Wednesday, January 10, 2007

[Fashion Design] WWD Headlines

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
TODAY'S TOP STORIES
Charting Next Move: Gap Board Said to Meet as Sale Talk Swirls
Market experts concur that Gap won't be easy to fix, nor will it be easy to sell.
Beauty Beat: Lancome's Latest Fan: Clive Owen
Actor Clive Owen has signed on to become the face of L'Oreal's Lancome Men and Hypnose Homme.
Lapo Elkann's 'Independent' View
As Lapo Elkann was recovering from a near-lethal cocaine overdose about a year ago, the subsequent media assault forced him to do some deep soul-searching.

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TEXTILE & TRADE REPORT
NYPD Hits Counterfeiting Jackpot
Score one for the good guys.
Import Battle Lines Set as House Passes Cargo Screening Bill
Apparel importers were gearing up to make the case against a mandate to screen all U.S.-bound cargo containers at foreign ports as the House passed a national security bill Tuesday night.

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GENERAL
John Varvatos Taps President
John Varvatos has found a new president.
Obituary: Earle K. Angstadt Jr., 80, Led A&F, McCall Pattern
Earle K. Angstadt Jr., a former president and chairman of Abercrombie & Fitch, died Sunday in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 80.

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Introducing W magazine's Big, Bold Beauty Issue - April, 2007
W is the place to be this spring as our editors uncover the best and most innovative products, treatments and talent shaping the beauty industry. A must-buy, W is the resource for the most passionate and influential beauty consumers anywhere. On average they spend more on beauty than the readers of any beauty magazine*. Issue closes February 5th. Please contact Nina Lawrence, Vice President and Publisher, at 212.630.5846 to learn more.
* Mendelsohn 2005-2006 Double-Base Survey; Base: Total Women.
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BEAUTY REPORT
Avon Sets Plan for New Distribution Center
Avon Products Inc. will charge into the next phase of its multiyear turnaround program by restructuring its U.S. distribution network.

RETAIL
Dolce & Gabbana to Redesign New York Flagship as Separate Units
Dolce & Gabbana will close its 8,000-square-foot flagship at 825 Madison Avenue on Jan. 19 for a six-month expansion and renovation.

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WWD Fashion Career Expo
February 9th - Gotham Hall, NYC - 10-3 Hundreds of pre-screened candidates meet hiring decision-makers of marquee companies in the fashion, retail and beauty industries for one day of interviewing. Visit www.FashionCareerExpo.com to attend. Contact Seth Berk at (212) 655-4505 ext. 244 or SBerk@FashionCareeerExpo.com to reserve your booth now!
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IN THE MAINSTREAM
Buyers on the Upswing at FAME and Moda
Buyers shopped at the Moda and FAME trade shows with slightly higher open-to-buys seeking dresses and novelty pieces.
Newly Acquired CJ Apparel Shuffles Management Team
After acquiring Apparel Holdings Group last week, Hilco Consumer Capital LLC, based in Toronto, is shaking up management.

MEDIA/ADVERTISING
Memo Pad: Seeking The Crown
The annual Conde Nast publishers' meeting in Naples, Fla., is only three weeks away, so naturally speculation is rampant over who might take home the Publisher of the Year prize.

WWD EXECTECH
Designs on Good Deeds Earn WWD Awards
Collaboration emerged as a central theme among the 2006 winners of the WWD Exec Tech Community Service Awards.
Bits & Bytes
Members of online community ShareYourLook can browse the site to see what people are wearing all over the world by searching on a tag such as "leggings" or viewing randomly generated groups of photos from the site on a page called "The Wall."
Web New Route for Young Designers
For a young designer just starting out, the Web can be the perfect stepping stone from nothing to something.

WWD WEST
Hollywood's Battle of the Baubles
The awards-season red carpet has become a corporate battleground for jewelry companies jostling for brand recognition by enticing stars to wear their gems.

FASHION
The Rap on Coolio's New Collection
While most celebrities entering fashion at least attempt to come up with a pseudo-psychological design philosophy, rapper Coolio is unapologetically honest about his overtly chauvinistic design aesthetic.

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