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Twinset Milano Spring/Summer 25 Collection Fashion show

LIGHTNESS Light and clean. Chic and feminine. Twinset’s Spring Summer 2025 collection speaks the language of lightness and femininity, expressed in a lifestyle summed up by aesthetic convention in the terms defining today’s women. But the clothes in the collection have much more to say. They say, for example, that they belong to a concrete way...

Fashion

Twinset signs eyewear license with De Rigo

Contemporary womenswear brand Twinset is launching its first eyewear collection after signing a worldwide licensing deal with the De Rigo Group. Twinset said that Italy-based De Rigo will design, produce and distribute its branded optical frames and sunglasses, with the debut collection launching in March. De Rigo added that the eyewear line...

BusinessFeatured

Pleasedontbuy: Twinset gets on the rental fashion wagon

New York – The Italian specialty fashion brand Twinset, has just announced the launch of its 'Pleasedontbuy' initiative, a series of capsule collections available only for rent. Twinset, owned by the investment firm Carlyle, will officially make available its new capsule collection next September: Pleasedontbuy, a fashion range just available...

Retail

Twinset Milano opens first UK store

Italian contemporary womenswear label Twinset Milano has opened its first UK store on the King’s Road in London, as part of its international expansion strategy to focus on growing overseas. The Chelsea store, which opened on July 25, will be joined this summer by the brand’s second UK store at Westfield London’s The Village, which is set to...

Business

Twinset plots global expansion to become an international brand

London - Twinset has unveiled its expansion strategy for Twinset Milano, the new name of its main line and its campaign for Spring/Summer 2018 following its acquisition by private equity firm Carlyle Group, which sees the brand opening its first store in London in spring 2018. The brand’s new expansion strategy, sees Twinset focusing on growing...

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UPDATE: Twinset appoints new creative directors, launches menswear

London - Italian apparel label Twinset has unveiled its new corporate brand image, appointed two new creative directors and is set to launch menswear following its acquisition by US private equity firm Carlyle Group. Twinset's main product line has been rebranded as Twinset Milano, to underline the brand's Italian roots. In addition, Twinset has...

Business

Carlyle Group takes full control of Twinset

US private equity group Carlyle Group has strengthened its position in Italian fashion brand Twinset by buying the remaining 10 percent stake from founder Simona Barbieri, to increase its stake from 90 percent to 100 percent. The Carlyle Group sees Twinset as a “key investment” in the European fashion and apparel sector, in 2012 it bought 72...