During the time of year when brands and retailers mark down prices and aim to boost sales for the holiday season, Vagabond Shoemakers is taking a different approach.In an effort to avoid overconsumption the footwear brand will not be offering a Black Friday discount for its customers. Instead, the Swedish brand will be giving 10 percent of its revenue made over the weekend will go to Humanian Metal by IM, a supply chain that distributes metal from destructed firearms for commercial production. T

British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced that Sarah Burton OBE will receive the Trailblazer award at Fashion Awards 2019 on December 2 at Royal Albert Hall, London. As the creative director of Alexander McQueen, she will be honoured for some of her most personal and visionary work to date. The Fashion Awards is the main fundraiser for BFC’s charitable work.Pic: British Fashion CouncilBurton was selected due to her narrative approach to the Alexander McQueen S/S20 show and extraordinary work i

RYU (Respect Your Universe) Apparel has signed a Letter Of Intent (LOI) with Spanish-based company, Nylstar, in order to achieve valuable improvements in its entire supply chain and to reach the highest possible level of sustainability in its production circle. RYU specialises in developing performance apparel for the athletic-minded consumer.Nylstar has been producing the highest quality nylon yarns since 1953, and already supplies some of the largest apparel retailers in the industry; its Mery

Nordstrom has launched a new collaboration that nods towards vintage nostalgia ahead of the gift-shopping season. The high-end department store chain has teamed on a new collection with Girl Gang the Label, an emerging Los Angeles-based women's apparel and accessories brand that aims to inspire and empowerThe Girl Gang x Nordstrom collaboration is inspired by the iconic 1950s comic Peanuts, bringing together Girl Gang's whimsical artwork with the classic Peanuts characters. The line incl

China fashion market is rapidly growing. Very soon China is expected to become the largest fashion market in the world. This rise in Chinese spending coupled with the new preference for Chinese brands is giving a boost to the country’s fashion and footwear makers. Many Chinese shoppers have typically viewed foreign brands as superior to home-grown labels. The mindset has begun to change, and more shoppers are starting to look to domestic labels.Heilan Home is one of China’s biggest clothing comp

Apex Global Brands has officially announced that HI-TEC Lifestyle has made its North American debut exclusively through Urban Outfitters. Following a successful European launch, the heritage-meets-streetwear inspired clothing line is being sold exclusively online and in the US-based retailer’s Herald Square location in New York City as of November 2019.Pic: Apex Global BrandsThe unisex capsule collection features nine pieces of apparel from the HI-TEC Lifestyle line, including t-shirts, long sle

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (LVMH), the world’s leading luxury group, has signed an agreement to acquire Tiffany & Co, the New York-based global luxury jeweller. As per the definitive agreement, LVMH will acquire Tiffany for $135 per share in cash, in a transaction with an equity value of approximately €14.7 billion or $16.2 billion.Pic: Tiffany & CoFounded in 1837 when Charles Lewis Tiffany opened the first store in downtown Manhattan, Tiffany today is the leadingoriginated in t

British Fashion Council (BFC) has introduced a new award for Fashion Awards 2019; the Designers’ Designer award will be celebrated for first time this year to coincide with launch of BFC Membership Programme and spotlight British designer businesses that have made a global impact in past year through creativity in product design, campaigns and collaborations.The nominees for the Designers’ Designer award are Christopher Kane for Christopher Kane, Jonathan Anderson for JW Anderson, Margaret Howel

Aditya Birla Fashion Retailer Ltd is planning to create a business from its traditional wear acquisitions over four to five years to take on brands like Manyavar and Biba. It has recently entered the segment by fully acquiring Jaypore and TG Apparel and also entered into a partnership with designers Shantanu and Nikhil with a 51 per cent stake in Finesse.The company foresees building at least a ₹200-300-crore business in the medium term, chief financial officer Jagadish Bajaj told analysts in a

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) recently wrote to the office of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) strongly opposing the proposed revocation of rulings on certain fashion footwear that, the association thinks, would overturn decades of precedent, industry best practice and basic common sense. It urged the CBP not to classify these shoes as ‘athletic footwear’.While fashion sneakers and high-performance athletic footwear might share some basic traits–flexible outsol