Sustainability consultancy Eco Age is relaunching this month as “the voice of future fashion”. The 16-year-old agency behind the Green Carpet Fashion Awards and included former clients such as Gucci, Stella McCartney, Chopard and Diesel, has now undergone an extensive rebrand, “creating an elevated identity that merges conscious fashion with nature-inspired aesthetics”. Having closed last year…
Dec 29, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs with the ball past Dallas Cowboys safety Juanyeh Thomas (30) at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images OTAs are unfolding across America this week, but real football is still several months away. While we sit around and wait for…
By AFP Translated by Nicola Mira Published May 16, 2025 French luxury footwear brand Clergerie went into liquidation in early April and has now been bought by Spanish company Petrel 92 SL. But the fate of its 50 employees remains uncertain, to their great dismay, an employee representative told AFP on Wednesday. Sandals by Clergerie…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published May 14, 2025 In recent weeks, the textile and clothing sector has seen a surge of announcements highlighting innovative materials, creative collaborations, and industrial developments. Fashionnetwork.com rounds up eight of the most noteworthy initiatives. Ecodown Fibers Sync – Thermore Thermore introduces Ecodown Fibers Sync Italian thermal insulation specialist Thermore…
In September 2006, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, described what made his social network special. “Facebook is about real connections to actual friends,” he wrote in a company post. Two decades later, that description is at the center of a landmark antitrust trial against Mr. Zuckerberg’s social networking empire, now called Meta, and…
A key element in Chanel’s long-term strategy is building a network of suppliers, some of which it invests in. The latest is Mantero, one of Italy’s greatest silk manufacturers and printers. Silk screen printing of a Chanel design at Mantero’s atelier. – Copyright Chanel Located in Como, the nerve center of the Italian silk-making industry,…
THG’s full-year results and Q1 trading update came with plenty of negative numbers but the company was upbeat overall about “a transformative year, marked by further strategic progress and operational resilience and balance sheet deleveraging”. THG The firm’s shares fell 3% Tuesday morning after it said FY24 revenue pre-demerger (its Ingenuity ops were spun out…
Where Shedeur Sanders is drafted might determine whether he’s a franchise quarterback or another cautionary tale. If the Tennessee Titans are indeed committed to Cam Ward at No. 1 overall, it leaves the equivalent of NFL land mines everywhere for Sanders. The Colorado product is talented, incredibly marketable and has the reputation for turning around…
Apr 6, 2025; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Toronto Raptors guard Jamal Shead (23) looks to pass the ball against Brooklyn Nets guard Tyson Eitenne (10) during the first half at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images The Toronto Raptors are out of the playoff picture, but there is a feeling of optimism about the…
Rixo’s accounts for the year to last June have just been filed and they show an interruption to the buoyant sales performance it had seen in the previous financial year. Rixo For 2023/24, revenue dipped to £18.7 million from £19 million in what the company said was an “uncertain market with subdued consumer spending in…
