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The End of Plastic: Eco-fashion becomes catwalk reality

It may have been a long time coming, but eco-fashion is no longer a hippie pipe dream. Biker jackets made from pineapple leaves and leather tanned with olive extract rather than hugely polluting chemicals are now within reach, experts say. Everyone from young avant garde designers to the big-name brands are racing to hop on the bandwagon, with...

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Artémis acquires 100 percent stake in Courrèges

Artémis, French billionaire François Pinault’s family holding company, has acquired 100 percent stake in Courrèges from 40 percent, it held earlier, reports WWD, quoting sources familiar with the development. The report added that Artémis claimed the controlling stake from Jacques Bungert and Frédéric Torloting, the former Young & Rubicam...

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Courrèges names Yolanda Zobel its new Creative Director

After appointing Christine Ahlers as the company’s new CEO, Courrèges has roped in Yolanda Zobel as the new Creative Director, reports Fashion Network. Known as women's ready-to-wear specialist, Zobel will join the business on February 26, 2018 and her first spring/summer 2019 collection for the label will be showcased in Paris next September....

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Christine Ahlers to join Courrèges as new CEO

Courrèges has appointed Christine Ahlers as the company’s new CEO, reports Fashion Network. Ahlers most recently served at Acne Studios for last 12 years and will join the label in February, which was acquired by Jacques Bungert and Frédéric Torloting in 2011. The report added that the company that was founded in 1961 by André and Coqueline...

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Courrèges parts ways with creative directors

French fashion house Courrèges on Thursday stated it is parting ways with its design duo Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant. Meyer and Vaillant were only in the role for four seasons, or two years, and left by mutual agreement. “They have accomplished the goal to reinterpret the house codes and distinctive shapes that are synonym of the brand...

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Courreges self-heating coat is one giant step for fashion-kind

On the day an astronaut returned to Earth after 340 days in space, Paris fashion took another small step for mankind. Behold, the self-heating overcoat. The French label Courreges announced the dawn of the "new era" Wednesday, "an era when the garment will come alive". "Who has never dreamt of being warm in the winter?" its designers Sebastien...

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Revival of Courreges starts with 'building-blocks' during PFW

Iconic sixties fashion house Courreges made its comeback in Paris on Wednesday with a new vision of ready-to-wear, presenting a building-blocks collection of 15 designs in 15 different materials and colours. The brand that made its mark with Andre Courreges's futuristic space age designs went back to basics 13 years after its last runway show,...