-38124542895737628642014-11-25T17:40:00.000-08:002014-11-25T17:40:02.292-08:00Newport International Runway Group Latest Trends: A Start-Up Incubator With a Fashion Focus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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— The jewelry designer Sara Beltrán owes part of her success to a Jaipur
rickshaw taxi driver she met when on a business trip. From helping her find her
house, to production and business contacts, he made the introductions. But a
local connection can take you only so far. The Council of </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newport-International-Group-Runway/504650946244876"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Fashion</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Designers of America is
helping Ms. Beltrán develop her jet-set beach-vibe brand Dezso into a
profitable global enterprise with its in-house incubator program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The C.F.D.A., known for its charity fund-raising
campaigns — particularly for HIV/AIDS research — and scholarships, introduced
the incubator for emerging designers in 2009 as part of the initiatives of the
mayor of New York at the time, Michael R. Bloomberg, to develop and retain
entrepreneurs there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The original proposal was to partner with the
Fashion Institute of Technology, but Lisa Smilor, the council’s executive
director, said she did not want to stake her organization’s reputation on
students fresh out of school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Instead, the C.F.D.A. set admission guidelines
strictly to American designers who have established businesses at least two
years old, and who have received notable press and orders from top-tier
retailers. For its current class, the third generation, the council accepted 10
brands out of 35 applicants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After starting their business with $8,000 of
personal funds and growing 30 percent annually over five years, Farah Malik and
Dana Arbib, the designers of the jewelry brand A Peace Treaty, hit a wall. They
were looking for an opportunity. The designers, who produce in 10 countries,
had organized communities of older artisans to train younger generations in
order to revitalize dying </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://newportinternationalgrouprunway.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">craftsmanship</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> techniques, such as
camel bone carving in Rajasthan. Ms. Malik said the kind of mentoring they had
fostered was missing for their own business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Before the incubator, the C.F.D.A. already had a
designer development program in partnership with Vogue magazine, which has been
responsible for launching such designers as Rodarte, Proenza Schouler and
Alexander Wang. However the organization’s proprietary incubator is more of a
slow cooker for young brands rather than the fast-paced cutthroat competition
of the C.F.D.A./Vogue Fashion Fund, which is filmed as a Project Runway-like
reality show.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ms. Smilor describes the incubator program as
less marketing for the organization and more “nuts and bolts” of supporting
emerging designers. “The concept was to create a space where we can help
nurture designers,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After applying to the C.F.D.A./Vogue Fashion
Fund and making it through the first round, the designers of A Peace Treaty
ultimately decided it was not right for the brand. Ms. Malik said they decided
to focus on a “sure shot that would be more lucrative.” A friend and incubator
designer Jonathan Simkhai suggested they apply to the two-year program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The C.F.D.A. underwrites half the cost of a
studio in a collective workspace in the heart of New York’s garment district,
which Ms. Malik likens to being on a school campus. Before moving into their
studio at the incubator, she said, the designers were “isolated” in their
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “The excitement
and creativity buzzes with us all there,” Ms. Malik said. “It’s nice to know
we’re all struggling with the same business issues. That kind of sharing is
really reassuring. We crack a lot of codes together.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ms. Smilor said that for 10 brands competing for
the same investment dollars and editorial attention, the incubator is more of a
community than a competition for the fellows. “They really are all for one and
one for all,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the first part of the two-year program,
designers selected for the incubator get an intensive eight-month business
finance and marketing education as part of the C.F.D.A.'s partnership with
Stern School of Business at New York University. Because the designers have
established businesses, their brands also act as a case study project for the
M.B.A. students, who work with the designers to develop business plans that
include e-commerce and finance strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Having the tough love of aspiring business
sharks pick apart and critique her business was sometimes uncomfortable for Ms.
Malik. “We’ve been very proud about building our business ourselves from the
ground up,” she said. “Sometimes it felt too big and I had to negotiate my
feelings around the program. But it was the best treatment we could have
gotten.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Beyond the textbook education of running a
business, Ms. Beltrán said the value of the incubator for her was also the
introduction of work discipline. “I was dying to have routine,” she said in
Paris during the recent fashion season. “I needed to have a more formal
business structure.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Integrating the M.B.A. students and designers
has a marked effect on the designers’ language when they talk about their lines
now. Ms. Malik refers to her brand’s “DNA” when discussing A Peace Treaty’s
identity, which she describes as “global ethnic modern for the contemporary
girl.” Ms. Beltrán also uses the same term when talking about Dezso’s look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Before joining the incubator, Ms. Beltrán knew
her company from every angle, but talking about it in a business pitch was stressful
for her. That new business language also prepares the designers to present
themselves and their brands to potential investors and executives, such as in a
recent presentation to Pierre-Yves Roussel, chief executive of LVMH Fashion
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Throughout their residency, industry executives
are assigned to incubator fellows as mentors to help them identify personal
challenges and guide them in developing their businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Shira Sue Carmi, a
fashion business consultant, is acting as a mentor and helping Ms. Beltrán
streamline Dezso and transition the brand from a casual summer line, which in
early designs used materials like leather and sharks’ teeth cast in rose gold,
to the high-end luxury market. Mexican bracelets from her first collection
retail starting at about $100, and more recent pieces with semi-precious stones
retail for up to $95,000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The C.F.D.A. not only wants to elevate
designers’ business operations while in the incubator, but also foster their
creativity to continue developing their lines. Through partnerships, designers
are granted allowances for travel and funding for business projects. Ms.
Beltrán, for example, will shoot a video lookbook in Puerto Rico. A Peace
Treaty will travel to Colombia for inspiration for their coming collections.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As the C.F.D.A. prepares to start taking
applications in spring for the next generation, Ms. Smilor said it was
exploring the possibility of creating a showroom for the designers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The business development and skills the
designers receive in the incubator are fueling more than just their existing
brands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The idea is that when I leave the incubator
everything is under control so that I can take the next step,” Ms. Beltrán
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Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-64796738897151054602014-11-23T15:40:00.003-08:002014-11-23T15:40:45.032-08:00Newport International Runway Group Latest Trends: Green Is the New Black<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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H&M, clothes and accessories are easier – and cheaper – to come by than
ever. And while a pair of $10 jeans and an $8 necklace are hard to pass up,
there’s also a dark side to production on such a mass scale – namely, making
the fashion industry the third most polluting industry on earth after oil and
agriculture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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G-Star RAW, Loomstate, Bionic Yarn and the manufacturer Saitex have joined
forces with the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute to revolutionize
the fashion industry through Fashion Positive, a new initiative aimed at
accelerating innovation in high-quality materials, products and processes to
improve how clothes are made across the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NewportRunway"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">industry</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">The program helps fashion businesses in five
categories of sustainability: material health, material reuse, renewable
energy, water stewardship and social fairness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Annual Innovation Celebration Friday night, Lewis Perkins, senior vice
president of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, said the
program is helping industry leaders create the future of </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/105620592836755781598/posts"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">fashion</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for 150 years, since the industrial revolution” Perkins said. “Now we realize
that energy is not cheap and water is not indefinite, and we really have to
look at different systems.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fashion Positive’s Materials Library of ethical materials and suppliers that
other companies can then use to create their own products. Perkins defined this
ground-up approach as a “continuous improvement roadmap” for sustainability,
which also happens to make money for those involved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">“There’s a big shift that’s occurring, the
whole industry has awakened to the fact that it’s wasteful, there’s toxicity,
low price points are driving human rights issues, wage issues,” Perkins said.
