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Bottega Veneta, the luxury brand owned by Gucci Group, has opened it’s largest store in the world. The Japanese city of Ginza is the site of it’s flagship store.
The most significant aspect is that an entire floor has been dedicated to the brands recently launched menswear line.
This is good news for menswear. Bottega [...]
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A trend that we couldn’t help but notice on the streets of New York is the all over print hoodies. These are the ubiquitous, in-your-face prints of basically anything, in colors that range to basically anything. From takes on Charlie Browns’ iconic shirt on acid to random geometric shapes, these hoodies are [...]
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Ray-Bans have returned this season to welcome applause in the midst of higher-end, designer shades. Their iconic Wayfarers were first introduced to the world in 1952 being easily recognized with their iconic shape and sliver slivers on both ends of the frame.
Although commonplace today, Wayfarers masculine, plastic design made use of new advances in [...]
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The International Herald Tribune reports today that:
“For the first time since online retailing was born about a decade ago, sales of clothing in the United States have overtaken those of computer hardware and software…revenue from online sales of clothes reached $18.3 billion in the United States, surpassing online revenue from personal computers, printers and word-processing [...]
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We have visited the flagship store for Japanese fast-fashion retailer, Uniqlo. We must admit that the experience was amazingly positive and eye-opening, as if a friend just told us the secret to sprucing up our wardrobe through basics.
The massive 36,000 square foot, 3-story flagship is located at 546 Broadway is well designed and worth a [...]
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The New York Observer has an interesting article discussing the growing trend of high-end designers doing mass market fashion at places such as H&M and Target. The article focuses on womenswear, but the trend is alive in menswear as stores like Uniqlo continue to invade the fashion arena with trendy fast-fashion clothing.
We find [...]
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The New York Times has given a less than inviting review of Tom Ford’s new boutique at 845 Madison Avenue (70th Street).
Times’ reporter, Horacio Silva, recounts a tale of being an unwelcomed shopper (”offered no assistance”) on his initial visit to the store.
Mr. Silva notes that upon returning to the store the next day his [...]
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Savile Row lies exactly between two London Underground stations, Oxford Circus to the north and Piccadilly Circus east.
Tailors on Savile Row are:
Gieves & Hawkes No. 1 Savile Row
Kilgour No. 8 Savile Row
Jasper Littman No. 9 Savile Row
Dege & Skinner No. 10 Savile Row
H. Huntsman No. 11 Savile Row Est. 1849
Ozwald Boateng No. 12a Savile Row
William [...]
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The Washington Times gives an article about the trend of more men embracing sandals. Associated Press reporter Nick Divito writes that sandals for men, or the “mandal…continues to grow in popularity. Sales of men’s sandals jumped nearly 11 percent from February 2005 to January 2006 and another 13.4 percent from February last year [...]
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The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Macy’s stores will began selling ‘Feild Gear’ as a menswear label. Field Gear should register with those on midwestern origin, as it was a house brand of Marshall Fields.
Federated Department stores, parent company of Macy’s, acquired Marshall Fields in 2005 and transitioned the stores to the Macy’s namesake. [...]
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