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Safilo, Marc Jacobs extend global eyewear licensing agreement

Inside Retail

“Since the beginning of our partnership in 2004 we have collaborated profitably to make Marc Jacobs an iconic landmark within the eyewear category, offering unique and highly distinctive models in every collection,” said Angelo Trocchia, CEO of the Safilo Group.

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Flashback: Inside Ginger & Smart’s first ever studio

Inside Retail

Here, sisters and luxury fashion designers Alexandra and Genevieve Smart remember their first ever studio in the well-heeled fashion district of Paddington in Sydney back in 2004, when they had just embarked upon their first ever international order. It was just Alex and I in the business at this time.

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DC Shoes co-founder dies in snowmobile accident

Inside Retail

Block sold his remaining shares and transitioned into a professional rally driver in 2004 as Quicksilver bought the company. Together they launched several artist collaborations and limited edition releases in DC’s product line popularising its identity among athletes and creators in the nineties.

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Burberry names new CEO

Inside Retail

Prior to Versace, he was CEO at Alexander McQueen from 2004 to 2016. “He shares our values and our ambition to build on Burberry’s unique British creative heritage and his deep luxury and fashion industry expertise will be key to advancing the next phase of Burberry’s evolution.”.

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Luxury boutique Marais opens men’s store at Melbourne’s QV

Inside Retail

Founded in 2004 in Melbourne, Marais is a high-end clothing brand modelled around the style of a Parisian apartment. “Our shoppers, particularly in the menswear space will experience an ever-changing space; a fashion lab where nothing will ever be as it was before.

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Vans founder passes away

Inside Retail

The brand was sold to the banking firm McCown De Leew & Co before being merged into VF Corporation for about US$400 million in 2004. Paul Van Doran ran the company until 1976 before his brother took over. Paul Van Doren’s memoir, Authentic, was published nine days before his death.

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Freitag store in Kyoto is designed to resemble the brand's own warehouse

Dezeen

Towards the rear of the store is a workshop, where customers will be able to experiment with using tarp offcuts themselves and turn them into a small accessory of their choice. The store includes a workshop where customers can make their own accessories. Torafu Architects was founded in 2004 by Koichi Suzuno and Shinya Kamuro.

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