Discussions about the fashion industry thread

[jasonladuke0311]

I rewatched The Whole Nine Yards the other night. Jimmy “The Tulip” Tudeski’s fit looks like something right from Instagram.

 

[cb200]

If anyone wants a bit of a peak at ocean freight and suppliers to businesses in the US there's sites that scrapes import customs documents that's searchable... kind of mind boggling what you can find. There's not air freight info but some interesting stuff to dig into.

ImportYeti - Find Quality Suppliers

ImportYeti finds suppliers & manufacturers based on actionable data.

www.importyeti.com

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panjiva.com

 

[dieworkwear]

Woah, Elsa Peretti passed away

Jewelry Designer Elsa Peretti Has Died

Remembering the woman who revolutionized jewelry design in the 1970s.

www.vogue.com

 

[LA Guy]

Woah, Elsa Peretti passed away

Jewelry Designer Elsa Peretti Has Died

Remembering the woman who revolutionized jewelry design in the 1970s.

www.vogue.com

My wife has a healthy amount of her canonical work at Tiffany’s. She really moved things into a very organic style.

 

[double00]

peretti's sensibilities fit perfectly against the art nouveau dna of tiffany

 

[smittycl]

Interesting article in the Wash Post today on the Instagram site "Preachers and Sneakers." Not a surprise with the amount of money passing through their hands.

"On his feed, Kirby has showcased Seattle pastor Judah Smith’s $3,600 Gucci jacket, Dallas pastor T.D. Jakes’s $1,250 Louboutin fanny pack and Miami pastor Guillermo Maldonado’s $2,541 Ricci crocodile belt. And he considers Paula White, former president Donald Trump’s most trusted pastoral adviser who is often photographed in designer items, a PreachersNSneakers “content goldmine,” posting a photo of her wearing $785 Stella McCartney sneakers."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/03/22/preachers-sneakers-instagram-wealth/

 

[cb200]

So looks like GAP is done with their Hillcity brand but putting out a fitness line again. With the upcoming Kanye collection, I'm curious if this will be enough to move the needle. Is it too late?

 

[dieworkwear]

Carlyle Group buys END

END Clothing acquired by international investment group

The company - which was founded in 2005 - has grown to have annual sales of more than £170m

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

 

[cb200]

Spacs coming for your slacks?

Ex-Gap CEO Art Peck launches $200 million IPO for apparel-focused SPAC

The former Gap CEO has filed paperwork for an IPO seeking to raise $200 million for Good Commerce Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on the apparel sector and related industries.

ww.fashionnetwork.com

KKR-backed SPAC raises $1.2 billion in U.S. IPO

KKR Acquisition Holdings I Corp, a blank-check firm backed by private equity firm KKR & Co Inc, said on Wednesday it had raised $1.2 billion in an upsized initial public offering.

www.reuters.com

 

[gdl203]

Weird - apparel retail is such a bad ROI sector. So many PE firms took a bath with those investments. Go figure

 

[double00]

PR battle: PRC foreign ministry vs us, euro brand marketers

China squeezes Western brands as Xinjiang backlash builds

 

[happyriverz]

Real missed opportunity by not naming the SPAC "Jawnz Acquisition Corp."

 

[Texasmade]

Weird - apparel retail is such a bad ROI sector. So many PE firms took a bath with those investments. Go figure

I know. I'm sort of expecting a bankruptcy filing now in a few years since a PE firm bought them.

 

[cb200]

PR battle: PRC foreign ministry vs us, euro brand marketers

China squeezes Western brands as Xinjiang backlash builds

Muji features Xinjiang cotton as Chinese netizens lash its rivals

Japanese clothing retailer's move comes amid calls to boycott foreign brands

asia.nikkei.com

 

[cb200]

Lots of interesting geopolitical issues here. KOLs breaking contracts. Where would these cases be tried? Hong Kong?
Olympics in Japan and China coming up... sponsorships at risk and opportunities for political actions/ protests/ grandstanding are pretty high.

Assessing China’s Xinjiang Cotton Fallout

At least six H&M stores have been shut in China, and Huawei removed Nike and Adidas from its app store over the weekend.

ca.news.yahoo.com