“We have to do something, and the whole industry knows it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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DOEN Foundation are funding the initial challenges associated with finding
sustainable souring materials, modernizing manufacturing equipment and ensuring
worker safety and healthy work conditions. And, naturally, creating products
that are appealing — and sellable – to consumers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">While the issues won’t be solved overnight,
the program is hoping to have partnering brands and designers reach the Cradle
to Cradle Certified GOLD-level standard by 2016. And what’s more fashionable
than that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-30217935088779351742014-11-19T15:57:00.000-08:002014-11-19T15:57:05.153-08:00Style files: What Makes Tokyo Collection Special by Newport International Runway Group Latest TrendsEvents called "<a href="http://women.asiaone.com/women/fashion/style-files-what-makes-tokyo-collection-special">fashion week</a>" are held in most of the world's major cities twice a year. Typically, 30 to 100 designer brands - mainly from the host country - spend three to five days holding runway or other <a href="http://newportrunway.livejournal.com/">fashion</a> shows to unveil the collections and fashion <a href="https://twitter.com/NewportRunway">accessories</a> they plan to introduce to the market half a year later.
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As the clothes are worn by professional models and presented under special lighting with music, the shows are believed to be the best way to present designers' new looks.
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Not all brand names can participate in such events, however. The ones that can are usually those enjoying profits from fairly large operations, since such shows naturally come with a high price tag. Most brands introduce their new styles in an exhibition format, in which clothes are simply hung up for display.
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The most famous fashion week is held in Paris, the capital of fashion. The second most important one, in terms of scale and number of participating brands, is in Milan. This is then followed by the fashion week in New York and the one in London. Tokyo Fashion Week rounds out what are called the five largest fashion weeks by people in the Japanese fashion industry.
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However, Tokyo Fashion Week, which ended its showing of 2015 spring/summer collections last month, hardly matches up to the other four because it lacks famous brands. Such world-famous Japanese names as Issey Miyake, Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto and Sacai do not introduce their new collections in Tokyo but in Paris. Anrealage, which made a name for itself at the Tokyo Fashion Week in recent years, also has moved its collection venue to Paris.
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Needless to say, few journalists and buyers come to Tokyo from abroad to see the Tokyo collection. However, many of those who have walked the streets of Tokyo say the city is home to some of the world's most outstanding fashion sensitivity. I find the words are not entirely flattering, though. Simply put, the importance of the fashion week of a city does not necessarily reflect the degree of fashion sensitivity found in its streets.
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Let me introduce two collections I thought were very special during the latest Tokyo Fashion Week. They were also very typical of the Tokyo collection.
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Lad Musician, designed by Yuichi Kuroda, organised its 40th show during the week.
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Lad Musician has always presented shows in a unique manner by, for example, accompanying them with so-called shoegazer rock music typified by guitar effects and creative guitar noises, as well as theatrical smoke.
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The latest show had fantastic features, too, thanks to a presentation using laser beams, LEDs and other effects.
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The show, held under the theme of the rock band Spacemen 3, actually seemed to be an homage to the shoegazing band that broke up in 1991. Sonic Boom, a former Spacemen 3 member, gave a live performance during the show.
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Kuroda designs minimal and simple styles, but the show itself was great entertainment with its music and visual presentation. It can be regarded as a kind of otaku world, but it was as beautiful as fireworks in the summer night sky, if you could forget it was part of the fashion business.
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The other impressive show was that produced by Nozomi Ishiguro Haute Couture. It organised the evening fashion festival Kawaii Hate Night at Club Diana in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Oct. 27, which included a runway show.
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To attract general audiences, a photo session took place in collaboration with a street snap magazine. A special version of a T-shirt jointly made with the magazine was sold, and a live concert was held.
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The main event, of course, was the 2015 spring/summer collection of Nozomi Ishiguro Haute Couture held in cooperation with rock band Flying Dutchman Effect.
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Ishiguro, who worked at Comme des Garcons' planning department, advocates designs with a message. According to Ishiguro, Kawaii Hate Night reflects a "hatred for Japanese girls and women who keep using the word kawaii." The remarks sound very Ishiguro, a designer known for a spirit of rebelliousness.
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Ishiguro believes it does not mean anything if a designer just makes clothes and then lets models work the runway. He thinks actions and statements must accompany clothes.
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His belief might have made the latest festival happen by symbiotically combining the euphoria of a rock festival with a fashion show.
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Both Lad Musician and Nozomi Ishiguro are truly unique. Tokyo must be the only city where fashion designers like Kuroda and Ishiguro can proudly show such a personal collection.
Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-83551420153674217392014-10-12T16:49:00.004-07:002014-10-12T17:04:03.811-07:00Newport International Runway Group Tokyo Fashion: Meet the 8 Anti-Diva Design Stars Who Are Transforming Fashion Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">The <a href="http://newport-international-group-runway.blogspot.ca/">fresh green
shoots of fashion</a> are gathering in a baking New Jersey cornfield for their
generational portrait. Joseph Altuzarra and Danielle Sherman, creative director
at Edun, have driven out from their studios in New York City. From London,
Simone Rocha, Peter Pilotto, and his design partner, Christopher De Vos, are
blinking in the blinding sun. Their London compatriot Jonathan Anderson of
J.W.Anderson is looking dazed after landing from Tokyo, direct from the opening
of a new outpost of Loewe (his new gig). Anthony Vaccarello has arrived from
Paris, Marco de Vincenzo from Rome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Though it’s up in the 90s out here on
the farm, there’s no sign of anyone wilting or complaining. Hanging in the
shade of the location truck, they’re behaving true to peer-group form—being
sociable, joking, keeping one another going. They’re happy to be here, this
hardy crop. They’re the <a href="http://www.vogue.com/2481637/young-designers-transforming-fashion-now/">anti-divas</a>,
the grounded ones. The children of the crash.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Their background stories could make an
economist’s mind boggle. All eight began slap-bang in the carnage of the global
financial crisis, sending out their delicious micro-varieties of
clothes—colorful, individualistic, well made, and expertly targeted things—into
a <a href="https://twitter.com/NewportRunway">fashion world</a> that had turned
dull and conservative. “What happened with our generation?” Altuzarra is trying
to explain how things went right. “We really had to sell those clothes. Because
we’ve built these brands during a recession, there is a pragmatic approach to
clothing. You have to be unique—be your own brand.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">It’s been less a style movement than a
careful infiltration by fresh, creative, business-sensible minds coming from
behind the scenes and out of cupboard-size studios in New York, London, Paris,
and Rome. Altuzzara vividly remembers starting up in his Manhattan apartment in
2008. “I was at Givenchy, and I thought that if I wasn’t going to do it then,
well, when? We opened selling the day after the market crash. Which”—he
laughs—“was awesome.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">A fearlessness came into it.
