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Dickies collaborates with Opening Ceremony

US workwear brand Dickies, part of VF Corporation, is continuing its centennial year celebrations with a collaboration with Opening Ceremony. The Dickies x Opening Ceremony collection, which also marks the last chapter of Opening Ceremony’s 20th-anniversary celebrations, features four unisex styles, where authentic workwear silhouettes have been...

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Farfetch unveils collaboration with Opening Ceremony and Peter Do

Luxury e-tailer Farfetch has unveiled the first iteration of its year-round Beat programme featuring a collaboration with Opening Ceremony and Peter Do. Farfetch Beat is a new concept that introduces exclusive curated product collaborations “with the most progressive voices in fashion and culture to an international audience,” via exclusive,...

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Vans and Opening Ceremony launch first global collection

Vans and Opening Ceremony have linked for the debut of a global collection of footwear, apparel, and accessories. Using Vans’ original deck shoe, the Authentic, as their canvas, and inspired by the classic checkerboard print, Opening Ceremony reinvented the pattern by adding two abstract snake and leopard designs to the footwear and apparel. The...

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Opening Ceremony launches 365 Days of Pride collection

Opening Ceremony is highlighting the importance of acknowledging and celebrating Pride beyond June with a new ‘365 Days of Pride’ limited-edition capsule collection that aims to not only celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community in New York but also to pay homage to some of the most historically significant institutions within it. The fashion brand has...

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Opening Ceremony and Beastie Boys launch graphic collection

American brand Opening Ceremony has collaborated with New York-based hip hop group Beastie Boys to release a limited-edition collection of graphic pieces to be sold on luxury retail platform Farfetch. The collaboration, inspired by the group’s music, was created in line with the launch of the new documentary ‘Beastie Boys Story’, which...

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Opening Ceremony collaborates on new shoes with Tevas

The spirit of Opening Ceremony lives on. After announcing the closing of all of its stores earlier this year, the fashion label continues to inject its brand into new pieces. Most recently, Opening Ceremony has teamed up with footwear company Teva to create a limited-edition collection. According to an announcement from Teva, the new collection...

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Opening Ceremony to close all its stores

Following its acquisition by Farfetch-owned New Guards Group, which also owns Off-White, Heron Preston and other streetwear brands, Opening Ceremony announced it will be closing all of its stores around the world. “It’s incredibly emotional for us to announce today that we will be closing our Opening Ceremony retail locations sometime in 2020”,...

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Farfetch acquires Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony—the American multi-brand retailer known for its curation of unique, downtown style—has been acquired by the Farfetch-owned platform New Guards Group, which is also behind notable streetwear brands Off-White and Palm Angels. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Business of Fashion, who first reported the news, New...

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Wrangler and Opening ceremony launch Fall 2019 collaboration

Heritage denim brand Wrangler has collaborated with luxury ready-to-wear label Opening Ceremony on a Fall/Winter 2019 collection that revives the former's archival styles from the 1990s. The collection is titled "Value," recalling the big-box superstores where the styles of the collection were popular during the 1990s. At the time, Wrangler...

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Melissa and Opening Ceremony launch collaborative collection

Brazilian jelly shoe brand Melissa has joined forces with Opening Ceremony, the American brand led by Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, who recently stepped down as Creative Directors of French fashion label Kenzo. Lim and Leon reimagined three of Melissa’s classic silhouettes: a slider, a low-block mule and a netted sandal, all in summer-inspired...

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Opening Ceremony launches capsule collection for Yoox

Yoox has teamed up with New York-based brand and retailer Opening Ceremony on an exclusive eight-piece womenswear collection for the summer. Opening Ceremony founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon were inspired by music festivals for the summer capsule collection, which features a “playful mix” of relaxed silhouettes, bright colourways and summery...

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Gap launches designer collection with GQ

Gap has launched its latest limited-edition collection with GQ, featuring Balmain, Dsquared2, MSGM, No Vacancy Inn, Officine Générale, Opening Ceremony, Stampd and Surf is Dead, as part of its “coolest designers on the planet” initiative. The Gap and GQ collaboration started as an initiative recognising American menswear designers and it has...