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Fast Retailing (Uniqlo) acquires a minority stake in French brand Lemaire

Uniqlo and French label Lemaire have grown even closer. The Japanese conglomerate Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo, has announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Lemaire. The news comes after the launch of two collaborative collections, in 2015 and 2016, and the appointment of Christophe Lemaire, one of the label’s co-founders, to the...

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Lemaire going coed in September

Lemaire has announced that beginning this September, their men's and women's ready-to-wear collections will be shown together at Paris Fashion Week on September 26. This means that Paris Fashion Week Men's has just lost another show. Attendees of Paris Fashion Week Men's will still be able to preview the line before September during showroom...

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Lemaire collection Fall Winter 2018/2019, March 2018, Paris Fashion Week. Source: FF Channel, YouTube

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Unfitted garments ruled the runways at Valentino, Balenciaga, and Lemaire

For the past several seasons, Men's Fashion Weeks have been dominated by either one of two things, incredibly well tailored garments or relaxed fitting athleisure wear. Yesterday, as Paris Men's Fashion week kicked off, a new trend has been sparked in the world of men's wear: the unfitted, oversized garments. Balenciaga was one of the first...

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Six memorable looks from Paris Fashion Week

Six memorable looks from Paris fashion week, which wound up Wednesday after nine days and more than 90 major autumn-winter shows: Back to the 1980s Time to get your Dallas wardrobe out of storage. The 1980s are back with shoulder pads, big belts, big bows and big earrings. Even stirrup pants were spotted. Saint Laurent went full-throttle killer...

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Uniqlo x Lemaire collaboration returning for spring

The success of the Uniqlo x Lemaire collaboration last fall meant that a second act for the collection would be sure to follow. Set to hit stores on March 4, the second collaboration is poised to be an equal and potentially even greater success than the first one. The warm winter period did drag down sales for many brands in categories for items...

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Uniqlo unveils Star Wars collaboration and announces return of Lemaire

The highly anticipated Star Wars and Uniqlo collaboration has finally arrived online and in stores, just in time for the December 18 movie premiere. The collection includes graphic t-shirts, outerwear, and accessories for men, women, and children. Prices range from 9 dollars and 90 cents for the men's nepal to 39 dollars and 90 cents for the...

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Uniqlo Lemaire collaboration unveiled

A few months ago, Uniqlo announced that they would be collaborating with Christophe Lemaire, the designer behind his own namesake label, and also the former creative director of Hermes and Lacoste. The fashion world was abuzz, and people began planning their entire fall fashion budgets around this collection. Now, they finally know what they are...

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Paris gears up for Men's Fashion Week

Men's fashion takes centre-stage in Paris for five days from Wednesday, with Balmain's first menswear show among the highlights on a packed schedule. Taking over from last week's menswear extravaganza in Milan, Paris men's fashion week will see catwalk shows by some 50 labels including Valentino, Hermes and Louis Vuitton. Saturday's debut...