Vaccarello says he didn’t feel a moment’s angst when he left Fendi and gambled
his livelihood on a tiny collection of five jackets and five swimsuits in Paris
in 2009. “It was the perfect time!” he insists. “I’d saved up—I never wanted to
borrow from a bank like designers did before—and I knew my customers were
waiting.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">What counted vitally was a laser-like
instinct for knowing whom you’re speaking to—whether that means Vaccarello and
his talent for sexily sliced tailoring or someone like Sherman, his polar
opposite, who started her career with Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen as the
perfectionist designer of T-shirts at The Row. “Everything I do has to be quite
functional and have an integrity and honesty,” she says. A fabric geek, Sherman
took a route behind the scenes, where she learned to work closely with local
factories, and then to Asia with Alexander Wang. (“I was his twelfth employee!”
she boasts.) She’s now quickly upgrading Edun to a polished designer level for
New York Fashion Week while building the collection’s ethical production to 85
percent–made in Africa status.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Now aged between 28 (Rocha) and 37
(Pilotto), these crash babies have become adult professionals attracting all
kinds of fashion attention amid an upsurge of sponsorship, mentorship, and
prizes that arrived to support young designers in the mid-2000s. Altuzarra
benefited from winning the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in New York; Peter Pilotto,
Anderson, and Rocha from London’s NEWGEN sponsorship; Peter Pilotto, meanwhile,
also won the BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund in London. In France, Vaccarello took both
the Hyères prize and the Paris ANDAM prize, and in Italy, de Vincenzo emerged
through Italian Vogue’s Who Is On Next? competition. It’s made them all much
more open to building relationships than the designers who went before. As
independents, they’ve been meshed into the culture of publicity-generating
collaborations—most recently, Anthony Vaccarello x Versus Versace; J Brand x
Simone Rocha; Altuzarra for Target. With Instagram and Web video, they’ve moved
even faster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Rocha, with her sweet-but-tomboyish
dresses and Lucite-heeled brogues, and Peter Pilotto, with its mesmerically
textural colors, have quietly gathered customers from across the globe—a far
cry from the fate of London’s lone-wolf indie designers in the nineties. They
get out and travel, learning to calibrate their collections for different
climates and cultures—and they’ll never boast about just how successful they
have been. Pilotto practically has to have his arm twisted before he admits,
“Well, we sell to 200 stores on six continents. There’s only one we don’t sell
to—Antarctica!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">This serious, savvy generation has
even transformed the attitudes of major luxury-fashion conglomerates, which are
suddenly in a flurry of competition to sign them up. Altuzarra is in expansion
mode, designing in a renovated office after negotiating a minority investment
from France’s Kering group. “Having a partner like Kering, who are able to fold
you into their manufacturing capabilities, is something that makes a huge
difference,” he says. Anderson, with a new minority investment from LVMH, has
moved out of the unheated basement in Shacklewell Lane where he and his stylist
Benjamin Bruno froze in the winters; now he’s in a three-story building with an
e-commerce studio. In Rome, de Vincenzo is turning out his beautifully
elaborate, streamlined clothes with a different kind of LVMH backing: He’d
worked as a highly rated Fendi bag designer for ten years before telling the
company he was desperate to start his own collection of clothes. “Silvia Fendi
was brilliant,” de Vincenzo says. “She said I could stay and have my own
studio. I think it is a unique arrangement.” LVMH, Fendi’s parent company,
smartly got to keep its star bag designer—and to bet on his future in
ready-to-wear on the Milan runway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">Now their talent and knowledge are
beginning to be almost as highly valued by the fashion establishment as Premier
League footballers are in sport. The analogy works for the 30-year-old
Anderson: As he shoulders the dual responsibilities of managing his own brand
and being creative director of Loewe, he talks about it in sporting terms. “My
dad was an Irish national rugby player. He’s always drilling it into me: ‘It’s
all about your team!’ ”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.5pt;">What’s really different about this
generation, though, are the family, friends, and loyal stylists around them. “I
like growing with the people who know me and support me,” says Vaccarello.
Rocha’s mother, Odette, is her business partner. Anderson’s brother, Thomas, is
his HR director. Altuzarra’s mother, Karen, is chairman of the board, and
Altuzarra’s words stand for the whole group: “I believe in creating this like a
family—one that has worked together from the beginning. To me, that’s a
beautiful thing.” If there is a common denominator among all these disparate
talents, the thing that has taken them all past survival to the point of
flourishing, it is their normality, their loyalty. They’re rooted.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br />Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-1165663763846953212014-10-10T18:44:00.003-07:002014-10-10T18:44:53.430-07:00Newport International Runway Group Tokyo Fashion - The Shiny Uniqlo Empire Has A Dark Side<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I’m a snob about <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Newport-International-Group-Runway-Info-4920442">Japanese
fashion</a>. After living and shopping in Tokyo for a couple of years, I could
no longer go shopping in the US — I had no patience for it. The styles,
silhouettes, creativity, and perfection of <a href="https://twitter.com/NewportRunway">fashion in Tokyo</a> just don’t exist
anywhere else in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You might be thinking I'm a
pretentious snob, right? But I promise I’m actually on decently sound footing
here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Valerie Steele, a fashion historian
at the Fashion Institute of Technology and director of the school's museum, is
with me. "In Tokyo, you have access to so many really brilliant
designers," she says. "I think shopping in Tokyo is the best shopping
in the world.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Apart from the creativity, she
says, ”Japanese are very concerned with quality and with attention to detail —
much more than Americans who really wouldn’t know a good garment from a bad one
for the most part. ... But the Japanese are looking very carefully at every
detail, the material, construction, etc. and have very high standards of what
qualifies as good, well-made clothing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Uniqlo, Japan’s largest apparel
retailer, opened a store in New York City in 2006. I was over the moon.
Finally, I could get Japanese clothing in the US.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In Japan, Uniqlo isn’t exactly
considered "fashion." It sells relatively cheap, well-made basics.
But basics cut in a Japanese style, with that attention to detail? Here in the
US, that is a kind of fashion. And Uniqlo has become really popular.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">”The key example I think of is the
little puffer jacket that Uniqlo launched," Steele says. "Now you see
everybody wearing it, everyone from kids on the street, housewives, workers, to
the trendiest fashion people.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And with their special
"techno-fabrics" and collaborations with well-known designers, Uniqlo
has become a mainstay in the retail and fashion worlds. This fall, Uniqlo
nearly doubled the number of stores it operates in the US, opening new branches
from Los Angeles to Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There’s also been a lot of
appreciative gushing over Uniqlo’s Japanese-inspired customer service.
