Articles by Renan Botelho de Carvalho
Renan joined FashionUnited in 2026. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, he holds a BA in Journalism and Communications and began his career in 2009, writing for several publications over the following years. In 2018, he moved to New York City, and in 2026 he relocated once again, this time to the Netherlands. At FashionUnited, Renan covers daily news across the global fashion industry, from retail trends to supply chain shifts.
Coach opens Coach Play store in Paris as it accelerates EMEAI push
Coach has opened a Coach Play store in Paris's Le Marais, its first dedicated home for the experiential concept in the French capital and the latest move in the accessible-luxury brand's expansion across the EMEAI region. Coach store in Paris. Credits: Coach Located on the corner of rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and rue du Bourg-Tibourg in...
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Longchamp USA pays nearly 2 million dollars to settle PPP loan allegations
Longchamp USA, the American arm of French leather goods brand Longchamp, has paid the US government 1,997,110 dollars to resolve allegations that it improperly received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, the US Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey said on Tuesday. The office of US attorney Robert Frazer said the settlement...
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Bob Mackie settles lawsuits against JCPenney
Bob Mackie has settled the lawsuits he filed in October against JCPenney and his business partner Marc Schwartz for allegedly using his name, signature, and likeness without permission to sell apparel. The designer had also accused the retailer of timing the launch to coincide with the release of Taylor Swift’s album “The Life of a Showgirl,”...
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Mugler casts a female bodybuilder to sell its first handbags by Miguel Castro Freitas
Mugler has unveiled the first handbags of Miguel Castro Freitas' tenure as creative director — the Aurora and Lua lines — alongside a campaign that places a female bodybuilder at its centre. Shot by photographer Chris Lensz, the campaign frames its protagonist through the language of classic portraiture and late-19th-century sculpture studies,...
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Inside Taft's new era of 'greater clarity,' starting with the Longhorn collection
Italian-crafted footwear brand Taft has launched the Longhorn collection, the first release in what the company is calling a "new brand era" that will unfold through a series of limited-edition drops over the summer. According to VP of brand marketing McKenna Taylor, the refresh is less a reinvention than a sharpening of the brand's existing...
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Canali appoints Ethan Hawke as new global brand ambassador
Italian menswear house Canali has appointed actor, director and writer Ethan Hawke as its new global brand ambassador. Canali, a family-owned company founded in 1934, said it selected Hawke for a career and personal approach it views as aligned with the brand's identity around craftsmanship and attention to detail. Hawke has worked as an actor...
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How Trump's Brazil tariffs risk reversing the great China exit
A new 25 percent US tariff took effect on Wednesday, impacting a range of Brazilian goods and directly affecting the American apparel and footwear industry. Announced by President Donald Trump on July 15, the tariff has drawn criticism from industry leaders, warning the levy will raise costs for US companies. "The Administration's tariff...
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Jury orders Nike to pay over 7.5 million dollars in discrimination case
A federal jury in Portland has found that Nike discriminated against a former female engineer by paying her less than her male colleagues and promoting her more slowly, in part because of her sex. The verdict, returned on Wednesday, orders the sportswear company to pay more than 7.5 million dollars. As Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) reported,...
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What to expect from Phillip Lim's new brand, PlayLoveWin
Nearly two years after stepping away from the label that carried his name, Phillip Lim has revealed what comes next: a new brand called PlayLoveWin, his third venture as a designer. Lim announced the name in a direct-to-camera video posted to Instagram, filmed from what he described as his new studio, and pointed followers to a teaser site where...
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Curve New York's SS27 preview: discipline over big bets
Curve New York returns to the Javits Center River Pavilion on August 2, unveiling spring/summer 2027 collections at a moment when intimate apparel and swimwear buyers are rewriting their playbook, ordering earlier, but with far less room for error. "The market has become much more disciplined over the past few years," Raphael Camp, CEO of...
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