Articles by Susan Zijp
Nike appoints chief information officer
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Cheryan Jacob has been appointed to the role of chief information officer (CIO) for Nike, a position the US sportswear giant created this month to support its global engineering team, as reported by Bloomberg. Jacob is trained in both technology and business, having started his career in India as a computer architecture and hardware engineer. In...
Paul Andrew named new creative director of Sergio Rossi
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English designer Paul Andrew is the new creative director of Italian shoe brand Sergio Rossi. His debut collection for the brand is the fall 2025 collection, according to a press release from the brand. Andrew is no stranger to the fashion industry. In 2013, he started his eponymous fashion brand. The following year, he won the CFDA/Vogue...
Meta reportedly eyeing stake in Ray-Ban parent company
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American tech giant Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, reportedly wants to take a 5 percent stake in EssilorLuxottica, the Financial Times (FT) reports. The French-Italian eyewear company was worth almost 89 billion euros on Thursday afternoon. EssilorLuxottica is the firm that makes Ray-Ban eyewear and was also behind the recent acquisition...
Supreme acquired by eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica
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Eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica has acquired New York-born streetwear brand Supreme in a deal worth 1.5 billion dollars, the transaction of which will be completed by the end of 2024, a press release revealed. In May, it was already speculated that VF Corporation, the parent company of Supreme and the owner of Vans, The North Face and Timberland,...
Nike files 60 million dollar lawsuit against the Shoe Surgeon
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Sportswear giant Nike is accusing American shoemaker Dominic Ciambrone, better known as The Shoe Surgeon, of unauthorized use of trademarks and counterfeiting of his designs. Nike is launching a $60 million (55.04 million euro) lawsuit against The Shoe Surgeon, as compensation for the alleged damages. This was reported by the Instagram account...
Marc Jacobs and rock band Nirvana reach agreement after years of dispute over smiley logo
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Marc Jacobs, artist Robert Fisher and rock band Nirvana have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the rights to the "smiley" logo, according to a document published July 9 in federal court in California. The dispute began in 2018, when Nirvana, one of the best-selling American bands of all time, sued Marc Jacobs over the use of a logo in its...
Vestiaire Collective, Isabel Marant Vintage and Faume launch pop-up webshop for second hand fashion
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A new collaboration in luxury resale: Vestiaire Collective, Isabel Marant and French e-commerce service Faume are launching an online shop for second hand fashion items, US B2B fashion platform WWD reported. The website will be available to customers worldwide. The second-hand fashion items are reportedly "carefully selected", some by the...
Dutch haute couture designer and ArtEZ alumna Iris van Herpen receives French distinction
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Haute Couture designer Iris van Herpen, who graduated from ArtEZ University of the Arts, has been named 'Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' (French for 'Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters') in Paris. The designer received the award during Paris Haute Couture Week, where she exhibited her fall/winter 2024 couture collection on...
Farfetch owner Coupang hires Microsoft AI specialist
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Farfetch owner Coupang has announced the appointment of Asha Sharma, an experienced Microsoft AI specialist, who will be joining the South Korean retail giant's board of directors, as revealed in a press release. Sharma, who had served as corporate vice president and AI specialist at Microsoft, has held various leadership roles in addition to...
A look inside Erdem's new exhibition, an ode to the late Duchess Deborah Devonshire
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Designer Erdem Moralioglu is set to showcase his craftsmanship in a new exhibition entitled ‘Imaginary Conversations’. The exhibition centres around the eponymous designer’s reimagined SS24 collection, while the late Duchess Deborah Devonshire acts as the protagonist of the display after serving as the inspiration for Erdem’s line. As the...