Articles by Sharon Camara
Sharon Camara has a master's degree in journalism and has been working for FashionUnited since 2017. She covers fashion news in France. Having lived a few years in Côte d'Ivoire (between 2019 and 2024), Sharon has also conducted interviews and reports on fashion news in Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Senegal, Benin, etc.).
Ikea back with a new fashion collection
After a collaboration with in 2019 and an exhibition dedicated to fashion last year, Ikea made another foray into the industry, this time with a streetwear line. The furniture and decoration company’s new streetwear collection was named ‘Aurtiende’, which the brand translates as “decade”. The line is made up of T-shirts, hoodies, bucket hats,...
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Béatrice Héricourt appointed CEO of La Redoute
Effective April 22, Béatrice Héricourt will assume the role of chief executive officer at La Redoute. Reporting to Nicolas Houzé, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Galeries Lafayette Group, which owns La Redoute, Héricourt will be based in Roubaix, at the company's headquarters. Héricourt brings over 25 years of experience in driving...
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Mango Home opens first store, reveals plans for four more locations
Mango Home opened its first store in Barcelona this April as the brand revealed further plans to open four more stores within this concept during 2025. With a sales area of nearly 400 square meters, the very first Mango Home store offers a wide range of home goods. It is located at 586 Avenida Diagonal in Barcelona, one of the city's most...
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Verdoso receives approval to acquire The Kooples
The French competition authority, an independent body overseeing competition regulation within the nation, notably in merger and acquisition assessments, has reaffirmed its unconditional approval for Verdoso's acquisition of The Kooples, a brand under the Swiss conglomerate MF Brands. Verdoso, a French investment firm focusing on mid-cap company...
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Noteworthy: French associations want to get rid of Anglicisms in fashion
Barbiecore, royalecore, cowboycore: in recent years, more and more terms have been ending in the English term 'core'. A trend that the French 'Commission d'enrichissement de la langue française' (Commission for the Enrichment of the French Language) and the 'Association pour la promotion du français dans la mode' (Association for the Promotion...
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Children’s fashion: discovering the job of purchasing manager (for example at Galeries Lafayette)
According to market research and consulting firm Mordor Intelligence, the global children's wear market is expected to reach 353.20 million US dollars by 2029, growing at a rate of 5.35 percent annually. A rather encouraging outlook, even if in France, children's fashion has experienced a slowdown in recent years. Between optimistic forecasts,...
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Drew Villani named global creative director for Timberland
Timberland, the US brand known for its iconic 'Premium 6 inch boots', has welcomed Australian designer Drew Villani as its new global creative director. With Villani's appointment, Timberland is looking to take a new artistic turn. As such, the VF Corporation-owned label has turned to Villani, hoping to leverage the designer's more than 10 years...
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Leonardo Fasolo appointed creative director of CP Company
Leonardo Fasolo has been named the new creative director to Italian premium label CP Company, where he is to oversee the design and development of the brand's collections. In the role, Fasolo will draw on the expertise of CP Company's R&D team and creative vision, guiding creative choices based on R&D and its DNA. His first collection as...
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Stone Island opens flagship store in Paris
The chief executive officer of Stone Island, Robert Triefus, has announced the inauguration of the Italian brand's new flagship store in Paris. As revealed on Triefus' LinkedIn account, the store is located at 223, rue Saint-Honoré, in the first arrondissement of Paris, and covers an area of more than 1,750 square metres. Housed inside a...
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LVMH Watch Week 2025: An edition between New York and Paris
LVMH Watch Week is back for its sixth edition. This year, the show exhibiting the luxury group's new watchmaking products is being held in two major cities: New York and Paris. After Dubai and Singapore, then Miami in 2024, LVMH has chosen New York and Paris to present the new watchmaking products of nine of its brands to the press. In New York,...
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