He’s a touchstone, like [Cristòbal] Balenciaga. He really didn’t like to give interviews. He believed the clothes spoke. He worked. He had integrity, he had great humility. Sometimes that was misinterpreted as snobbism. No — there was a great intensity to his craft. He could see in three dimension. | | | | | La Galana, Valdepeñas, Castille la Mancha, Spain, 2009. (Carmen Escobar Carrio) | | | | |  | “He’s a touchstone, like [Cristòbal] Balenciaga. He really didn’t like to give interviews. He believed the clothes spoke. He worked. He had integrity, he had great humility. Sometimes that was misinterpreted as snobbism. No — there was a great intensity to his craft. He could see in three dimension.”
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 | The New York Times |
| Mr. Galanos, who outfitted Nancy Reagan for inaugural events, earned numerous accolades even as he evaded celebrity and shunned the fashion establishment. | | |
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 | WWD |
| The designer died at his home in West Hollywood. | | |
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 | High Snobiety |
| United Arrow's creative director Hirofumi Kurino talks to Closed about the two brand's latest capsule collection of wardrobe essentials. | | |
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 | The Huffington Post UK |
| I never thought that my move from London's Chelsea to living on China's doorstep 11 years ago would result in a complete fashion and ethical overhaul. Bu... | | |
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 | Jing Daily |
| Hip up-and-coming clothing labels are increasingly filling the missing space between fast fashion and ultra luxury in China. | | |
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| WWD |
| Clinton is seen as a president the industry can work with, while Trump is considered more unpredictable, which generates uncertainty for businesses. | | |
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 | DIS Magazine |
| Hope for the future? It’s feeling as gaudy as Trump Tower. | | |
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 | Glossy |
| To get an idea of how millennials really shop, we decided to ask them ourselves. We stopped a range of young people on the streets in Manhattan to grill them on their shopping habits. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| As customers get smarter and seek authenticity in their belongings, a brand's likability now goes far beyond just product. | | |
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 | Sustainable Brands |
| The latest textile innovations include a new TENCEL® made from cotton fabric waste, recently picked up by Patagonia, and a research breakthrough that could lead to 'tarantula blue' textiles and better electronic screens. | | |
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 | Lean Luxe |
| Winter is coming for luxury conglomerates, he says. And it should make them very nervous. | | |
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 | Vanity Fair |
| While most avant-garde labels rely on celebrities to make them household names, Sacai is building a sisterhood of devotees through other means. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| As it opens a Tysons store, Uniqlo founder talks about America’s influence. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| The handbag industry, rocked by slowing department-store traffic and a shift away from purses by millennials, has a new mantra this holiday season: Do more with less. | | |
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 | Kering |
| Can we be sure python skin comes from sustainable sources and the animals are humanely treated? Not yet, but that is changing, thanks to a new initiative. Environmental expert Dr. Helen Crowley helps us get to grips with the subject. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Style |
| It’s the early 2000s and I’m being strangled by a Christian Dior slip dress. It’s rosebud pink and grafted with lace, and my boss - we’ll call her The Editor and stop there -- wants to make sure it will fit a certain movie star. (Oscar winner. Theater buff. That’s all you get.) | | |
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| Glossy |
| The relationships between fashion brands and agencies can get complicated. | | |
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 | Business of Fashion |
| As the relationship between fashion and basketball deepens, the collaboration marks the league’s first big push into luxury goods. | | |
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 | JSTOR Daily |
| The Smithsonian Institution is running a Kickstarter campaign to restore and preserve Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. | | |
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 | Irenebrination |
| The Latin title means "English work" and was employed in the 13th century to describe highly-prized and luxurious embroideries made in England using silk, gold and silver thread. | | |
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