Articles by Jan Schroder
EssilorLuxottica, Polytechnic University of Milan create research center for smart glasses
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Italian eyewear manufacturer EssilorLuxottica and Politecnico di Milano University are teaming up to develop the next generation of data glasses. On Tuesday, the two partners announced the establishment of the EssilorLuxottica Smart Eyewear Lab in the presence of leading Italian politicians. According to the statement, the facility will be...
Reutlingen University, LDT Nagold and BTE establish joint venture
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Training centres, including Reutlingen University and LDT Nagold, as well as the Federal Association of German Textile, Shoe and Leather Goods Retailers (BTE), are intensifying their partnership. On Wednesday, the three partners announced the establishment of a joint venture. “The joint venture will implement a new study program under the...
Mytheresa appoints new president of North America
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Online fashion retailer Mytheresa is strengthening its presence in the United States. On Wednesday, the company announced the appointment of Heather Kaminetsky as president North America. She will take up the post on June 1, after which she will lead all customer-related activities in North America, including communications, personal shopping...
Berlin Fashion Fairs: Successful return to Tempelhof sparks discussions about the future
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At last week’s Berlin fashion fairs, new collections for the upcoming autumn/winter season were almost overshadowed by the comeback of a legendary location: for the first time since 2014, the former Tempelhof airport was back in the focus of the fashion industry. The huge 1930s building used to house Bread & Butter, widely considered the world’s...
Adidas tests gravity's limits at the International Space Station
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In recent years, sportswear manufacturers have increasingly become high-tech companies. With new materials and new production processes, they want to help their top athletes sound out performance limits and ideally, break them. After all, innovation promises prestige - which then influences sales. Searching for the ultimate promise of progress,...
Berlin fashion fairs look to refocus after difficult season
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The German capital’s fashion fairs have long been success stories - but the general problems of the industry finally caught up with them this season. For years, visitors had swarmed the halls of the main events Premium and Panorama, but it was noticeably calmer this time round. The organisers did not publish numbers, but many exhibitors and...
Berlin fashion fairs end with debate about their future
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Berlin’s fashion fairs had just closed their doors at the end of January when Jörg Wichmann opened the debate about their future. The CEO of Panorama trade fair announced plans that sounded almost revolutionary: Wichmann said in a statement that Panorama was going "on the offensive to meet the industry's desire for a shared location for all...
Inside the July 2018 Berlin fashion trade fairs
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Gorgeous summer weather set the tone for a positive mood at the Berlin fashion fairs last week. Even though the crowds seemed to be somewhat smaller than in previous seasons, the atmosphere at the eight events in the German capital was generally cheerful – disguising the fact, that German fashion retailers have been struggling with unfavourable...
Euro Fashion Award 2018 goes to Zhang Zheqiang
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This year's Euro Fashion Award was awarded in Görlitz on Saturday. Designer Zhang Zheqiang received the main price of 25,000 euros for "Emerging Masters Graduates and Young Professional Designers". The graduate of the Copenhagen school Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts convinced the jury with his Menswear collection "Much to do about nothing"....