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2 weeks ago | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
And again summer approaches and one must sift through all those spoiling invitations that inevitably come rolling in when one is an indolent (and impoverished) European aristocrat - who needs to freeload off the rich and hardworking.
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2 months ago | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
We all need to dream - especially these days - and for fans of fashion, there is no greater dream than the couture. Those three or four days in Paris of fantastical designs are the pinnacle of creativity - and proof that fashion can, indeed, at times approach the level of art. The spring 2025 couture season was no exception, with collections by an alphabet of designers - Ashi Studio to Zuhair Murad, stopping by Chanel, Dior, Germanier, Elie Saab, Schiaparelli and Giambattista Valli along the way.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Fashion shows are ephemeral - 12 or so minutes of lavish fantasy and then, poof! Over and done. So, too, is a couture season, which, unlike its month-long ready-to-wear counterpart, unfolds over the course of a concise four or five days. Yet the creative impact of these runways lingers.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
Richard Baker has talked about buying Neiman Marcus Group ever since he acquired Saks Fifth Avenue over a decade ago. Having succeeded at last, now he and his management team have to make the combined group work. The completion of the $2.7 billion deal, announced Monday, comes as Saks continues to struggle, delaying payments to vendors, and as Baker negotiated to lock up the financing.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
“Mocha Mousse” might have garnered Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year honors, but is anyone really turning heads in a tasteful brown? Statement dressing loves a statement hue, and it doesn’t get much more statement-y than eye-popping red. When it comes to red dressing, one figure stands head and freedman’s cap above the rest. So, settle down, Beelzebub. Move aside, Red Riding Hood. You can’t hold a cinnamon-spiced candle to the King of Crimson, that right jolly old elf himself, Santa Claus.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
Long before it finds its way to consumers’ favorite chair or sofa, upholstery fabric makes its debut at the Interwoven textile fair, held semi-annually in High Point, N.C. The fall edition of the show revealed a number of trends, from emerging colors to patterns and materials, likely to shape furniture design and interiors over the coming seasons.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
The 7th CIIE concluded in November with intended transaction values exceeding $80 billion. At the same time, the Global Fashion Summit made its debut in China during the period. The Global Fashion Summit-Shanghai Gala attracted a variety of brands ranging from fast fashion to entry-level and high-end luxury, as well as decision-makers from marketing, retail, and the supply chain.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
Style wasn’t the only thing on the minds of leather makers at the recent Interwoven home textile fair in High Point, N.C. The semi-annual show, which brings together upholstery and leather companies with furnishings manufacturers and interior designers, gives buyers a first look at the trends that will shape home design in the coming seasons. And one of the biggest trends at this fall’s show was sustainable leather.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
wwd.com | James Fallon
Lake Worth Lagoon, which separates the island of Palm Beach from the city of West Palm Beach on the mainland, once cut a clear demarcation between the haves and have-nots. But their metaphorical distance creeps closer each year with the island’s geographic limitations and West Palm Beach’s transformation into a happening, waterfront destination for millionaires, and perhaps even billionaires, to live, work and play.
