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Harrods appoints new chief operating officer

Luxury department store Harrods has promoted Andreas Efstathiou, the retailer’s current chief information officer, to chief operating officer, as it looks to strengthen its C-suite leadership team. In a statement, Harrods said that Efstathiou’s new role as chief operating officer would integrate all operations at the luxury store “under one...

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Why 10,000 metres of hand-spun flax thread is not enough for a single garment

Some designs tell a story not just through what they are, but primarily through what came before them. The Lin jacket is perhaps the most tangible example of this for me. What once began as a limited edition design of organically grown linen from The Linen Project has evolved into a garment that now carries multiple layers of meaning. About the...

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Patric Spethmann: the CEO leading German premium brand Marc Cain into the future

After seven years as chief operating officer at fashion group Marc O’Polo, Patric Spethmann is taking over as CEO at competitor Marc Cain, tasked with carrying founder Helmut Schlotterer's legacy into the future. The chief operating officer Spethmann has been working at Marc Cain's headquarters in Bodelshausen since the beginning of June. The...

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More skin than hype: Milan's menswear fights for relevance

It is no secret that menswear rarely enjoys the same level of attention as womenswear. Milan's menswear seasons have always been more subdued, overshadowed by the city's spectacular womenswear calendar and the increasingly ambitious productions in Paris. SS27, however, has exacerbated this imbalance more than usual. The season was so sparsely...