Articles by Kelly Press
Benetton steps into the metaverse
22 Feb 2022 - Business
United Colors of Benetton is the next brand to step into the metaverse. The brand opens a store in the metaverse and even adapts the physical store on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Milan to this, according to a press release. The store in the metaverse will open in a few weeks, according to the statement. Visitors will not be able to buy clothes,...
2021 Round up: The most notable acquisitions this year
30 Dec 2021 - Business
Anyone who takes a quick look at the news over the past year will have noticed one business trend: takeovers, takeovers and takeovers. Various fashion groups seem to be actively in the acquisition game, while other companies were presented with an opportunity that they could not turn down. To sum it all up: these were the most notable...
Awake NY founder: fashion needs to find consistency in nurturing black and brown talent
19 May 2021 - Podcast
Angelo Baque, former Supreme brand director and founder of Awake NY joins this edition of Highsnobiety's Podcast: The Dropcast. Host Noah Thomas and Baque cover multiple topics in the fashion industry today, from sneaker trends to second-hand fashion and artist collabs to bringing more diversity and inclusion into the fashion world. Highsnobiety...
Part 3 of 3: A conversation on mainstream media's role in the current climate of fashion
15 Mar 2021 - Podcast
In the final of a three-part series, Fashion: No Filter's guest editor Henrietta Gallina explores the role of mainstream media in the current climate. Henrietta shares a conversation with fashion critic Robin Givhan who is a journalist at The Washington Post. The two discuss some of Robin's highly-praised work, performative marketing faking...
Part 2 of 3: A conversation on PR's role in racism in fashion
12 Mar 2021 - Podcast
Podcast Fashion: No Filter hosts guest editor Henrietta Gallina discusses PR's role in society's current climate in the second of three part series. One of the ripple effects from the rise of the Black Lives Matters has been a rally cry for the fashion industry to end systemic racism. In this edition Henrietta speaks with Jordan Mitchell, the...
Part 1 of 3: A conversation of race & fashion
10 Mar 2021 - Podcast
Part one of three, the podcast Fashion: No Filter gives the mic to Henrietta Gallina, an advocate, creative director and co-host of popular podcast 'The Conversations', who shall be leading the discussion throughout the series. In this edition of the series, Henrietta sits down with digital creator Tamu McPherson, and BET Style Director Danielle...
Video: Louis Vuitton shares a sneak peak of the Met's newest exhibition
30 Oct 2020 - Video
Louis Vuitton celebrates the 2020 exhibition of the Costume Institute titled "About Time: Fashion and Duration” presented at the Met in New York CIty. This year's exhibition is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by exploring fashion's reflection of the times since the founding of the iconic museum. Watch the...
JCPenney one step closer to exiting chapter 11 anticipating holiday season
21 Oct 2020 - Business
JCPenney said it is near to exiting Chapter 11 ahead of the busy December 2020 holiday season. The a beleaguered retailer filed a draft asset purchase agreement towards finalization of the acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. and Simon Property Group, Inc. They are expected to buy substantially all of J.C. Penney's retail and...
Off-White lands at Roma Rinascente
26 Jun 2020 - Retail
Off-White takes over the Italian department store Roma Rinascente. On Thursday, Virgil Abloh's label inaugurated a 27 square meter space on the second floor of 61 Via del Tritone . The location offers the brand's men's collections in a sleek decor. Heavy green curtains adorn the wall, plum carpeting covers the floor and the furniture is made...
Video: Karlie Kloss shares her best and worst Met Gala looks
14 May 2020 - Video
Because the famous gala of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, better known as "La Gala of the Met", has been postponed until further notice, one of her guests usual, the American model Karlie Kloss not want to miss that it is your favorite event and has prepared an exclusive video of how she lived each of the 11 times he attended....