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Chinese shoe brand Stella Luna unveils Parisian flagship
Stella Luna is China’s most prominent luxury footwear brand with over two hundred points of sale in China, Thailand, Taiwan, Lebanon, the Philippines, Kuwait and the UAE. With this established presence in
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Chinese jewelry firm Qeelin latest brand to join PPR luxury group
French luxury giant PPR, led by CEO François-Henri Pinault, has shown its continued commitment to Asian expansion with the purchase of a majority stake in Chinese company Qeelin. “Qeelin uniquely
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Fashion’s 2012 headline makers: from Hedi Slimane to Isabel Marant
A high-fashion faceoff One of the stories of the year was the showdown this fall during the Spring/Summer 2013 prêt-à-porter shows between the new design heads of Yves Saint Laurent
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Tortoiseshell craftsmen adapt to new century
Four decades after the trade in tortoiseshell was banned under the 1973 CITES convention, the fourth-generation family firm sees itself as custodian of a rare craft, fashioning made-to-measure spectacles from
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Comme des Garçons plans new Dover Street Market outpost in NYC
Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo is moving the Dover Street Market concept to Manhattan with the store’s latest international branch. Famous already as one of London’s premier multibrand boutiques, the
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