Articles by Jaime Martinez
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...
Fashion companies raise their voice against racism
3 Jun 2020 - Fashion
Despite being an act of social and corporate responsibility that should be taken for granted, fashion brands from different sectors of the industry have decided to keep up with the racial protests that are shaking public opinion these days, launching All kinds of communiqués with which to establish their positions and announce the various social...
Christina Fontana: “Alibaba will continue to be the trusted partner of European companies”
8 May 2020 - Business
FashionUnited interviewed Christina Fontana, fashion and luxury director for Europe at Tmall, the B2C market of the Alibaba Group. She talked to us about the future challenges that companies will have to face, as well as the different tools that Alibaba offers them to contribute to their international expansion, especially in the Chinese market....
Pronovias launches an inclusive collection with Ashley Graham
7 Jan 2020 - Fashion
Madrid - Continuing its commitment to consolidate its position in the US market, Spanish bridalwear firm Pronovias, owned by British investment fund BC Partners since 2017, has just announced a collaboration with American model and designer Ashley Graham. An "inclusive" collection called "Ashley Graham x Pronovias", which will be available from...