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Zozo’s founder acquires control stakes in two Japanese fashion brands

New York – Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of Japan’s online fashion store Zozo Inc (3092.T), has acquired control stakes in two fellow Japanese apparel companies, United Arrows and Adastria. . A regulatory filings showed on Thursday shows that Maezawa bought an 8 percent stake in multi-brand retailer United Arrows (7606.T) for 3.5 billion yen...

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Pitti Uomo’s 88th Edition: Highs and Lows

This week has seen the Tuscan city transform of Florence transform into a hotspot for men’s fashion as 1,100 men’s wear labels from around the world gather together to show their Autumn/Winter ’15-’16 from June 16 to 19, at the 88th edition of Italian trade show Pitti Immagine Uomo. As the men’s wear extravagance draws in an end this Friday...

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Runaways to runway: 'ethical' fashion changing lives of Africa's poor

The muddy streets of Kenya's crowded Korogocho slums are a far cry from the fashion boutiques of Paris, Milan, New York or London. But beneath a tin roof, workers from some of the country's poorest communities sew buttons and stitch cloth for top international designers, part of anot-for-profit "ethical fashion" project. "Before Ethical Fashion,...