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What 'thinking sustainably' means at Lagos Fashion Week
Lagos - Four days before the Éki kéré show at Lagos Fashion Week, sewing machines were still whirring in the workshop of this popular Nigerian brand. The studio is located in the heart of the cultural and economic capital of Africa's most populous country. On that day, brand founder Abasiekeme Ukanireh gathered models and seamstresses for the...
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Antwerp Six member Marina Yee has passed away
Belgian designer Marina Yee, a member of the Antwerp Six collective which revolutionised fashion in the 1980s, passed away on Sunday at the age of 67, the ModeMuseum Antwerpen has announced. “Her name is inextricably linked to the legendary Antwerp Six collective, which put Belgian fashion on the global map,” the museum emphasised. In 1986, six...
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Shein prepares to open a store in Paris' BHV Marais
The Asian ultra-fast fashion giant Shein, criticised for its practices, will open its first-ever permanent physical store in the world at BHV in Paris on Wednesday. The announcement was made on Friday on Instagram by Société des Grands Magasins (SGM), the owner of BHV. The brand, whose factories are mostly in China, will offer its thousands of...
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Amazon shares soar on AI cloud computing boom
San Francisco, US – Amazon's shares soared by almost 10 percent on Thursday. The e-commerce giant announced better-than-expected earnings, driven by the growing demand for its AI cloud computing services. Quarterly sales increased by 13 percent, reaching 180.2 billion dollars across the company, it reported. Net income rose to 21.2 billion...
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Claire's France: two companies propose takeover of brand and 460 employees
Two companies proposed to the Paris Commercial Court on Thursday to take over the Claire's brand in France. The company was placed in receivership at the end of July. The proposal includes taking on 460 of the 829 employees of the low-cost jewellery chain in France, lawyers for the staff representatives told AFP. The companies in question are...
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Nigerian designer embraces 'clashes' and 'chaos' at Lagos Fashion Week
Models strutted down the runway, their beaded and sequined dresses evoking the traditional facial scarring still done in some parts of Nigeria. Others donned outfits paying homage to adire, a traditional Yoruba indigo fabric long prized for its craftsmanship. Kanyinsola Onalaja's show kicked off Lagos Fashion Week in style, in what has been a...
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Amazon to invest five billion dollars in AI data centres in South Korea
Seoul – Following the announcement of a new round of redundancies as part of its strategy to reduce costs and accelerate investment in artificial intelligence, Amazon will invest more than five billion dollars to build AI data centres in South Korea by 2031, the Asian country reported on Wednesday. The commitment was announced by Matt Garman,...
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Amazon to cut 30,000 office jobs: media reports
Amazon will lay off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and tech giant trims costs amid ramped-up investments in artificial intelligence, according to US media reports. Some 30,000 positions will be cut in a belt-tightening move expected to begin on Tuesday, multiple news outlets reported. The reduction will represent nearly 10...
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Dior CEO Delphine Arnault “very optimistic” for future
Dior's chief executive officer, Delphine Arnault, stated she is “very optimistic” about the future of the luxury house. It is one of the most prestigious brands within the world's number one luxury group, LVMH. She shared her outlook in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche dated October 26. “I am very optimistic about the future,” stated...
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LA shoemaker holds Hollywood's past in a dying art
In a cobbler's workshop in Los Angeles, the footprints of Hollywood history are stacked floor to ceiling, watched over by a man who says his profession is dying. Yellowing boxes hold the lasts -- foot-shaped molds -- used to create footwear for everyone who was anyone in America's entertainment capital for more than half a century. Elizabeth...
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