Paweł Lewandowski
Lisa Dengler
Cassy Bhairo
Faustine Lara
Ala Konturek
Esprit celebrates Fall Holiday 2010/2011 with splashes of refreshing new designs and silhouettes inspired by minimalistic chic.
Women
edc by Esprit inspired by crossover styles for women is afresh with new combinations and layering. Military, new cargo styles, glamorous vintage looks, sophisticated rock star elements and a cool preppy look are the stars of the hour.
Used leather jackets, animal prints and tight military trousers with sturdy laced boots worn open and oversized loop scarf, flannel shirt, long tank top, moon-washed treggings, boyfriend jackets, cardigans, riveting tank tops and a fashion must have trendy fake fur is what will drive your wardrobe blues away.
The garments come in exciting texture like leather effects, woollen structures, flannel, denim, silk chiffon and viscose. Kick off these looks basics: neutrals, grey shades and black accents and in ravishing teal, blue tones, red, berry tones. The range is rounded off by trendy footwear courtesy of classic and vintage inspired edc shoes, as well as stylish edc accessories.
For fall/Holiday 2010/2011 Esprit Women Casual is all about going ‘back to the roots’ in two senses of the phrase. Casually feminine, effortless and sophisticated styles are inspired by the beauty of nature and the colourful Esprit spirit. Shoes and accessories provide the perfect way to round off the look.
Down jackets and gilets, including new shapes, duffle coats, pea coats and feminine trench coats is a real winner. Faux leather jackets, including suede and lambskin effects single blazers in classic materials such as tweed, herringbone, glen check and houndstooth check is key looks and influences that will form the basis for your revamped look for the season.
Also the basic feminine shirts, knitted dresses, skirts and denim blouses teemed with a jersey and checked wool jackets to create clothing with a lighter than air feeling for a woman with a bit of edge. The ravishing garments is made of cord, bouclé, flannel, classic and washed wool effects, denim in authentic looks with velvet finish to give you a rock and roll persona into an overtly glamorous statement.
The Fall/Winter 2010/2011Esprit Women’s Collection line redefines ‘Urban Goddess’. The collection emphasises business and feel-good looks for a charming diva persona. Slim-line, figure-hugging and draped styles and oversized off-shoulder silhouettes cardigans and sweaters is what you need to shine in.
They come in novel, soft knits, military-inspired, with visible zip details and in ‘O’ shapes with knitted sleeves, super-light, padded down styles with XXL collar solutions blazers and jerseys with accentuated shoulder constructions for a bolder look. All-over-print shirts and dresses, coupled with wide belts with chain details brought in to the waist along with party dresses for refreshingly cleaner aesthetics.
The highlight of this season is the high-quality knitted line with new yarns such as merino/silk cashmere mixes and 100% cashmere. This collection comes in basics like black, white and neutrals and beautiful highlights like gemstone tones, smoky frosty pastels, metallic grey and copper shades team it up with silk satins scarves and neckerchiefs and bags made from luxurious Morocco leather, and nappa leather for a simple yet elegant look.
Men The look of the edc men Autumn/Winter 2010/2011 range mixes elements of 60s beatnik, mystic bohemian and urban as well as country influences. Mark your style with knitted cardigans, leather jackets, wool blazer and coats. Checks are still one of the ‘hot picks’ this season.
Esprit does the checks right with trousers, coats, jackets and shirts. Be inspired to incorporate a new look into your wardrobe with flannel and denim shirts, chinos, twill trousers, denims in skinny or loose fit. Do your style right with jackets with leather and wax looks, flannel, denim, twill and jacquard that comes in soft natural tones, grey, black dark brights, red and wintery blue tones.
Experiment with edc that comes in traditional materials with new appeal like houndstooth, herringbone, checks and tweeds; also mystic prints with watercolour effects. Each garment has natural details with vintage character that is assured to steal you envious looks.
Fall/Holiday 2010/2011, Esprit Men’s Casual is all about chic everyday styles with smart, eye-catching pieces. Be sophisticated, flexible and casual at any time of the day.
Carry off a white shirt with washed jeans or a shirt with lambswool cardigan in a relaxed style.
The used-look chinos and solid boots or subtle trench coat made from strong twill or sharp-looking down parka with hidden top stitching makes to perfect winter fashion cardigans with shawl collars, rough textured jacquard sweater with ethnic appeal teamed with V-neck shirts in solid or soft finishes and trousers should do the trick whether its day or a night out with buddies.
Jackets and shirts in authentic denim washes, fitted blazer in washed wool styles and new cropped shapes, field jackets and sharp-looking down jackets and trench coats in wool and innovative wool mixes, lambswool, nylon, alpaca und mohair styles make for exceptional relaxed wardrobe this winter. Esprit Men’s casual come in neutrals, grey, black, five to ten monthly clay-like colours – for example from the red range.
