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It was announced today that Eli Russell Linnetz -the brand's quirky California cool based in Venice Beach- has opened his first two Japanese ERL shops-in-shop. This movement has been taken less than three years after its creation.

South Korea has become a test bed for global luxury brands. The world's leading fashion houses have been introducing cosmetics, fragrances, jewellery and clothing to the Korean market. But why have luxury companies suddenly put their focus on the Korean market?

Given the worsening of Japanese economy over the last decades, in 2012 Japan's prime minister Shinzō Abe initiated a series of reforms, known as Abenomics, with the objective of regaining the country's competitive capacity. However, the outcome of these measures have had a tremendous impact on several industries, including the fashion one.

Nigerian designer Kenneth Ize proposes, through his eponymous brand, a revolutionary discourse that combines fashion and politics. A space for social reflection in which craftsmanship and sustainability take centre stage.

The Parisian company, specialising in sports-inspired luxury fashion, was founded in 2018 by Charaf Tajer, the brand's creative director. Based in London, the company distributes its products in more than 200 points of sale.

The most important implication of the TC Heartland vs Kraft Foods case is that troll companies will now be forced to file suits where their target companies are based, which on many occasions results to be Delaware. Will this change in companies' patent litigation venue of choice reduce the number of filed cases? And what is more important: how is...

Despite change towards digital platforms, it is dubious that all runaway fashion shows will be able to do so. Stockholm Fashion Week (SFW) survival will mostly depend on how the Swedish government and the affluent economic private sector respond to all the risks that will encounter in the next lustrum.

Despite the fact that, since June 2006, Bolivia has prohibited the import of used clothing through Supreme Decree 28761; the fact is that the country's unstable political situation, coupled with an unfavourable century-old treaty to the country, is causing a serious internal crisis within the South American country.

Norway is not only one of the richest countries in the world, but also one of the most influential in international finance.

Despite the recent US government exceptions on not imposing extremely high tariffs on textile and apparel due to the current Covid-19 situation, the US-Chinese trade war has had heavily effects on the fashion industry since it started back in March 2018.