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Gisele Reveals New Line – Posing for her new Gisele Intimates campaign, supermodel Gisele Bundchen is ever the picture of pure sexy in these images. The Brazilian beauty snapped these new images to celebrate the launch of the lingerie line being sold at NK Stores. According to Elle Brazil, the designs will be available at NK this month in S?o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. See Gisele’s previous lingerie campaign here.
Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.
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Fashion for Fish – With a spring-summer 2014 collection influenced by the ocean and fish, Kenzo uses that same inspiration for its new advertising campaign starring Devon Aoki. Made in collaboration with arts magazine TOILERPAPER, Devon can be seen lounging on a giant fish held up by male model Paul Boche. This surreal image ties back to the whimsy of Kenzo’s fall advertisements which featured models as miniature dolls and flying on a giant manicured hand.
Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.
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Luxe Accessories – Italian luxury label Gucci once again taps Nadja Bender for its cruise 2014 accessories campaign. Photographed by S?lve Sundsb? and styled by Beat Bolliger, the Danish beauty models the Soho Bag and Bamboo Shopper with a relaxed yet sleek style. Nadja previously posed for the brand in Gucci’s fall 2012 campaign.
Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.
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Photography by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Last night the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended the London premiere of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, as it was selected as this year’s Royal Film Performance. Will and Kate were joined by the film’s stars, Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, as well as Mandela’s daughter, Zindzi Mandela, for the lavish opening. However, the event took a tragic turn when, during the screening, it was announced that Nelson Mandela had passed away. Will briefly share
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British designer Katie Eary is the next designer in line to collaborate with high-street fashion chain River Island and follows in the footsteps of designers like Eudon Choi and William Tempest in joining the stores Design Forum initiative.
Eary has developed an 18-piece collection, which echoes her street wear style and use of vibrant colors and prints. The collection is set to launch in selected stores next year on the 17th of February.
Katie Eary pleased to join River Island's design
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“I am amazed how many discounts I see in the market now,” recognised Mulberry’s CEO Bruno Guillon in reference to the “fierce competition” that the high-end handbags maker is facing from mid-market brands cutting the price of their handbags.
Is precisely this competition as well as a desire to position the Brand in a higher category which as pushed Mulberry beyond its domestic borders, increasing the company’s international bid. The English luxury brand Thursday reported a slight uptick in re
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Sicilian Holiday – Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana taps Marine Deleeuw and Ji Hye Park for a winter holiday shoot featured on its lifestyle site, Swide. The girls, who both also happened to walk Dolce & Gabbana’s spring-summer 2014 show; look demure in lace, velvet, chiffon and tweed looks. No doubt these outfits would steal the spotlight at just about any holiday gathering!
Source: Glamour.
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British retailer Warehouse stands to open its first flagship shop on Oxford Street by next year February in hopes of reaching a wider and more international audience. The newly rented store, which offers 2,500 square feet of retail space at 264 Oxford Street used to be a Monsoon store, according to Retail-Week. The new flagship store will use the same store concept that was launched in Trinity Leeds shopping mall beginning of this year, and will include big, airy fitting rooms were customers can
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Liberty of London and Vans have launched a new collaborative collection for winter 2013. The capsule collection brings together five Liberty Art Fabrics, which date from the late 70s, and a number of iconic Vans models, including the Era, Sk8-Hi, Reissue, Sk8-Hi Slim and Authentic.
The collection is unisex and now available in selected store and online.
Photos: The Vans x Liberty of London collection
Source: Fashion United.
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Chinese shoppers are increasingly favoring lesser-known luxury brands like Givenchy and Coach over labels like Gucci and Louis Vuitton that have been in the country for years. HSBC's Erwan Rambourg tells Wei Gu how Chinese shoppers' rising sophistication is creating winners and losers in the luxury space.
As China's market for luxury goods matures, some second-tier brands are seeing an opportunity.
Demand for luxury goods is set to slow this year, hurt by Beijing's anticorruption drive, de