Employees are taught to present and take customer credit cards with two hands,
in formal Japanese style. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“You greet the customer always
smiling, perfect posture, things like that," explains Delese Baker, a
store supervisor at Uniqlo’s Soho store. "At meetings, everyone’s supposed
to stand feet apart, hands in the front — always have your badges, notepads.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There are even "Six Standard
Phrases" that every Uniqlo employee has to memorize: phrases they chant to
each other at store meetings. There are a lot of rules, and expectations are
high. "These shirts right here that are button-down, you’re supposed to be
able to fold seven in a minute,” Baker explains cheerily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It all makes for a pleasant
shopping experience. But all the nitpicky rules, rigorous standards and
emphasis on perfection have also generated some flack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Japan is known for its rigid work
culture, where long hours are the norm. But even by Japanese standards, Uniqlo
has a particularly bad reputation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Fumihito Matsuo, a former Uniqlo
store manager in Tokyo, says the working environment at Uniqlo was just bad —
strict enough to be the military. “In Japan, Uniqlo is known as a 'black
company,'" he says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"Black" or
"evil" companies are ones that exploit their workers, harrassing them
and forcing them to work excessive hours and unpaid overtime. Some ex-workers
in the US have said it’s worse than the military — it's more like a slave ship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And it’s not just a few people
complaining. In 2011, Japanese journalist Masuo Yokota published a book called
the "The Glory and Disgrace of the Uniqlo Empire." The book alleges
almost slave-like treatment of Uniqlo’s factory workers in China and store employees
in Japan. Uniqlo sued for defamation, but lost both the case and the appeal.
They’ve now taken the case to the Japanese Supreme Court.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Matsuo thinks things may have
gotten somewhat better since he quit a year ago, but he insists the book tells
it like it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Larry Meyer, Uniqlo’s US CEO,
points out that perfection has trade-offs. “Retail is not for the lazy. We are
a team. Our brand is a function of how well our team represents our brand. To
that extent, it’s not a free for all," he says. "If you want to be an
individual artist, I’m fine with that; you don't have to work for me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He says there are mechanisms here
and in Japan to ensure that people are treated fairly and are properly
compensated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And even Matsuo points out that
working for the company had its upsides. For a 23-year-old only a couple years
out of college, he had a lot of responsibility and opportunities to
advance. He wouldn’t want to work there
again, but he still shops there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“As a brand, I still like
Uniqlo," he says. And, of course, so do I.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-70946843692374564272014-10-09T17:00:00.001-07:002014-10-09T17:00:21.623-07:00Newport International Runway Group Tokyo Fashion Review: Moshi Moshi Nippon at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Offering
non-Japanese people free entry to <a href="http://newport-international-group-runway.blogspot.ca/">Moshi Moshi
Nippon</a> was a risky move on the part of Asobisystem, but it seemed to have
paid off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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15,000 punters showed up for the Sept. 28 event at Tokyo Metropolitan
Gymnasium, and organizers say that 7,000 of them were non-Japanese.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Speaking
to some attendees, the main draw was a chance to see Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, the
Asobisystem management company’s star act, for free. She played a lineup of
hits: “Fashion Monster,” “Ninja Re Bang Bang” and, of course, “Ponponpon.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Likely
motivated from Kyary’s overseas notability, the Moshi Moshi Nippon has sought
to draw in like-minded fans of Harajuku’s kawaii brand of culture. This has
included TV shows, websites and events in France, England and the United
States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A
long line of non-Japanese, including teenagers and 30-somethings, wound its way
outside the site and reception was pretty smooth. Translators, marked with
their job description in green font emblazoned on black T-shirts, wandered
around the venue in case of questions. Moshi Moshi Nippon looked less like a
music festival and more of an Asobisystem showcase.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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viewing area was roped off near the front of the stage and labeled “foreigners
only,” which caused some people on <a href="https://twitter.com/NewportRunway">social
media</a> to wonder if the special treatment would ostracize them from Japanese
fans. They needn’t have bothered, though, because the non-Japanese attendees
seemed to be more interested in the antics of the Japanese fans than what was
on stage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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idol fans were out in full force, with acts such as Silent Siren and
Dempagumi.inc playing the main stage and other stages catering exclusively to
up-and-coming idol acts. They performed otagei, specially rehearsed cheering
dances, everywhere — even outside the venue at the DJ-centric Matsuri stage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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smaller and busier Nippon Stage even offered non-Japanese and Japanese alike
the chance to learn more about the idol subculture they likely only know via
megastar groups such as AKB48. Nearly 30 new groups, such as drop, Camouflage
and Cheeky Parade performed there and the audience was filled with dedicated
fans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fans were what really made the <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/10/07/music/review-moshi-moshi-nippon-tokyo-metropolitan-gymnasium/">Nippon
Stage</a> entertaining. They screamed out lyrics during the performances, and
dance moves looked as if they were influenced by martial arts at times — many
non-Japanese stood in the back and watched with fascination. Not bad for a free
ticket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">On a gray spring morning in Paris, behind the
facade of an 18th century building on the Place Vendome, a flying insect has
somehow made its way through an arched doorway, past a limestone courtyard and
into the headquarters of Comme des Garcons International, where it is now
buzzing around the head of Chief Executive Officer Adrian Joffe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As Joffe sits at a glass table in his office,
calmly discussing the relationship between artistic integrity and profit, he
suddenly raises his right arm and executes a rapid swatting motion reminiscent
of an Andy Roddick first serve. In a split second, the fly is gone and Joffe
continues speaking, making no acknowledgment of the interruption aside from a
barely perceptible grin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To those who aren’t familiar with Joffe -- a
seemingly mild-mannered executive with a background in Zen Buddhism and
linguistics -- this matter-of-fact extermination of another living being might
seem surprising. But as Bloomberg Pursuits magazine reports in its Autumn 2014
issue, those who know him well would recognize one of his most-marked
qualities: not a killer instinct exactly but, rather, a clean efficiency, a
knack for swiftly removing distractions so as to focus on what’s important.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Comme des Garcons, founded in Tokyo 45 years ago
by the reclusive designer Rei Kawakubo -- Joffe’s wife since 1992 -- is perhaps
the most enduringly innovative <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newport-International-Group-Runway/504650946244876">fashion</a>
brand of modern times. From the start, Kawakubo’s goal has been to rise above
market forces to freely create new things, be they jackets with three sleeves
or androgynous, abstract garments that upend standard notions of <a href="https://twitter.com/NewportRunway">clothing</a>, gender and beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite its renegade bona fides, Comme, as its
devotees call it, is also a business, and it’s up to Joffe to help keep it
profitable. At a time when the art-commerce balancing act is a daunting
challenge for many creative companies, Joffe, who has no formal training in
either art or commerce, has become an unlikely master of juggling both. His
ideas often seem uncopyable -- until they’re widely copied. Such was the case
with Comme’s guerrilla stores, one-off, limited-run boutiques that served as
the prototypes for today’s ubiquitous pop-up shops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Comme puts him in an esteemed club of fragrance collaborators that includes the
design firm Artek and London’s Serpentine Gallery -- says that creativity
remains Joffe’s top priority, with commerce running a very close second.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Williams observes. He describes Comme des Garcons as a kind of brilliant
biosphere, with Joffe as the curator who gives Kawakubo’s creations their
essential context. “If Comme is like a snow globe, Adrian is the water,”
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of a 61-year-old CEO -- and not just because he dresses in head-to-toe black,
often with a pair of graffitied Doc Martens on his feet. The shoes are a
limited-edition Comme collaboration adorned with slogans by his wife, including,
