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DC Shoes co-founder dies in snowmobile accident

Inside Retail

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. Block sold his remaining shares and transitioned into a professional rally driver in 2004 as Quicksilver bought the company.

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Louis Vuitton picks Pharrell Williams to head menswear designs

Inside Retail

LVMH’s top label Louis Vuitton said on Tuesday it has hired Pharrell Williams to head artistic direction of its menswear designs, tapping a popular figure from the music industry to fill the high-profile position left vacant since the death of star designer Virgil Abloh over a year ago.

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CGI, manga and fantasy: Sydney fashion label Injury launches NFT art series

Inside Retail

In 2004, Eugene Leung started the Injury label , initially releasing 10 limited-edition screen-printed tops followed by an official menswear range, which launched during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia. A multi-disciplined artist, musician, fashion visionary and digital explorer, Leung has pivoted the brand to focus on 3D fashion.

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“Glam Slam”: How Serena Williams changed the game on and off the court

Inside Retail

” She famously competed in Flushing Meadows in a denim skirt in 2004 and ruffled feathers at Roland-Garros in 2018, when she wore a black catsuit to keep her circulation going after developing blood clots in the days after giving birth.

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“A creative polymath”: Isamu Noguchi’s life explored in new Barbican exhibition

Design Week

A landscape artist? Ostende has curated the Barbican’s upcoming exhibition on Japanese-American designer and artist Isamu Noguchi. In this way, she says he has more in common with the artists and designers of today than perhaps he ever did with his contemporaries. “Was he a designer? A sculptor? Sapporo, Japan. ©INFGM

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Why Viktoria & Woods is about creativity, inclusivity and sustainability

Inside Retail

Margie Woods launched her fashion label Viktoria & Woods in 2004 in Melbourne to offer women timeless pieces in their wardrobe, with knitwear at the heart of it. All of our V&W Australian makers are ECA [Ethical Clothing Australia] accredited and the majority have partnered with us since the brand was founded in 2004.

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Unconventional luxury brand collaborations are everywhere. Here’s why

Inside Retail

While luxury brands are known to collaborate with artists , they have been pushing the boundaries of the luxury strategy by teaming up with unexpected non-luxury partners. One early example was between the Swedish fast-fashion retail outlet H&M and designer Karl Lagerfeld in 2004.