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Louis Vuitton opens cultural and culinary destination dubbed ‘LV Dream’

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The Origins room, which is panelled with photos by Kenta Cobayashi, provides a kaleidoscopic setting for learning about classic designs that have endured through the years in contrast to creative partnerships. The Art of Silk room showcases the silk scarf as a medium from which artists have interpreted the world of Louis Vuitton.

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What’s driving the explosion of Australian retail acquisitions?

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In August, global private equity firm Advent International reportedly acquired a majority stake in designer dress label Zimmermann for over $1 billion, a first for any Australian fashion brand. In contrast, “the reacquisition was very quick, which is the case when buying businesses out of administration.

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Glossier Boston store features pastel green mouldings

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Designed by the company's in-house team, the permanent Glossier Boston location on the city's bustling Newbury Street follows a pop-up at the Seaport in 2019. Our influences for Glossier Boston's design include collegiate fashion and the decorative characteristics of Boston's local architecture."

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What Stitch Fix signals about the future of personalised subscription boxes

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After launching in 2009, it was acquired by Nordstrom for US$350 million in 2014, before shutting down in 2022. Closer to home, the Melbourne-based business StyleLab once operated on a similar principle, but it was forced to reinvent itself as a designer dress rental business through the online marketplace The Volte.

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Bernard Dubois incorporates nightclub references into Courrèges' Paris store

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Thick carpets, mirrored panels and fabric-covered walls populate this clothing store in Paris designed by Belgian architect Bernard Dubois. ges – a Parisian label that was launched by fashion designer André Courrèges in 1961. Courrèges' second store in Paris was designed by Bernard Dubois. In some areas of the Courre?ges

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Bankrupt beauty: Lessons from Revlon’s supply chain failures

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New York-based beauty manufacturer Glossier, best known for its billion-dollar valuation, sprung on to the beauty scene in 2014, providing direct-to-consumer products aimed specifically at millennials. To design quickly and deliver great customer outcomes requires sophisticated adaptive analytics, automation, optimisation and agility.

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Studio Anne Holtrop creates gypsum walls that look like fabric for Maison Margiela store

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This unconventional casting method is intended to reflect a garment construction technique used by the fashion house that is designed to disrupt the "anonymity of the lining" and reveal the inner workings of a garment. Featuring familiar forms that have been warped and skewed, these were designed to lean and fold around the interior.