significantly, “My energy comes from my freedom.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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act as interpreter and gatekeeper for the resolutely private Kawakubo, who
speaks little English and shows no interest in making herself understood to the
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“It’s hard to explain her, and I don’t really want to. But I am somewhat of a
realist, and for business, you have to try.” <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/behind-comme-des-garcons-stands-zen-loving-contrarian-ceo.html">Continue
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gearing up for its own <a href="http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/tokyo-fashion-week-unveils-schedule-7922692">fashion
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Thursday, organizers released the official show schedule, as well as details on
some related events. This season, there will be few newcomers participating in
the shows, and even fewer international brands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hanae Mori, a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newport-International-Group-Runway/504650946244876">Japanese
brand</a> steeped in history that will be re-launching with a new designer. As
reported, Henry Holland will also be in town to show his spring House of <a href="https://twitter.com/NewportRunway">Holland collection.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are normally on the top of editors’ lists to see are downsizing from a runway
show to an installation this season. These include Somarta, Yasutoshi Ezumi and
Motonari Ono.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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event that is open to the public and consists of both fashion shows and music
events lasting through the night, will also be returning this season. Brands
that will show during Versus include Mr. Gentleman, Facetasm and Toga Virilis,
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Fashion Week will be sponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization, or
JETRO, include representatives from Galeries Lafayette, Surrender and Front Row
in Singapore, Heavy Selection in Thailand, and Brooklyn-based Bird. For the
second season in a row, Nick Wooster will also be in town for the week’s
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Ae'lkemi designer Alvin Fernandez, it was "an honour" to open the
2014 Telstra Perth <a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/full-coverage/perth-fashion-festival-2014/a/25039879/fashion-festival-off-to-exciting-start/">Fashion
Festival</a> last night along with two of Asia's most respected couturiers,
Michael Cinco and Sebastian Gunawan.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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a new couture collection created especially for the opening night, <a href="http://newportrunway.livejournal.com/">International Runway</a> - Beyond
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Venetian Gothic architecture," Fernandez explained after the show, the
first to be held at the festival's <a href="https://foursquare.com/p/newport-international-group-runway-barcelona-spain/45939365">new
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signature, which is elegant, nipped in at the waist, skimming the hips,"
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wanted some palate-cleansers, some simpler pieces before you go into the more
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fernandez said the presence of delegates from
the Asian Couture Federation and Singapore's FIDe Fashion Weeks was a valuable
opportunity to showcase his work to a wider international audience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"For us to show the rest of the world what
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celebrities Dannii Minogue - flying the flag for WA design in an Aurelio
Costarella outfit - Kate Waterhouse, Matthew and Lauren Pavlich, Coterie group
member Emma Milner and international fashion blogger Diane Pernet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dignitaries welcoming guests to the week-long festival.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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born in the Philippines, has dressed the likes of Sofia Vergara, Beyonce and
Rihanna, while Indonesian designer Sebastian Gunawan has built up a loyal
fashion following throughout south-east Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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One Fell Swoop will share the runway with cult New Zealand labels Zambesi and
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Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-4015560531179011312014-09-07T18:37:00.002-07:002014-09-07T18:37:39.726-07:00Newport International Runway Group Tokyo Fashion on Menswear around the World<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">(</span></b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newport-International-Group-Runway/504650946244876"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">FACEBOOK</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> and </span></b><a href="http://pinterest.com/khannewport/newport-international-group-runway/"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">PINTEREST</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">) - </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">IT'S RARE THAT </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Giuseppe Santamaria will stop a </span><a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/menswear-around-the-world-1408734639"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">well-dressed man on the
street</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
to take his picture. Instead, the photographer and art director—a Sydney,
Australia-based Canadian expat—tends to capture subjects as they stroll on by,
often when they're freshly dressed and en route to work. Mr. Santamaria, 28,
who cites photographers like '60s-era Magnum lensman Ernst Haas as inspiration,
said, "It's about freezing that moment, seizing what that guy's life is
like." As a result, authentic energy infuses the images he shoots for his
four-year-old street-style blog, Men in This Town, which he has turned
into a book of the same name, available Sept. 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Mr. Santamaria traces his menswear fascination
to his Toronto childhood and a dapper Italian father partial to polos, short
shorts and wicker shoes. "I thought his was an older way of dressing,"
he said. "But now I wear the same shoes and shirts. It's this influence I
never realized I had."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Today, Mr. Santamaria's appreciation for
menswear is global. His new book documents five cities he's deemed menswear
capitals—New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Milan and London. His hometown didn't make
the cut. He explained, diplomatically: "Toronto is one of those cities
trying to find itself." Here, five images from "Men in This
Town" and Mr. Santamaria's take on the unique sartorial charms of each
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">"Milanese
men are born with taste, and not much changes," Mr. Santamaria said.
Still, he sees a difference between the generations. Younger men wear sportier
clothes, he explained, while more-tailored looks seem to be reserved for older
men. "There's almost a rite of passage," he added. "You have to
earn the right to pull off that suit." Having clocked a little time on
planet Earth can make a man more photogenic, added Mr. Santamaria: "[I
like] that you can see the experience and tradition in their faces." Many
of Mr. Santamaria's Milanese photos focus on these older gentlemen like fashion
showroom owner Alessandro Squarzi. Mr. Squarzi's élan comes via
spezzato—artfully mismatched jackets and trousers. Try it with a plaid blazer,
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">TOYKO'S</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> SENSE
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Japanese city is hands-down Mr. Santamaria's
favorite to shoot. "[Tokyo residents] pay so much attention to what they
wear," he said. "They execute a look to the very last detail."
And that's true whether a guy is working an old-school dandy flourish or
parsing the finer points of high-quality raw denim. Regarding the latter, few
people do cool Americana better than the Japanese, who worship selvage denim,
chambray shirts and limited-edition sneakers. "It's the most amazing place
I've been to," he said. "You feel like you're engulfed in this other
universe."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Mr. Santamaria pronounced men in London as
high-fashion-obsessed: "When you see something on the runway, you see it
on the streets a few weeks later." But it's not all about the
fashion-forward. London style mixes the new with the old. It's a look perfectly
captured by Dan Rookwood, the U.S. editor for e-commerce site Mr Porter, whom
Mr. Santamaria interviewed for his book. "He has this heritage look about
him but is always on top of whatever is new," said the photographer.
"It's not about wearing vintage, it's about wearing modern clothing but
sort of following the traditions of his dad's wardrobe." Note the
slimmed-down, contemporary cut of Mr. Rookwood's camel coat and his soft-frame
briefcase. For a similar effect, try AMI's camel coat, a classic Dunhill
pinstripe suit and the dandy-like flourish of a floral silk tie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">"New York is the most fun when it comes to
fashion," said Mr. Santamaria. "You have everything, from big-box to
luxury stores. This is where fashion is most accessible, and there's so much
opportunity to do things with your clothes." And not just clothes. About
the picture here, he commented in his book, "Nowhere but New York does a
mode of transportation become a fashion statement." To underline the
city's sense of fashion freedom, "Men in This Town" features an
interview with womenswear designers Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra,
well known for their twinned uniforms of plaid shirts, suspenders and
lumberjack beards. "They've been doing it since the '90s," Mr.
