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Trade Show

What you missed at the Bluezone fabric show this week

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Show Preview

What visitors can expect from the third edition of Bread&&Butter

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Entrance to Bread&&Butter by Zalando edition 2017
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Trade Show

What Liberty and Agenda have announced for the next edition

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Liberty August 2018
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Trend report

These were the strongest trends at the Las Vegas shows

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Trade Show

That was going on at the trade shows at Arena Berlin

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Cross Bags are not going anywhere
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Trade Show

These were the highlights at Premium show Berlin

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show visitors
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Yong Bae Seok, fashion and industrial designer
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Interview

Discover why Yong Bae Seok thinks comfy is synonymous with cool

Yong Bae Seok, a South Korean fashion and industrial designer who debuted its capsule collection Pony by Yong Bae Seok at June 2018 Pitti Uomo, explained his new projects and vision about the sneaker's future.

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Nassa Denim’s fashion-led creativity on display
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Trade Show Review

Source Denim’s first outing – a story of innovation and green thinking

The first edition of Source Denim (26-27 Jun.), the new sister-act of UK sourcing fair Fashion SVP, concluded yesterday. Here's what you have missed.

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Trade Show

What You Missed at Kingpins NYC

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style Progetto
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New Direction

This is ex-Givenchy designer Davide Motta's new vision for Rucoline

Italian footwear brand Rucoline recently hired Davide Motta as its new creative director, who is disclosing a new sneaker line at this week's Pitti Uomo. We spoke with Motta about joining Rucoline, the new collection and future of the market.

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street painting by TV Boy
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Interview

Why artist TV Boy loves kisses and sneakers

TV Boy, renowned for his pop art-inspired street and sarcastic “Modern Icons” kissing paintings, will launch a special collection with Italian sneaker brand MOA at Pitti Uomo. Here, he talks about his passion for sneakers and why kisses are the most powerful weapons.

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This is our top 5 of this season’s celebrity cooperations

  1. Fenty Puma (Puma x Rihanna)
  2. G-Star x Jaden Smith
  3. Reserved x Cindy Crawford
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The basketball court is the heart of the store
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Retailer To Watch

After 25 years, Kickz is still kickin’ it. How to do this?

Kickz has just reopened its Hamburg store after a six-month remodel. Here, founders Christian Grosse and Atith Kotsombat talk about what makes their establishment the basketball store of the future. And why b-ball is the coolest sport in the world….

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Report

Arena explores new sports and leisure segments

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Video

Watch denim guru François Girbaud talking about the revolution of the jean

Closed turns 40 this year. And while the brand is not a fan of a grand celebration, it still has come up with something special: It got back together with original founder François Girbaud for a special capsule collection.
Steve Caballero with SI editor Maria Cristina Pavarini in Milan
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Interview

Skate legend Steve Caballero about how skateboarding influences fashion today

We spoke to Steve Caballero, skate veteran and longtime partner of Vans - who created some of the brand's bestselling sneaker models - about Metallica, trend recycling and skateboarding today.

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Retail

What makes Rinascente a better department store, Vittorio Radice?

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Trade Show Review

What's trending for menswear according to the Las Vegas shows

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Stefan Laban, global head, URBN International
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Interview

“Internationalizing a concept like Urban Outfitters is three times the challenge”

After strenghtening its presence in Europe, US retailer Urban Outfitters has set its sights firmly on new territories such as the Middle East and Asia for the coming year(s). We spoke to Stefan Laban, gobal head of URBN International, about flexibility, recruiting on Instagram and the challenges of global multibrand expansion.

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Trade Show Review

Premium speeds up again

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Arctic
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