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News, articles and information about the fashion industry, the seasonal fashion shows (such as Mercedes Fashion Week and Olympus Fashion Week) where designers show off their runway creations, and trends showing us what to wear to be hip, including shoes, sunglasses, boots, dresses, slacks, pants, jeans, tops, shirts, jackets and coats.
News, articles and information about the fashion industry, the seasonal fashion shows (such as Mercedes Fashion Week and Olympus Fashion Week) where designers show off their runway creations, and trends showing us what to wear to be hip, including shoes, sunglasses, boots, dresses, slacks, pants, jeans, tops, shirts, jackets and coats.
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Fire took all but her spirit
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSomething was burning. Sara Marsolais could smell it as she lay in bed in her second-floor Park Jefferson apartment shortly after 6 a.m. Friday. "I opened my bedroom door," Marsolais says, "and my living room and kitchen are just full of smoke." As a...Tags: Services and Shopping, Fires, Politics, Apartments, Rentals
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Police raid two South Bend businesses for stolen merchandise
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND It may have been an eerily familiar scene for residents of Howard Street. Less than four years after police reportedly confiscated 1,950 counterfeit Nike shoes from Howard Street Food Mart, they one-upped themselves Tuesday by seizing more...Tags: Gucci Group NV, Prescription Drugs, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Sales, Football
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'Gay apparel' back in song for Michigan students
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan elementary school principal says students are back to singing "gay apparel" in a well-known Christmas carol after a music teacher had them sing "bright apparel" instead. Cherry Knoll Elementary School...Tags: Education, Music, Schools, Holidays, Television Industry
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"Venus and Serena" doc opens and EleVen debuts in SoFlo
Staff WriterAaaahhh, Serena and Venus Williams. I know it isn't exactly a frock-doc, but the movie "Venus and Serena" opens this weekend in SoFla (O Cinema in Miami Shores) after recently premiering at the Miami International Film Festival. No, it isn't about...Tags: Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Fort Lauderdale, Services and Shopping, Personal Service, French Open
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Kirstie Alley slams Abercrombie & Fitch over CEO's 'view of people'
Zap2itAbercrombie & Fitch's CEO Mike Jeffries has pissed off a whole lot of people with his comments that his clothing company is not geared towards overweight or uncool people. His statements about Abercrombie & Fitch's choice clientele spread like wildfire on...Tags: Overweight, Abercrombie & Fitch Company
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Abercrombie CEO addresses criticism, but falls short of apology
Abercrombie & Fitch Chief Executive Michael S. Jeffries has finally addressed criticism regarding controversial comments he made during a 2006 interview that have resurfaced and gone viral over the last week. The clothing retailer has avoided commenting...Tags: The Huffington Post
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Kirstie Alley slams Abercrombie honcho: 'Your head is HUGE'
Kirstie Alley slammed Abercrombie honcho Michael Jeffries this week, taking personal shots at the chief exec in the wake of a media blast started by a story explaining why the clothing retailer wouldn't stock items in sizes larger than, well, large....
Tags: Google Inc., Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Clothing, Corporate Officers, Services and Shopping
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Sears won't sign Bangladesh safety accord
Sears said Wednesday it does not plan to sign a fire and building safety agreement backed by some of Europe's biggest apparel brands aimed at trying to prevent another disaster like the one in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers. Instead, the...
Tags: Human Rights, Walmart, Georgetown University, Career and Workplace, Marketing
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With Bangladesh, is the consumer partially at fault?
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds Quick: How many of you can name which country each item of clothing you're currently wearing came from? I'll assume it's no one. Most of us probably couldn't even say which brand each piece belongs to without...... -
In Bangladesh rubble, the prices of profit
ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - Order dockets found in the rubble of a Dhaka garment factory where over 1,100 workers died show just why it pays foreign stores to buy from Bangladesh - clothes made for as little as a tenth of what they sell for in the West. Rana...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Prices, Consumer Goods Industries, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Labor Markets
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Man hands out Abercrombie clothes on skid row in bid to shame brand
Anger has mounted online against clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch due to comments made by its chief executive and its strategy of not making women’s clothing in any size above large. The most recent high-profile criticism is a viral YouTube...Tags: Corporate Officers, Human Interest, Media Industry, Social Media
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