Luxury menswear e-commerce platform Mr Porter has selected Saif Ud Deen, Kat Tua and design duo Messrs Ryan Edmonds and Julian Canda as the first recipients of its Mr Porter Futures mentorship programme in partnership with Klarna. The successful menswear designers were selected from thousands of entries from 77 countries around the world,...
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British brand FatFace has promoted its chief financial officer Will Crumbie to the role of CEO after Liz Evans announced plans to step down to take on a new role at Asda’s George label. Crumbie has been at the company for the past eight years, during which he has overseen all key operational areas of the business, including its supply chain and...
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Italian fashion group OTB has appointed its chief executive officer Ubaldo Minelli to the additional role of CEO of the Jil Sander brand, according to WWD. It comes after the German luxury label was acquired by OTB from Japanese fashion group Onward Holding for an undisclosed sum back in March. Minelli will be taking the reins from Axel Keller,...
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LVMH-owned luxury label Kenzo has named Japanese fashion designer Nigo as its new artistic director. Nigo, best known as the founder of streetwear brand A Bathing Ape, will join Kenzo on September 20 and is expected to unveil his debut collection in 2022. Sidney Toledano, chairman and chief executive of the LVMH Fashion Group, said in a...
15 Sep 2021
Secret Sales has announced six hires to newly created director-level positions amid rapid growth at the British discount fashion marketplace. It comes after the company announced in June it had secured 10 million euros in Series A funding to help expand its UK operations and launch in new territories in 2021. Shahnila Rashid has joined the...
Tailored Brands, Inc. has announced the appointment of Scott Vifquain as its executive vice president and chief technology officer (CTO). Vifquain, the company said, joins Tailored Brands with extensive technology and retail experience as well as a proven track record of transforming business operations and identifying and introducing...
14 Sep 2021
Columbia Sportswear Company has appointed new presidents at two of its brands. The US fashion group announced Friday that Monica Mirro has been appointed as president of the prAna brand and Troy Sicotte has been named president of the Mountain Hardwear brand. Mirro’s past experience includes three years at Under Armour, where she was vice...
10 Sep 2021
Athletic apparel retailer Hibbett has promoted Jared Briskin to the role of executive vice president of merchandising. In his new role, Briskin will be responsible for merchandising, planning, allocation, and supply chain. Briskin joined Hibbett in April 1998 as a buyer and has since moved his way up the ranks - he was promoted to senior vice...
Luxury watchmaker Hublot has revealed it has selected Italian fashion influencer, Chiara Ferragni as its new brand ambassador. Ferragni joins a wide range of names, including tennis player Novak Djokovic, Olympian Usain Bolt and Michelin star chef Clare Smyth, as part of the brand’s growing prestigious family. In a statement, the...
9 Sep 2021
The British Fashion Council has named Glass Onion founder John Hickling, hairstylist Cyndia Harvey, and London Embroidery Studio owner Andrew Kenny as the winners of its inaugural BFC Changemakers Prize in partnership with Swarovski. The award celebrates the fashion industry’s unsung stars who “go above and beyond to strive for positive change,...
JD Sports has named Bert Hoyt as a new non-executive director. Hoyt is a sportswear veteran who spent the most part of his career at Nike, joining in 1998 and working his way up to the position of vice president and general manager of Nike EMEA before retiring in January of this year. During his time at Nike, Hoyt was credited with transforming...
Luxury fashion house Etro has named Dolce and Gabbana executive Fabrizio Cardinali as its new chief executive officer, effective fourth quarter 2021. Cardinali joins from Dolce and Gabbana, where he held several roles with the company, most recently as chief operating officer and as an executive member of the board since June 2017. He also spent...
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