Finnish lifestyle brand Marimekko is accelerating its expansion plan in Southeast Asia, eyeing entering Vietnam and Malaysia this year under a franchise partnership with Jaspal Group. The expansion, which will…
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Savage X Maternity: Rihanna Drops Line of Fashion-Forward Maternity Wear
After her grand pregnancy announcement, businesswoman and occasional performer Rihanna releases her line of maternity wear. It’s not surprising to hear that Rihanna is dabbling in the world of maternity wear. A…
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Suga of BTS Becomes The New Global Ambassador for Valentino
Valentino has announced its latest brand ambassador and its none other than South Korean rapper Suga from BTS. Suga aka Min Yoongi will now be joining the Rome-based fashion house’s…
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Thrifting Clothes and Board Games: How Two Fresh Graduates in Singapore are Trying to Save the Earth
From saving 8,000kg of old clothes to inventing a board game, two university graduates in Singapore saw something they could do to help the environment and went ahead and did…
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Newjeans’ Hyein Is Louis Vuitton’s Newest Ambassador
Luxury brand Louis Vuitton has just tapped NewJeans member Hyein as its newest ambassador. The fourteen-year-old is one of the five members for the emerging K-pop group and is clearly making her mark in the world…
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JD Sports Divests Shares Of 15 Premium Brands
British Retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc is “significantly simplifying” its branded fashion offer by divesting 15 UK-based non-core fashion businesses to Frasers Group Plc for an aggregate cash consideration of…
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As China Reopens, Fashion and Beauty Brands Can Prepare to Regain Sales
After three years of Covid restrictions — which fueled protests following a deadly fire in a lockdown apartment — China lifted some draconian measures this month. The Chinese public can finally see an end…
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Irving Holmes Wong, who previously held senior management positions at Avon, Bacardi-Martini, Revlon, and L’Oreal, will join Pandora as senior vice president and general manager of the Greater China cluster,…
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American Eagle and Forever 21 to Make a Return to Japan
Forever 21 will begin e-commerce sales next February and open a physical store in the spring, according to Japanese trading company Itochu Corp., which acquired domestic sales and licensing rights…
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Levi’s will be launching new stores and rolling out existing store refreshes as well as new in-store services throughout the East Asia Pacific (EAP) region. New stores are expected to launch this year…