The Esprit Men Collection range for Autumn/Winter 2010/2011 showcases a cosmopolitan style that brings the Stockholm look to LA. It includes sharp silhouettes that are rich but at the same time clean, as well as stylish new reinterpretations of old classics. Wear that white shirt and tie uncompromisingly styled with a knit cardigan and formal trousers or cord trousers, shirt, tie and sports jacket casually paired with coat for practical yet stylish look.
Black suit combined in wintery style with jacquard knit sweater and thick loop scarf or cardigans and sweaters with fine jacquard structure made from thick knit with plaited patterns is something you should never be tired to repeat. Team a moderately slim fit trousers made from raw denim and a sports jacket for rugged sophistication. Also a must have for the metro sexual man is the new, shortened coat shapes, military jackets, smart down styles and parkas.
Grab the best leather jackets with sports jacket attributes and striking zips for a smashing fashion statement. The collection comes in basics: black, grey, white, brown and navy.
One of world’s most established and popular design brands, Marc Jacobs, is all set to become the first major fashion house that will manufacture an apparel line for women, bigger than size 14.
Although, the fashion label is yet to make an official announcement pertaining the same, Robert Duffy, President of the label wrote on a networking portal, that the idea of manufacturing a plus-size range was in the company’s future plans’ pipeline. But the same will not be available in the stores till atleast next year.
Duffy further wrote that, they were in talks and were also in the very early stage of talking to a partner about the plus sizes.
As of today, labels such as Victoria Beckham, Chloé and Erdem do not manufacture any line larger than size 14. Most designers feel that it is difficult to manufacture apparels for larger women.
Armani Exchange Leads the Industry with the Launch of an Integrated 3D Advertising Campaign for Fall 2010
THE CAMPAIGN – This Fall, Armani Exchange takes you to a futuristic city at the edge of darkness with images that capture hard-edged style and the provocative thrill of the future unknown.
"2020/Speed Style" delivers an intense mood of rugged elegance and cool sensuality, where runaway lovers escape from the fiery streets above and take refuge in a mysterious urban underdome, where nothing exists except the seductive intrigue of speed and style.
THE LAUNCH – "2020/Speed Style" will launch in August, 2010, with a series of color images that break in major national media—print, outdoor ads, and online. The in-book media program will consist of two-page spreads featured in magazines including GQ, Details, Out, Men's Health, ELLE, InStyle, Glamour, Nylon, V Magazine, Interview, and People StyleWatch.
THE 3D LAUNCH – Armani Exchange is among the leaders in the fashion industry to use 3D images for the main seasonal campaign. Always on the cutting edge of technology and style, Armani Exchange continues to create innovative programs that directly target the A|X Generation. The Armani Exchange 3D campaign brings together three marketing trends – exclusive content, online entertainment, and social networking – in a unique and interesting way.
The A|X Fall 2010 3D advertising campaign will run in GQ, V Magazine, and Interview with exclusive A|X 3D glasses for viewing the creative. These ads will direct readers to a specially designed 3D page on the A|X "Life" section of the brands website, where users will be able to view an exclusive 2D and 3D music video based around the A|X Fall 2010 advertising campaign on A|X:TV. This breakthrough A|X3D campaign will also be featured in store windows, on video screens in the top 10 markets in both North America and in international markets.
THE LOCATION – Shot over three days on location on a soundstage in Brooklyn, NY, the campaign's set was constructed to create the stylistic underworld of "2020/Speed Style." Panels of diffused dramatic light shadow the darkness to create the look of a mysterious sanctuary. These distinctive details provide the futuristic backdrop to cutting-edge street chic styling and accentuate the provocative energy and intense mood of intoxicating danger. The campaign also features a Ducati 1198S Motorbike as a prominent character, adding an erotic and surreal visual aesthetic to the cinematic-style images.
CAST & CREW – Shot by photographer Matthew Scrivens and created by an in-house team under the direction of Tom Jarrold (CMO for A|X). The cast features Tamiris Souza Freitas (One Model Management), and Arthur Sales (Major Models).
The Armani Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today with over 5,000 direct employees and 13 factories. It designs, manufactures, distributes and retails fashion and lifestyle products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewelry, fragrances and cosmetics, and home furnishings under a range of brand names: Giorgio Armani Prive, Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, AJ | Armani Jeans, EA7, A|X Armani Exchange, Armani Junior, Armani Baby and Armani Casa.
