Charming Charlie Opens NY Flagship, Expands Retail Presence
The "H&M of accessories" opens on Fifth Avenue.
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fast-fashionCharming Charlie Opens NY Flagship, Expands Retail PresenceThe "H&M of accessories" opens on Fifth Avenue. Read more Sex Trafficking and Fast Fashion: Just Who Is Making Your Clothes?A new, eye-opening short documentary from VICE News looks at the link between sex workers and sweatshop labor. Read more Lorna Jane Applies Property Rights to Stop Cheap Copycats Stealing DesignsLorna Jane is fed up with copycat designs and is introducing a new system to stop it. Read more The 5 Most Valuable Fast Fashion BrandsFash fashion rakes in big bucks. Here's who's collecting the most. Read more Shopper Finds Controversial Label in Primark DressPrimark is in hot water again after a 25-year-old shopper found a controversial hand-stitched label reading "forced to work exhausting hours" sewn into her dress. Read more Will Luxury Brands Need to Adopt Ethical Practices to Woo the Millennial Generation?Luxury brands may be due for a radical change. Read more Livia Firth Calls on Consumers to Recognize the ‘Real People’ Behind Cheap FashionLivia Firth called out fast fashion brands for ignoring the human cost of cheap clothing manufacturing. Read more H&M Might Raise Prices: the Retail Giant Pledges to Increase Wages for Factory WorkersH&M's head of sustainability says that higher labor costs might result in a price-hike long term Read more Fast Fashion Chains Continue to Flood Australia’s Retail MarketIn a blow for local boutiques but a coup for fast fashion, Forever 21 and H&M are both launching Australian flagships in early 2014. Read more Preview: Mango Replaces Miranda Kerr with Daria Werbowy for Spring 2014The company emphasizes that it's presenting "a new image." Read more  Fashion Eye: Mobile App Tests Whether You Can Tell High-End Items from Their Fast Fashion CounterpartsBecause comparing high-end designer items to their lower-priced mass market counterparts is a never-ending source of amusement, now there's an app for that, obviously. Read more Designer Knockoffs: Is Zara Copying Celine or Is Everyone Copying Everyone?How can you tell the difference between allusion and straight-up theft? Read more People Are Way Too Excited About the H&M E-Commerce LaunchIt's not like H&M is giving away free kittens or something. Read more What’s Really Driving the ‘Hot’ Accessories Market?Reports of the death of apparel have been greatly exaggerated. Read more 5 Things to Read About the Tragic Bangladeshi Garment Factory FireImage via Getty On April 24, a fire broke out at garment factory center Rena Plaza, in Savar, a town on the outskirts of Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. The most recent count puts the death toll at 377 which, according to TIME, makes it "almost certainly the worst accident in the history of the garment industry," […] Read more |