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...maker Levi Strauss returned to the stock market on Thursday with flare, the shares jumping more 30 per cent as the New York Stock Exchange shed its usual strict dress code to let traders deck themselves in denim...
...On the cavernous, denim-decked NYSE trading floor last week, there was little sense of that trepidation....
...Using denim, cotton and poplin, the materials were then bleached, pleated, ruffled and tie-dyed to create their various shapes....
...That tailoring was going to be a big message here was established early on at Calvin Klein, where Raf Simons delivered a smart debut of blazers, dark denims and traditional suiting (alongside menswear looks...
...Belgian designer Raf Simons’ debut at the label was predictably satisfying: and his colourful take on the building blocks of the American wardrobe — leather jackets, denim separates and, yes, cowboy boots...
...“Denim, but not as you’d seen it before,” they described it. At first, they struggled to find a manufacturer who could produce their distressed looks....
...But while there was much experimentation on display, such as leather blousons treated to look like denim, little resulted in successful outcome (that leather/denim looked like a big blue rash)....
...There were denim trouser suits at Acne, Western pin-ups at Alexis Mabille and girlish pastel-coloured denim at Isabel Marant....
...Silicon Valley’s tech scene supposedly did for business and entrepreneurism what James Dean did for denim. Start-up founders became superstars and VC morphed into modern-day A&R....
...A standout look of a denim-style leather jacket with fluffed up, furry collar and tapered wide leg trouser had the front row swooning....
...collection this season, which was playfully subversive with its endless trompe l’oeil trickery: a fitted black sweater with eyelashes, or a tapered pencil skirt etched with the characteristics of a pair of denim...
...Industry observers say that the company, renowned for its preppy Americana aesthetic and heavy denim focus, has struggled as younger consumers gradually shift their attentions towards brands with a more...
...Today Fifth & Pacific, the US group formerly known as Liz Claiborne, and which probably came closest to the above (it owns Kate Spade, Juicy Couture and Lucky brand denim), is putting Lucky up for sale for...
...Other companies that have brought in private equity investors since November include New York lifestyle brand Rag & Bone, French ready-to-wear lines Sandro and Maje, upmarket denim maker True Religion and...
...Irving in the past has invested in Stuart Weitzman and denim brand Seven for all Mankind. And that follows two other such announcements by other labels....
...Japanese clothing group Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo brand, is paying $290m for an 80 per cent stake in US prestige denim label J Brand as part of its expansion into new markets....
...Jenna Lyons, J Crew’s creative director, went to May’s Met Ball, New York’s social event of the season, in a cropped denim jacket and long pink satin skirt....
...Leg warmers, distressed denim, financial engineering – some things come back into fashion even when they really should not....
...The supermarket sector is set to be the most active, followed by coffee and restaurant chains, as well as the value and denim fashion sector....
...Diesel Black Gold was the usual rock symphony of distressed denim; Diane von Furstenberg an accessible dream of a floral romp; and Matthew Williamson all Ibizan urbanity (well, he is English, so maybe he...
...The three French companies that were home to the country’s nuclear engineering expertise, Cogema, Framatome and CEA Industrie were consolidated five years ago to form Areva, which has proprietary nuclear...
...ITG makes denim, synthetic fabrics, worsted wool and cotton fabrics for apparel and interior furnishings....
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