luxury retail
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Harlem Dreams: Gucci Releases Dapper Dan Tribute Book—But Good Luck Copping One [Updated]
If you dream of one day owning a piece of Dapper Dan’s ongoing collaboration with Gucci, keep collecting your coins because it likely won’t be the new tribute book issued by the label, Dapper Dan’s Harlem. Launched in tandem with the opening day of Pitti Uomo (Florence, Italy’s highly anticipated biannual men’s Fashion Week), the…
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Grand Closing: After 123 Years, Luxury Retailer Henri Bendel Is Going Out of Business
A New York City retail landmark will be closing its doors, come January 2019; according to CNN Money, the legendary Henri Bendel will be closing its flagship location on the city’s Fifth Avenue, as well as its website and other 23 stores nationwide. Henri Bendel founded his eponymous upscale brand in 1895, opening the flagship…
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Our Bodies Are Not Ready: Teyana Taylor Keeps That Same Energy for Agent Provocateur
Forget “Fade”—Teyana Taylor is now taking lingerie to the next level as the star of Agent Provocateur’s Autumn Winter 2018 campaign, titled, “The Power of Provocateur.” In the 90-second spot, wearing nothing but the label’s yellow Anna Padded Plunge Underwired Bra ($215), matching brief ($130), a lavender-tinged, blunt-cut silver bob wig and body chains, Taylor…
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Burberry Burning? British Retailer Reportedly Torched Over $33 Million of Unsold Merchandise
Burberry, baby. What is you doing? Understandably, high-end brands want to keep their cache (and fashion plagiarism is a very real thing), but the British luxury retailer Burberry has taken protecting their brand to new extremes, reportedly burning over $33 million in unsold merchandise rather than sell it at discount or donate it. This is…