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LJ International Inc., a leading jewelry manufacturer and retailer, announced that its ENZO retail division has opened its 110th store to date. The newest store is located in the TFF Store, the first and only high-end luxury shopping mall in Tianjin, China.
To date, nine ENZO stores are currently opened in Tianjin, one of the largest cities in China with a population of approximately 12.8 million. The TFF Store is ENZO's largest location and will serve as the Company's flagship space within Tianjin, attracting both visitors and local consumers in the market for purchasing luxury merchandise.
"As LJI continues to expand its retail operations throughout China, a location in the TFF Store adds both presence and prestige to the ENZO name. ENZO's trademark colored-stoned jewelry caters to the growing middle class looking for affordable luxury. Being situated in one of the most well-known, high-end malls enables ENZO to capitalize on customer traffic from their target market. We are honored to be located within the TFF Store, as obtaining space in the mall is valuable to both our brand name and our business," stated Yu Chuan Yih, Chairman and CEO of LJ International Inc.
TFF Store is well known as the core store within the Tianjin Friendship department-store chain. It is considered a landmark property in the heart of Tianjin's retail district and is known for its collection of high-end brand retailers, elegant shopping environment, first-class customer service, and superior management standards. In 2007, TFF Store began an expansion project that will increase the property's retail space to approximately 40,000 square meters.
The TFF Store records annual sales approximating $1.5B (USD) per year, and has estimated a trajectory to exceed these numbers in 2010. These figures support the trend for continued demand of luxury items and increased amount of disposable income from Chinese consumers. Furthermore, TFF Store supports its vendors by driving customer traffic throughout the year by featuring monthly marketing themes and sponsoring holidays-specific, retail-related activities.
Production value for leather shoes totaled 157 billion yuan and reported 23.1% of growth in the first six months from the previous year. In terms of volume the country leather shoes production grew 15.1% to 1.83 billion pairs. During the same period of last year production dropped by 5.7% in volume.
Exports for leather shoes in the first half also reported 9% of growth to 460 million pairs and 15.2% in value to 4.41 billion U.S. dollars. The exports for the same period of last year experienced the decline of 24.8％ in pairs and 14.7％decline in value.
At the same time the imports of leather shoes recorded 1.9% surging to 6.32 million pairs and 16.5% rising to 220 million U.S. dollars.
China has ordered more than 2,000 companies in 18 industries including cement, coking, iron, tanning, paper and dyeing to shut outdated manufacturing capacity by the end of September, according to media reports Monday.
The factories targeted for closure were either highly polluting, highly energy-wasting, or did not meet safety requirements, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced in an order on Sunday, the Shanghai Securities News and other newspapers reported on Monday.
Firms that fail to comply with the orders could face penalties including having their sewage treatment licenses revoked, lending curbs, or even having their business licenses withdrawn, it said.
The companies affected include the parent company of Guangxi-based Liuzhou Iron and Steel and a cement-making unit of Jilin Yatai (Group) Co, which is based in the northeast of the country.
China, faced with serious environmental problems and pressure on resources, has been seeking to upgrade its manufacturing sector, implementing stricter energy efficiency and pollution targets and forcing the closure of wasteful capacity.
In a parallel initiative, the industry ministry is working to consolidate the steel sector by closing small mills and raising production standards, focusing on shutting mills that produce less than 1 million tons of crude steel or 300,000 tons of higher-end steel a year.
From the beginning of this year, a few business operators in some area make profit by inventing or spreading the information of price increase, hostilely stocking up products and jacking up prices, which causes the abnormal fluctuation of the market price and severely disturbs the market order.
National Development and Reform Commission of China issued the draft Special Regulations on Penalties for Unlawful Practices Committed during the Periods of Abnormal Fluctuation of Market Price to seek comments.
The draft regulations were issued to further perfect the law system of market price supervision, stop and punish the unlawful practices during the abnormal fluctuation of market prices, manage the inflation expectation and stabilize the general level of market prices, and protect the lawful rights and interests of consumers and business owners.
Supermodel Heidi Klum says in the hit reality show "Project Runway": "As you know in fashion,one day you in and next day you out."
Fashion icon Kate Moss just covered Vogue magazine for 30th times while British supermodel Naomi Campbell was enmeshed in the blood diamond case.
Every year, many new faces will show up on the runway of global fashion weeks and the covers of leading fashion magazines.
Following are nine young but potential models that are obsessing the whole world in 2010. Some of them may become next top model in the future.
1. Georgia Jagger
2. Naomi Preizler
3. Ylonka Verheul
4. Charlene Almarvez
5. Amanda Norgaard
6. Courtney and Laura Wells
7. Joan Smalls
8. Crystal Renn
9. Shena Moulton
