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WWD's week in quotes, culled from stories that ran the week of May 26 to May 30.
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What's new in the world of technology.
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The documentary screened on Thursday night at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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The event raised over $150,000 to benefit arts education.
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Fashion & Style Events and Fashion Industry Gallery are collaborating to present three nights of runway shows tentatively set for Nov. 5 to 8 at FIG.
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The London-based business incubator has chosen six designers to take part in the latest edition of the New Fashion Pioneer initiative.
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The designer, who is based in New York, is giving back to the hospital by creating uniforms for its staff.
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The Switzerland-based luxury goods group wants the major Internet providers in the region to block users’ access to six sites that sell the bogus luxury goods.
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In Italy, Rome and Milan will be hosting VFNO on Sept. 11 and 16 respectively.
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The artist has designed one of the publication's three special-edition summer covers.
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A look back at the week's stories, as told in pictures.
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Janelle, who was given the opportunity to collaborate with fellow CFDA nominee Thom Browne, was one of eight nominees.
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The shop marks the first international retail location for the Raleigh, N.C.-based men’s wear brand.
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Adidas is looking at the World Cup to grow its soccer business in the U.S.
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The designer's collection is defined by modernist, minimal silhouettes and a clean palette of black, navy and cream.
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School uniforms provided the starting point for the designer's lineup.
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For resort, Marcia Patmos envisioned an “Upper East Side woman who goes to Bushwick Open Studios for an opening.”
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The 30 MA students put a spotlight on volume and texture for their graduate show of men’s and women’s fashion on Thursday.
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WWD's week in quotes, culled from stories that ran the week of May 26 to May 30.
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What's new in the world of technology.
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The documentary screened on Thursday night at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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The event raised over $150,000 to benefit arts education.
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Fashion & Style Events and Fashion Industry Gallery are collaborating to present three nights of runway shows tentatively set for Nov. 5 to 8 at FIG.
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The London-based business incubator has chosen six designers to take part in the latest edition of the New Fashion Pioneer initiative.
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The designer, who is based in New York, is giving back to the hospital by creating uniforms for its staff.
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The Switzerland-based luxury goods group wants the major Internet providers in the region to block users’ access to six sites that sell the bogus luxury goods.
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In Italy, Rome and Milan will be hosting VFNO on Sept. 11 and 16 respectively.
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The artist has designed one of the publication's three special-edition summer covers.
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A look back at the week's stories, as told in pictures.
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Janelle, who was given the opportunity to collaborate with fellow CFDA nominee Thom Browne, was one of eight nominees.
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Adidas is looking at the World Cup to grow its soccer business in the U.S.
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The shop marks the first international retail location for the Raleigh, N.C.-based men’s wear brand.
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The designer's collection is defined by modernist, minimal silhouettes and a clean palette of black, navy and cream.
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School uniforms provided the starting point for the designer's lineup.
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For resort, Marcia Patmos envisioned an “Upper East Side woman who goes to Bushwick Open Studios for an opening.”
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The 30 MA students put a spotlight on volume and texture for their graduate show of men’s and women’s fashion on Thursday.
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Will continue to supervise Wal-Mart Canada until successor is named.
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After slogging through the long winter, the ideas of escapism, lightness and ease were hot on the designer's mind. Enter the pool.
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Scout Willis made headlines this week after walking around nearly nude in protest of Instagram's "no nipple" policy, but she’s hardly the first to go topless.
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Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley showed a feminine side for resort, with dual references centered around space.
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The company’s first-quarter result was hit by rising costs, offsetting higher sales.
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She is the former ceo of Blue Nile.
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Franchise agreement with Edcon Group expected to result in first standalone stores in 2015.
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The retailer posted a first-quarter profit that beat analysts’ expectations.
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Carsten Kulcke named chief executive of new unit.
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Fashion and luxury stocks mirrored the uneven performance.
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Twenty-three people, including unionists and garment workers, were found guilty of violence but the court issued suspended sentences.
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The entrepreneur displayed no shortage of confidence about the the capsule collection he designed with Gucci as he mingled with Japanese customers.
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Sanderson outlined some key strategies that can help brands and retailers survive — and thrive — in this turbulent decade.
