Articles by Yasmine Esser
Denim for Dummies (2): Everything you need to know about washing and finishing
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Whether you sell jeans or you’re aiming for a career in denim, you should have a better than average knowledge of the material. But there are so many terms! Do you know what they all mean? Here we explain the basics of denim to you. No need for bluffing no more. In Denim for dummies (1): we talked you through selvedge jeans, Japanese denim,...
Why American Apparel employees want former CEO Dov Charney back
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Jan Willem Hubner first began his career at American Apparel working in a store in Amsterdam. He then went on to work close to ten years at the label's head office as visual merchandising director & store standards. However his tenure at American Apparel fell short of his ten year work anniversary when he was fired, without reason, this April,...
Lidewij Edelkoort tapped as Parsons newest Dean
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In spite of her recent criticism on today's fashion schools contributing to the death of fashion in her acclaimed manifesto 'Anti-Fashion', trend forecaster and futurist Lidewij Edelkoort has been appointed Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons School of Design in New York and Parsons Paris. In her new role, which she is set to begin come...
Triumph's Amourette: 'You just know when you have Found the One'
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London - "I have to say, I have the easiest task of the evening because everything we will be presenting is all from the lingerie from the Amourette family. They only have another color, another print or are made of another material," explained Carine Van den Broeck, product manager at Triumph, during a preview presentation for the Amourette...
Kingpins: Jeans should be soft and comfortable
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Although mom jeans and flares are what the next few seasons are all about, the skinny is far from over. “Skinny jeans will never be over,” says Alberto Primo Candiani, global manager at Italian weaving mill Candiani, during Kingpins. The key word at the international trade fair for denim mills and one of the main components for the skinny:...
5 Denim styles: Consumers looking for a choice in the matter
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April is a blue month at FashionUnited. With denim making its comeback in time for Spring/Summer 2015, thanks to catwalk collections from fashion houses such as Burberry Prorsum, Gucci and Stella McCartney and the increasing number of denim driven events occurring this month, such as Amsterdam Denim Days and Kingpins and InDIGO Asia, the Asia's...
Dov Charney & Mike Jeffries: the tale of two controversial CEO's
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This time it's real. The infamous Dov Charney was officially dismissed from his role at American Apparel this month, the fashion retailer he co-founded. He was previously voted down from his position as group chief executive officer this June after a series of allegations concerning misconduct were brought against him, but has managed to stay on...