Santamaria said. "They anticipated the hipster movement. They're
pioneers." Key elements of Gotham style: a subtly refined version of that
sportswear classic, a fisherman's knit, and a basic backpack recast in striped
wool and leather. The final touch is footwear that earned its street cred
decades ago, Converse's Chuck Taylors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Perhaps because he lives there, Mr. Santamaria
is a vocal proponent of Sydney's burgeoning menswear scene. "Especially in
the last five years or so, it's started to boom," he said. Men dress
appropriately for the mostly warm climate, but that doesn't mean flip-flops and
shorts. "You're starting to see looks done in a Neapolitan way, but it's
lighter and more free," Mr. Santamaria said. "It's a mix between
sartorial and beachy." Certainly a sharp-shouldered jacket worn with a
T-shirt and dashingly looped bohemian scarf strikes the right balance. As does
an unlined Boglioli jacket and smartly casual, moccasin-like boots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-42810048994459636222013-12-12T16:04:00.001-08:002013-12-12T16:04:59.262-08:00The Newport International Runway Group Latest Articles: 3 mode beklædning bestande gør før jul<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;"><a href="http://www.fool.com.au/2013/12/06/what-are-these-3-fashion-apparel-stocks-doing-before-christmas/">Hvad
gør disse 3 mode beklædning bestande inden jul?</a></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Den ene store håb
for detailhandlere er at have den største Christmas shopping sæsonen som
muligt, og har skarer af købere gennem butikkerne. <a href="https://medium.com/p/1704b83863cd">Fashion</a> apparel detailhandlere har
haft at bestille alt godt frem, så hvis deres mål er slukket, og ikke som mange
kunder vise sig som forventet, de bliver nødt til at rabat for at rydde lager.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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og forbedre bundlinjen er en stor prioritet for <b>Pacific mærker</b> (ASX: PBG), efter at komme tilbage i 2013 med en
$73,8 mio nettoresultat efter skat og abnormals, efter tunge nedskrivninger i
2012.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Virksomheden kendt
for King Gee og hårdt Yakka arbejdstøj og obligationer undertøj annonceret i
November, det vil være at flytte sit arbejdstøj division callcenter i Melbourne
udlandet til Manila som en opgradering til kunde service forbedringer.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">I oktober sagde
Pacific mærker, at første halvdel EBIT og NPAT kan være væsentligt ned i
forhold til den tilsvarende forudgående periode. Dette er på grund af handel
forhold, investeringer, en afmatning i arbejdstøj marked og manglende fornyelse
af visse licenser i sin hjemmeartikler, fodtøj og overtøj division.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Speciale Fashion Group</span></b><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;"> (ASX: SFH) har lavet en nylige overtagelse af floder
lejlighedskøb tøj kæde for 5 millioner dollars efter sigende under den bogførte
værdi. Kæden har 160 butikker, og speciale mode planlægger at investere omkring
4 millioner dollars til dem over de næste to år til at puste nyt liv i
forretningen.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Group</a> er kendt mere for sin Damemode af sådanne mærker som møllere, korsvej
og Katies. Denne overtagelse vil supplere forretning med mænds og børns tøj og
styrke sin position i den modne, værdi tøj segment.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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som har sådanne mærker som bare Jeans, Jay Jays og Portmans, sagde i sin
ordinære generalforsamling møde at det var at få klar til indtastning af sin
Smiggle brevpapir butikker i Det Forenede Kongerige.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Det mener, at
potentielt der er mulighed for at åbne så mange som 200 butikker i de næste fem
år, og forventer, at overskuddet kunne overgå dem i sin australske butikker.
Det planer om at have omkring 8 butikker åbnet inden for dette regnskabsår.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Resultatet af dette
års jul vil give en indikation af, hvor godt økonomien er bouncing tilbage
efter et års usikkerhed. Med lave renter og den almindelige forbruger følelse
op har feriesæsonens indtægter bedre fremtidsudsigter nu.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Telstras udsigter for 2014 og fremover</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Med
sin legendariske, fuldt franked 28 cent udbytte er Telstra darling af Aussie
investorer. Men med sin lod pris skyrocketing i det forløbne år, er Telstra
forbi sin prime? <a href="http://www.fool.com.au/free-stock-report/buy-sell-or-hold-telstra/?aid=5321&source=ats74it10000002">Klik
her</a> for vores splinternye rapport: <a href="http://www.fool.com.au/free-stock-report/buy-sell-or-hold-telstra/?aid=5321&source=ats74it10000002">"Er
det tid til at sælge Telstra?”</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-88184509665930893052013-12-11T16:51:00.003-08:002013-12-11T16:51:43.521-08:00The Newport Iinternational Runway Group Latest Articles: Luksus mode lagre tilbyder potentielle High-End afkast<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/11/13/luxury-fashion-stocks-offer-the-potential-for-high.aspx">Luksus
mode lagre tilbyder potentiale for High-End afkast</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I midten af
oktober, runway darling Marc Jacobs meddelte han ville forlade sin stilling som
kunstnerisk leder for Louis Vuitton (NASDAQ: LVMHF) at fokusere på sit eget
firma 's IPO. Bare tanken om sådan en ting skabt buzz til en Børsintroduktion, der
er på den konservative side, sker tre år fra nu. Det forårsagede Louis Vuitton
aktiekursen stiger af to dollars og om en million aktier til at blive handlet
på dagen for offentliggørelsen. Det var også afsæt for en diskussion af mode
lagre som store investeringer i "køb og hold" gå ind i det nye år.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Michael Kors og fremkomsten
af fashionable investeringer<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">For
eksempel, tage et kig på <b>Michael Kors'</b>
(NYSE: KORS) IPO tidligere i år. Det ramte markedet på 20 dollar pr. aktie og
har firedoblet i værdi siden. Der var nogle tidlige sammenligninger til <b>Ralph Lauren</b> mærke og bekymringer, at
det ikke ville nå markedsværdi af den formidable mærke.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Nu,
Michael Kors' <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newport-international-group-inc-selects-quatrain-public-relations-agency-of-record-54037202.html">virksomhed</a>
føjes til den S & P 500 som dens markedsværdi har nået 15 milliarder
dollars. I disse begreber, er det på vej mod overskygger Ralph Lauren, som har
en 15.54 milliarder dollars marked cap. Nogle af dette blev ansporet af den
oprindelige brummer omkring IPO sig selv. Dog en designer virksomhed undlader
eller lykkes meget som enhver anden, ved at tjene de skiftende krav fra
klientellet. Kors fortsætter med at innovere og producere nye <a href="http://investorshub.advfn.com/Newport-International-Group-Inc-NWPO-4162/">produkter</a>
(utvivlsomt tegning fra eksponering både virksomheden og designer modtager
fromProject bane). I slutningen af 2004, virksomheden lavet smart træk af at
indføre en lavere omkostninger produktlinje. Det dræbte to fluer med ét smæk,
at nå frem til et yngre publikum og så godt som loyale kunder, der måske har
ønsket en lavere omkostninger mulighed. Det pote især i slutningen af 2008 og
2009 når den økonomiske nedtur begyndte og markederne begyndte at falde.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Andre modehuse, klar til
store gevinster<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Angiver,
om Marc Jacobs har den samme kombination af held og kyndige stadig uvist. Men i
mellemtiden er der nogle vidunderligt undersold muligheder forude i mode lagre.
