- The “New for Now” exhibition opening in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam today showcases over 300 costume and fashion prints.
- Nike becomes the official apparel provider for the NBA. This is also the first time an apparel partner has negotiated the right to feature its logo on the uniforms in the history of the NBA.
- Sarah Jessica Parker becomes the new face of the popular ’80s denim brand Jordache Jeans.
- As the watch industry faces one of its most challenging years, Swatch is diversifying and plans to start selling sunglasses.
- Inès de la Fressange returns to retail with a 2,150-square-foot store in Paris.
- Marks & Spencer has launched a street style-inspired line of womenswear made with recycled cotton and recycled polyester fabrics.
- Yoox Group has teamed up with Italian film institution Cineteca di Bologna to restore Federico Fellini’s legendary movie “Amarcord”.
Fun Fashion Fact
Did you know that in the 18th century Birmingham was an important centre for button manufacturers. An enormous diversity of buttons was produced in this city in the West Midlands, from silk covered, brass, stamped and embossed to gilt metal, silver, cut-steel, and mother-of-pearl. In fact, it is said that underneath the town hall there are “thousands of tons of mollusc shells, the waste from workshops which used mother-of-pearl.”