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Meaghan Dorman of Manhattan speakeasy The Raines Law Room opens her new spot, which is dubbed a cocktail parlor, today.
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The executive eloquently eulogized the long-held marketing principle of the four Ps — and outlined a new reality.
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Rozenwald joined the 344-year-old company in 2010 and immediately set to optimizing beauty matters.
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If the entrepreneur has his way, new Web site BeautyDNA.com, launching to the public in early June, will become the Netflix of beauty.
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The designer will introduce a ready-to-wear line called Giamba in September with a runway show in Milan.
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For founders Eddie Roschi and Fabrice Penot, inspiration struck from the simplest of sources: the literal definition of fragrance.
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The singer is tapping into a rebellious mood for her latest fragrance with Coty Inc. called Killer Queen’s Royal Revolution.
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The range, launching globally in September, offers eye, face, lip, nail and skin preparation products that echo its fashion.
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At a memorial service on Wednesday, ten speakers from divergent worlds came together to share stories about the late cofounder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
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The executive, who started Wednesday, is joining at a time of planned expansion for the brand.
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The company's total sales balance has completely flipped from more than 50 percent in the Americas in 1996 to more than half overseas today.
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The company’s first-quarter result was hit by rising costs, offsetting higher sales.
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She is the former ceo of Blue Nile.
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You can find the correct answer and detailed explanation for each question immediately following the question (simply highlight to read), along with all the answers at the end of the quiz. Good luck!
Question 1: Which of the following jewellery companies developed the first formal grading system for coloured stones?
a. Gemfields
b. Tiffany & Co.
c. De Beers
d. Van Cleef & Arpels
Answer 1: Choice (a) is correct. While Gemfields promotes itself as a source of ethically mined gems, its biggest impact has been the development of the first formal grading system for coloured stones. “We’ve developed a grading system for rough emeralds and rubies with 400 different grades covering colour, clarity, weight and so on… It is helping bring gemstones back because it’s more consistent,” explained Gabriella Harvey, director of cut and polished stones for the London-based gemstone company Gemfields.
Question 2: Which of the following fashion leaders does Sophia Amoruso of Nasty Gal call regularly for business advice?
a. Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker
b. Andy Dunn of Bonobos
c. Mickey Drexler of J.Crew
d. Sir Philip Green of Topshop
Answer 2: Choice (c) is correct. “Sophia has a major amount of chutzpah,” is how J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler puts it, citing this as one reason he took Sophia Amoruso’s initial call. “She’s forthright, she says what she thinks, she argues,” he says. “Sometimes she doesn’t listen that well, but other times she listens very well. I like her brain and I like her follow-up and I like her vision.” They met when Amoruso chased him down at a conference and asked for his number. Drexler thought it might be fun to talk with her, so he did, and he was right. They kept talking.
Question 3: The word _____ best describes LVMH’s approach to talent development.
a. ‘perspectives’
b. ‘savoir-faire’
c. ‘creativity’
d. ‘mobility’
Answer 3: Choice (d) is correct. Chantal Gaemperle, Group EVP of Human Resources and Synergies at LVMH, recently shared that, “Mobility is key… As a young professional you may be joining Sephora, but, one day, you could be the head of Fred – a small jewellery brand with great potential. It’s aspirational, it’s great!”
Question 4: Now that Thomas Tait has won the inaugural LVMH Prize, his first priority is to focus on:
a. generating publicity for his collections
b. producing his collections in an efficient manner
c. branding his collections with strategic use of logos
d. establishing his own retail outlets
Answer 4: Choice (b) is correct. Thomas Tait recently shared: “The first priority without a doubt is making sure my production is run as smoothly as possible and that I get the goods in store as early as possible and that will have a knock-on effect where sales will increase and margins will increase and hopefully production costs will decrease.”
Question 5: Who said: “I was a feminist in the sixties. Can you imagine? The worst thing I could have done was to be in fashion?”
a. Adrienne Vittadini
b. Consuelo Castiglioni
c. Miuccia Prada
d. Donna Karan
Answer 5: Choice (c) is correct. “I was a feminist in the sixties,” stated Miuccia Prada in 2012. “Can you imagine? The worst thing I could have done was to be in fashion.”