For eksempel, udkonkurreret tyske luksusmærke <b>Hugo Boss</b> de fleste af sektoren. I januar, selskabet indledt en
American depositar modtagelse eller ADR, gennem New York Mellon bank, som vil
vil tillade det at blive handlet i håndkøb i USA. I mellemtiden, Italiens Prada
sprang 67% i 2013. Begge selskaber er bank på det økonomiske opsving i Europa,
kombineret med en stigning i den kinesiske efterspørgsel hen til opreklamere
salg går ind i næste år. For sin del åbner Hugo Boss nye butikker i Kina og Europa
i de næste to til tre år at nå ekspanderende markeder. Prada meddelte, at det
forventer at overstige salgsmål i Q4 og Q1. Derudover er det flytter ind på
fragrance markedet via et nyt partnerskab med Coty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Prada</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> stadig er handel på pink sheets på grund
af dens bevidst lav markedsværdi i USA og ikke arkivering med SEC, selvom det
stillinger sin indtjening online. Jeg undgå generelt at anbefale handel off
udvekslinger eller går til en udenlandsk valuta. For eksempel, er Hugo Boss
børsnoterede på Xtra, en europæisk børs. Med disse to og andre luksusmærker har
du mulighed for at drage fordel af deres vækstmuligheder ved at købe ind i en
sektorspecifik gensidig fond som Consumer Staples Vælg sektor eller Pictel
Premium Brands fond.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-13237475558485944812013-12-11T02:10:00.002-08:002013-12-11T02:10:50.692-08:00The Newport International Runway Group Latest Articles: 3 Mode og beklædning lagre til at købe nu<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Tre
<a href="http://newport-international-group-runway-info.quora.com/">mode</a> og
<a href="http://investorplace.com/2013/12/3-fashion-and-apparel-stocks-to-buy-now-www-icon-za-27/#.UqkQ4dJDtBx">beklædning</a>
bestande er bevæger sig op i deres samlede vurdering i denne uge, ifølge
portefølje Grader database. Hver enkelt af disse er gradueret en "A"
("stærkt køb") eller "B" samlet ("buy").<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Wolverine
World Wide, Inc. (WWW) bumpe op sin rating fra en C ("hold") til et B
("buy") i denne uge. Wolverine World Wide er en designer, producent
og markedsførte i en vifte af kvalitet casual sko, robust udendørs og arbejde
fodtøj. I portefølje Grader specifikke underkategorier af indtjening
overraskelse og egenkapital får WWW også as For mere information, komme
portefølje Grader komplet analyse af WWW lager.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">ICONIX
mærke <a href="http://newportgab.quora.com/">Group</a>, Inc. (ikonet) er at se
ratings gå fra en C sidste uge til en B denne uge. ICONIX mærke gruppe er et
brand management-selskab, der er beskæftiget med godkendelse, markedsføring, og
leverer tendens retning for flere ejet forbruger brands. For mere information,
komme portefølje Grader komplet analyse af ikonet lager.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Zuoan
mode (ZA) får en højere lønklasse i denne uge, rykkede frem fra en C sidste uge
til en B. Zuoan engagerer sig i design og distribution af mode herretøj. For
mere information, komme portefølje Grader komplet analyse af ZA lager.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Louis
Navellier proprietære portefølje Grader stock ranking system vurderer cirka
5.000 virksomheder hver uge baseret på en række grundlæggende og kvantitative
foranstaltninger. Bestandene er givet et brev kvalitet baseret på deres
resultater — med A er "stærkt køb", og F er "stærk sælge."
Udforske værktøjet her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-50901471803792897972013-12-10T04:15:00.003-08:002013-12-10T04:35:04.653-08:00The Newport International Runway Group Latest Articles: Lamar Odom 3 års prøvetid<div class="MsoNormal">
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tre års prøvetid for kørsel Under påvirkning (DUI).</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Den urolige
basketball star slog et anbringende beskæftige sig med en California court og
har optaget ingen konkurrence til afgiften, til gengæld for Kriminalforsorgen,
skulle gennemføre en alkohol uddannelse klasse ved næste juni og betaler $1,814
i gebyrer og bøder.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Lamar - hvis ægteskab
til Khloe Kardashian har været rystet af beskyldninger om utroskab og narkotika
brug - blev anholdt på August 30 efter køre ujævnt på 101 motorvejen i Los
Angeles viser hvad officerer kaldet "objektive tegn på forgiftning."</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Reality stjernen
nægtede at en blod-alkohol test efter hans anholdelse, der førte til automatisk
et års kørselsforbud, som stadig står.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">California Highway
Patrol </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Newport-International-Group/469155966512999"><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">offentlig Informations</span></a><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;"> officer
Leland Tang tidligere fortalt RadarOnline: "han gjorde hvad ingen
nogensinde bør gøre, han nægtede de kemiske analyser.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">"Det betyder,
at hans licens tilbagekaldes og Lamar kunne få de mest magtfulde advokat i
verden og han vil stadig ikke har en licens for et år."</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Lamar, 34, har også
måttet acceptere tilfældige drug test som en del af sit tilbud til at spille
for Los Angeles Clippers, som han forsøger at få sin basketball </span><a href="https://www.causes.com/campaigns/68355-newport-international-group-runway-news-update"><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">karriere</span></a><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;"> tilbage på
sporet.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">En kilde sagde:
"Lamar aftalt til at gennemgå tilfældige narkotika test administreres af
holdet, og hvis han returnerer en beskidt test, vil han blive suspenderet fra
holdet straks."</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Khloe og Lamar har
midlertidigt split, og i en preview-trailer for den nye serie af "At holde
op med Kardashians" han kan høres på telefonen tigge hende om at tage ham
tilbage.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Han siger: '' jeg
ville gøre noget for at blive accepteret tilbage af jer fyrene. Du fyrene er alt
jeg har fik.''</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2519896/Fashion-chain-bosses-accuse-Royal-Bank-Scotland-fraud.html">Store
mode kæde chefer indstillet til at beskylde Royal Bank of Scotland af svig</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Påstande,
Royal Bank of Scotland ødelagt små virksomheder for profit er indstillet til at
tage en stor ny drejning som ex-direktører og aktionærer af mislykkede <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13ay8g_newport-international-group-fake-clothing-warning-fashion-fraud-feel-good-mode-den-nye-sort_lifestyle">mode</a>
kæde påfugle overveje en klage til alvorlig <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xUHnjPrIj4">svig</a> kontor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">SFO
allerede behandlingen af en aktmappe vedrørende den statsejede bank, men en
intervention af dem nærmest sammenbruddet af budgettet mode detailhandler
påfugle ville markere en dramatisk optrapning i skandalen. Det ville være
første gang nogen direkte forbundet med en national kæde har indgivet en formel
klage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">RBS
kom under beskydning sidste måned fra millionær Lawrence Tomlinson,
Entrepreneur i opholdssted på afdelingen for Business, som påstod, at bankens
Global omstrukturering gruppe havde skubbet mange små virksomheder i
administration, så det kunne fastgøre op deres aktiver billigt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Lloyds
Banking Group kom også kritik i betænkningen. Det forudsættes, at de tidligere
chefer for en række kendte navne, der i de seneste år overvejer at iværksætte
retssager mod begge banker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">På
tidspunktet for sammenbruddet af påfugle, RBS handlede som en central
koordinerende bank arbejder med planer om at finde ny finansiering for
koncernens 600 butikker og det var at blive betalt en ugentlig gebyr. Men som
en førende långiver til gruppen det også spillede en nøglerolle i beslutter at
kalde i administratorer i de første par dage af 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Administrerende
direktør Richard Kirk og bestyrelsesformand Allan Leighton havde kæmpet for at
gemme gruppen – som Bonmarche kæde – og var mindst halvvejs til at hæve 20
millioner pund for at fortsætte forhandlingerne med långivere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Kilder
tæt på den tidligere påfugle bestyrelsen sagde direktørerne var overbevist om,
at hvis banken havde været mere støttende, andre muligheder for virksomheden
kunne have været vellykket. Seks uger efter administratorer blev udnævnt, var
kæden solgt til Edinburgh Woollen Mills for £23 mio.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Separat,
viste det sig i sidste uge at et dossier, der var blevet udleveret til SFO ved
en whistleblower giver anledning til bekymringer over inddragelsen af RBS i en
række myndigheder herunder HMV og Clintons. SFO fortalte The Mail på søndag
det» overvåge situationen «vedrørende RBS. Påfugle tidligere aktionær Och-Ziff
og ex-administrerende direktør Richard Kirk afviste at kommentere situationen.
