This will be Dolce & Gabbana and Gabriella Forte's last Christmas together. Effective as of January 1st, they will be parting ways. Forte joined Dolce & Gabbana in 2002 as president and licensing director of Dolce & Gabbana USA, and was most recently executive advisor to the board and owners Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. …
The French fashion house Cacharel has signed a licensing deal with Italy's Aeffe Group for the manufacturing and distribution of its women's ready-to-wear collection starting next year. Until now, Cacharel had been directly and solely involved in both the distribution and manufacturing of all their women's lines, which was recently re-launched in October with a …
Luella Bartley is in major trouble. On Tuesday, Club 21, the brand's global licensee and distributor, walked away from almost seven year relationship and the label ceased its trading. Club 21's subsidiary, VSQ Ltd., issued a statement saying that it had "taken the decision not to invest further in its relationship with Luella Bartley Ltd." …
Hooray! The word on the street is that foamy shoe creator Crocs are nearing the end of their brightly-colored reign of terror. The Washington Post reported that the shoe company, having debuted during an economic boom in 2002, are failing to stay afloat amidst the current recession. Last year the company experienced $185.1 million in …
Ossie Clark fall 2009 After only a year into its much anticipated relaunch, British label Ossie Clark has announced its plans to close. Clothing business veteran Marc Worth had picked up the struggling company in 2007 from former owner since the sixties, Alfred Radley. Worth was intending to revitalize the brand into a global enterprise …
