Articles by Jaime Martinez
Spain’s Lola Casademunt takes on the UK, France and the Netherlands
10 Feb 2023 - Business
New at Pure London this weekend but already a household name in Spain, Lola Casademunt, a company specialising in fashion and accessories for women, is setting its sights on the multi-brand channels of the UK, France, and the Netherlands. These are markets that the company already considers strategic on the international scene, and where it has...
From Camper to Lola Casademunt: 15 Spanish brands exhibiting at Pure London AW23
1 Feb 2023 - Fairs
British trade fair Pure London recently announced a partnership agreement with the Spanish Federation of clothing companies Fedecon. As part of this partnership, 15 Spanish fashion brands linked to Fedecon will be present at the AW23/24 edition of Pure London. Twice a year, the main protagonists of the fashion and footwear industry in the United...
AWWG (Pepe Jeans) signs partnership agreement with ISEM Fashion Business School in Spain
19 Jan 2023 - Business
ISEM Fashion Business School with its campus in Madrid, Spain, has signed a collaboration agreement with Spanish fashion multinational All We Wear Group (AWWG), the parent company of Pepe Jeans London, Hackett and Façonnable. The collaboration includes initiatives such as encouraging opportunities for students at the company's brands and...
Mango partners with Parsons to award training scholarships
13 May 2022 - Business
The Spanish fashion multinational Mango has signed a collaboration agreement with the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York to reinforce Mango's strategic plan. The collaboration aims to consolidate its presence in the United States and be among its five leading markets in three years; it has started by opening its new flagship store...
Zara Woman launches collection for “outdoor” activities
9 May 2022 - Fashion
Zara, the main chain of Spanish fashion giant Inditex strengthens its position in the growing and highly resilient sportswear sector with the launch of its first sports collection for women. A collection targeted at outdoor activities, designed especially for the practice of high-impact outdoor sports such as cycling or climbing. With the aim of...
How the US 25 percent trade tariff increase could hit EU and UK fashion
9 Jun 2021 - Business
The United States announced recently that it would apply a tariff increase of 25 percent on goods from three European countries, as well as the United Kingdom, Turkey and India. The measure was soon suspended to allow for international negotiations to proceed. The 25 percent tariff increase was announced in response to the EU’s decision to apply...
Inditex accused of turning a blind eye amid rising tensions in China boycott crisis
26 Mar 2021 - Retail
On Thursday, China, backed by the Chinese government itself, started retaliating against the Western boycott of cotton produced in the ‘Uyghur labor camps’ of Xinjiang, calling for its own boycott against international fashion companies. The boycott primarily affected Swedish retail giant H&M on Thursday, but is now also being launched against...
Rochas appoints 24-year-old Charles de Vilmorin as creative director
9 Feb 2021 - People
Rochas, the almost century-old French house, has just appointed the young French designer Charles de Vilmorin, just 24 years old, as the new creative director of the Maison . Position that will go on to hold immediately occupying the place left empty by the Italian designer Alessandro Dell'Acqua , who decided to leave the French house last...
Without Saint Laurent or Alexander McQueen: this will be Paris Fashion Week SS21
7 Sept 2020 - Fashion
The French Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, the organization responsible for ensuring the fashion sector in the French country and for the celebration of their respective Fashion and Haute Couture Weeks, has already announced which will be the official show calendar for the next Paris Fashion Week. Catwalk that will serve for the...
Gucci closes its "love trilogy" with its collaborators turned models
20 Jul 2020 - Fashion
With an "epilogue" chapter turned into an "overture", a 12-hour live stream and with the closest collaborators of Alessandro Michele, the house's creative director, turned into campaign models. This is how last Friday the Italian firm Gucci finally presented, as part of the Milan Digital Fashion Week, the latest collection by the Italian...