Perry Capital, en anden tidligere aktionær, ikke reagere på anmodninger om
bemærkning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Bonmarche
blev solgt til solen europæiske partnere. Sidste måned, aktier i 264-butik
Bonmarche forretning blev solgt på London Stock Exchange og det er nu
værdiansættes på 117 millioner pund.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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administrerende direktør Ross McEwan sagde af Tomlinsons påstande: ' den
alvorligste beskyldning er, at RBS gennemført en systematisk indsats for at
profit på bagsiden af vores gæster, når de var i finansiel nød. Vi tror ikke
det er tilfældet, men det har alligevel gjort alvorlige skader på RBSS omdømme.
Ingen beviser er fremlagt for denne påstand til banken.»<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-48927622105277999992013-07-31T01:51:00.001-07:002013-07-31T01:51:35.149-07:00HATS OFF TO THE DERBY FASHION<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Are you confused
about your wardrobe at the derby? Derby is not just about horses; it is also
about seeing and being seen in a high-end fashionable wardrobe. One of the most
unique features of derby is that they are like a sports party where horse
power, fashion, and fun come together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Samar Singh Sheikhawat, senior vice president, marketing, United Breweries Ltd,
“derby is a much a lifestyle event as it is a sporting event.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that complete a look, consider a gem of a thought Miuccia Prada shared on the
subject: “What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially
today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.”</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Let your accessories speak volumes and express
yourself beautifully with these jewelry trends by the Newport International
Group Runway from Zadok Jewelers. From layered necklaces to cocktail rings,
these accessories are modern, colorful and sure to get you noticed — before
you’ve even said a word.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Statement-making earrings come in all shapes and
sizes and transition easily from day to night. As with other jewelry trends,
statement earrings are heavy on color, incorporating tassels, feather cuts and
unique designs...</span><br />
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Put yourself in pink. Get tickled pink. If you think this is bad advice for your conservative tastes, you haven’t seen the many shades of pink ahead. The fall collections here and in Europe offer everything from pale blush to Day-Glo, neon, acid and shocking pink, with soft pastels in between. Pink is also regarded as the shade that’s complementary to almost all complexions.<br />
John Patrick’s wool and cashmere knits for Organic would be a good way to start. You might, for instance, begin thinking pink with the cropped cardigan (illustrated above), then move on to a shift dress and/or skirt. The cashmere yarns are selected from waste of industrial knitted panels, and the yarns are “CO2 neutral.” When we asked the designer why he chose the “soft pink,” flamingos and fuchsias for his fall collection, he answered, “Because pink makes people happy.”<br />
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deserve cute clothes! And that’s why; <a href="http://newportintlgroup.com/blog/">Newport International Group Runway
Barcelona Spain</a> are presenting for you in this post tops & t-shirts for
kids, for winter 2013. These tops will keep your kids warm, and make them look
totally trendy and delicate. Various prints and colors are found, which makes
all items very suitable for kids. If you love printed tops and t-shirts, you
will find many cute prints such as Minnie, Rapunzel, and more. Whereas if you
want patterned tops or t-shirts, you will find the amazing stripes, dots, and
more. Some are both striped or dotted and printed for an amazing style. The
colors are favorable and are very suitable for kids such as pink, purple, blue,
white, beige, black, turquoise, and natural white. Cotton, polyester, acrylic,
and organic cotton are the main materials from which all the tops &
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><a href="http://newportintlgroup.com/blog/whats-in-for-your-kids-this-2013/" target="_blank">READ FULL ARTICLE</a>Khan Newporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094349228591682679noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410687942070499156.post-86206009410503402442013-03-12T17:59:00.007-07:002013-03-12T17:59:43.766-07:00WHEN VARIETY OF HIGH HEEL SHOES STEAL THE RUNWAY<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
If the spring 2012 platforms were
focused on elegance, this time <a href="http://newportintlgroup.com/blog/">Newport
International Group Runway Barcelona Spain</a> makes sure to find for a bit of
mix things up with a set of fab elements that instantly puts a fun spin on
things. Sexiness is carefully linked to the perceived playfulness of the new
looks and a variety of high heel shoes steal the spotlight. Print lovers will
especially love the new take on the trend which has a distinct geometric allure
and provides a much needed break from the usual floral and animal prints...<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://newportintlgroup.com/blog/">Newport International Group Runway
Barcelona Spain</a> features designer collection of stylish and elegant
solutions for fashion shoes. This section sorts beautiful prints, textured
fabrics and materials, and saturated hues. Silver and metallic shoes are in
vogue this season, with a large variety of ankle boots, shoes, and boots in
different shades...<o:p></o:p></div>
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Running shoes are very personal
-- a matter of inconvenience for the shoe companies that must produce them for
the masses. Many stores dedicate major equipment and man hours to helping
customers pick the right shoes, based on their particular gaits and anatomies.
But there are some truths that apply to us all -- or at least some basic
decisions and requirements: Do you want extra support or a more barefoot feel?
Are you comfortable wearing neon pink, the fitness industry's near universal
gendered color designation?..<o:p></o:p></div>
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