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Teen Vogue names new editor-in-chief

Teen Vogue has hired Alexi McCammond as its new editor-in-chief. McCammond is best known as a national political reporter who covered the campaign of President Joe Biden in 2019 and 2020 for Axios. McCammond is also an NBC and MSNBC contributor. She succeeds Lindsay People Wagner who left Teen Vogue to become editor-in-chief of The Cut....

Mar 5, 2021

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Foot Locker names Melody Ehsani creative director of women’s business

American sports and footwear retailer Foot Locker has announced Melody Ehsani as the new creative director for its women’s business. Her new role will include designing quarterly streetwear apparel capsule collections while simultaneously curating an on-going selection of Nike and Jordan products. The Los Angeles-based designer and entrepreneur...

Mar 5, 2021

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Timberland names new global brand president

Susie Mulder has been named global brand president of Vanity Fair Corp. owned Timberland. Mulder will step into her new role official April 5. She succeeds Martino Scabbia Guerrini, Vanity Fair Corp. president for the EMEA region, who had been Timberland’s interim brand president for the last 14 months. Mulder joins Timberland from Nic+Zoe,...

Mar 4, 2021

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Amazon Fashion names president

Amazon Fashion has reportedly named Muge Erdirik Dogan as its new president. Dogan takes over from Christine Beauchamp, who has been promoted to Amazon’s head of consumer categories in North America, WWD reports. Dogan has not made a statement on what her plans for Amazon are, but she is a longtime Amazon insider, having worked at the company...

Mar 4, 2021

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Macy's cuts chief operational officer role

In a C-suite shakeup, Macy’s Inc. has cut its chief operating officer role. The current chief operating officer John Harper will step down on August 1 with no replacement in line. His direct reports will now report to Jeff Jennette, Macy’s Inc. chairman and chief executive officer. Marla Beck, co-founder and CEO of Bluemercury, which is owned by...

Mar 3, 2021

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Nike's US head exits in conflict of interest with family sneaker business

Nike’s vice president and general manager of its North America division, Ann Hebert, has abruptly exited the sportswear giant, after it was revealed her son’s sneaker resale busines may have been boosted by her company credit card. A Bloomberg article published on February 25th said Herbert’s 19 year-old son had used a credit card in her name to...

Mar 2, 2021

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Victoria Beckham top designer Ilaria Icardi to exit

Victoria Beckham’s eponymous fashion label is reportedly bidding farewell to its top designer. Design director Ilaria Icardi, who is also understood to be a close friend of Beckham, is leaving the company after seven years, insiders told The Daily Mail, though Beckham’s publicists insisted it was by a ‘mutual agreement’. Confirming the news to...

Mar 1, 2021

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Estée Lauder signs actress Ana de Armas as new global brand ambassador

International skincare and makeup manufacturer Estée Lauder has signed Golden Globe Award-nominated actress Ana de Armas as its new brand global ambassador. The actress will be featured in campaigns across digital, TV, print, and in-store. “We are thrilled to welcome Ana to the Estée Lauder brand,” said Stéphane de La Faverie, group president,...

Mar 1, 2021

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Iconic LA fashion retailer Fred Segal dies aged 87

Iconic LA fashion figure and founder of his eponymous retail chain, Fred Segal, has died at the age of 87. He died on Thursday from complications from a stroke, a publicist announced, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Segal opened his first eponymous store in 1961, a 350-square-foot space on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. He then...

Mar 1, 2021

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Model Natalia Vodianova named new UN women's health envoy

United Nations, United States - Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova travels the world working for luxury fashion brands such as Balmain and Stella McCartney, and now as a United Nations’ goodwill ambassador she’ll be promoting a new global message about normalizing discussions on women’s reproductive and sexual health. Vodianova was named as a...

Feb 25, 2021

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US designer Alexander Wang faces new sexual assault allegations

New York - A New York student has become the latest person to accuse acclaimed American designer Alexander Wang of sexual assault. Keaton Bullen, a fashion student at the New York’s Parsons School of Design, told the BBC that Wang assaulted him in a nightclub in August 2019. Wang’s fashion label did not immediately respond when contacted for...

Feb 25, 2021

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Vogue China appoints Margaret Zhang as editor in chief

Vogue China has appointed Austrialian-Chinese blogger Margaret Zhang as its new editor in chief. Zhang replaces founding editor Angelica Cheung, who helmed the Asia style publication for 16 years. Zhang, who is 27 and has not previously edited a magazine, becomes the youngest Conde Nast editor to be in the role. The shift in strategy may be see...

Feb 25, 2021