Question 6: ____ is to Real Madrid and ____ is to Arsenal.
a. Adidas, Puma
b. Nike, Adidas
c. Adidas, Nike
d. Nike, Puma
Answer 6: Choice (a) is correct. Adidas is a sponsor of Real Madrid C.F., and Puma is a sponsor of Arsenal F.C.
Question 7: In the luxury sector, online transactions amount to ___ of total sector sales.
a. 1 percent
b. 3 percent
c. 8 percent
d. 15 percent
Answer 7: Choice (c) is correct. According to Jordy Leiser of Stella Service, online transactions amount to 8 percent of the luxury sector’s sales.
Question 8: David Giroire, founder of the Paris-based David Giroire Communication, believes ____.
a. that luxury firms should wholeheartedly embrace all social media platforms
b. that the luxury customer would like to belong to a brand and embrace the brand identity
c. that the word ‘luxury’ is still underrated
d. that luxury is a reflection of high price
Answer 8: Choice (b) is correct. David Giroire recently stated, “The word luxury is often overrated. Luxury is not about high prices, but more about personal and cultural values.” He continues, “For the customer, it was not just about buying luxury goods, it was about belonging to a brand and embracing the brand identity.”
Question 9: All of the following are true statements about Thomas Tait EXCEPT:
a. He designs both womenswear and menswear.
b. He has, to date, one full-time employee.
c. All of his collections have been produced in London.
d. Raf Simons really liked his sketches during the LVMH Prize interview.
Answer 9: Choice (d) is correct. Thomas Tait shared with BoF, “Karl Lagerfeld really liked the sketches that I had done as an example of how I worked illustratively. And then Raf [Simons] had a couple of questions that were laced with comment, so it didn’t necessarily feel too much like an interrogation. I think Raf was explaining that he knows that what I do is quite creative and I sort of design with a world around what I do so it’s not necessarily just product design.”
Question 10: At LVMH, approximately how many key positions are filled with internal candidates?
a. 10 percent
b. 33 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 66 percent
Answer 10: Choice (d) is correct. Chantal Gaemperle, LVMH’S Group EVP of Human Resources and Synergies recently shared, “People see that at LVMH mobility is not only a promise, it’s happening. Two jobs out of three, in our key positions, are filled internally.”
Answer Key: 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (d)
The executive eloquently eulogized the long-held marketing principle of the four Ps — and outlined a new reality.
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Rozenwald joined the 344-year-old company in 2010 and immediately set to optimizing beauty matters.
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If the entrepreneur has his way, new Web site BeautyDNA.com, launching to the public in early June, will become the Netflix of beauty.
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The designer will introduce a ready-to-wear line called Giamba in September with a runway show in Milan.
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For founders Eddie Roschi and Fabrice Penot, inspiration struck from the simplest of sources: the literal definition of fragrance.
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The singer is tapping into a rebellious mood for her latest fragrance with Coty Inc. called Killer Queen’s Royal Revolution.
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The products echo the house's fashion — and fulfill a longtime dream of creative director Frida Giannini.
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Ten speakers from divergent worlds came together to share stories about Art Ortenberg, the late cofounder and vice chairman of Liz Claiborne Inc.
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The executive, who started Wednesday, is joining at a time of planned expansion for the brand.
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The company's total sales balance has completely flipped from more than 50 percent in the Americas in 1996 to more than half overseas today.
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This year, Greenwood will be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award — and she is, indeed, nominated once again.
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As an entrepreneur who has owned more than 240 companies over the last 14 years, she knows more than a little about adapting and innovating.
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The project is a series ménage a trois of sorts between OC, the Brussels-based florist and Le Labo, New Era, Vans and Manolo Blahnik, respectively.
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Since 2010, the company has opened 37 salons, hired more than 2,000 employees and performed 100,000 blowouts a month.
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She plans to bring the same game-changing products to color that she delivered in nail.
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The company has created a new group marketing, communication and commercial development department and promoted Cantino to head it.
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The actor will be the face of the brand's fall ad campaign.
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