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CEOs of The LYCRA Company and Qore® Join Global Fashion Summit Lineup

The LYCRA Company, a global leader in developing sustainable fibers and solutions for the apparel industry, announced today that its CEO, Gary Smith, is a speaker at the Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2025. He will be joined on stage by Jon Veldhouse, CEO of Qore®, the maker of QIRA®, a next-generation BDOand a key ingredient in...

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Web Summit: The 'fashionization' of wearables

London - “How far away is the tipping point of wearables?” asked Eric Migicovsky, CEO of Pebble, the first commercialized smartwatch to hit the market during the Web Summit, the world’s largest tech conference in Dublin. “I think that we are close when it comes to size, price and technology. But we are still fighting the battle every day from 2...

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Web Summit: Bringing together ’two polar opposite industries’ Fashion & Tech

With 42,000 people attending from 134 countries around the globe, its safe to say that the Web Summit, held in Dublin, Ireland has grown to become the world’s largest technological conference. Attendees were able to explore 21 different summits covering numerous areas including E-commerce, Virtual Reality and Education for the past 3 days....

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China, the promised land for Made in Italy

Entering the Chinese market is an inevitable step for Italian luxury companies, above all in these days of European economic recession. Even if the flaunted logo has lost its appeal for the Chinese, who are no longer in the habit of being dressed head to toe in designer labels, Made in Italy nevertheless remains a great visiting card for wealthy...

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Fashion summit becomes fashion week

What started as a two-day event has now been extended to four days of insight, information and inspiration with the fashion elite. The Fashion Summit 2010 is now being referred to as The Drapers Fashion Week following the addition of two extra dates to the calendar. The annual business event will take place from 15-18 November at the prestigious...

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Fashion Summit 2009

On the 17th November 2009 the Fashion Summit 2009 will take place at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel. The two-day fashion business event is chaired by Lauretta Roberts, and delegates will have the opportunity to interact with renowned designers and industry professionals including Diane von Furstenberg, Lulu Guinness, Maria Grachvogel, Barbara...

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Fashion Summit 2009

Already in its 9th year, Fashion Summit is a 2-day business conference for trade press and fashion and style forecasting service. The Summit is an industry forum with senior representatives from brands and retailers converging to discuss prominent business issues, it’s organised by WGSN and Drapers. Fashion Summit is supported and endorsed by...