John Lewis loses fashion retail guru Peter Ruis Jigsaw

     

Peter Ruis, the man, the John Lewis store in stiff best for its delicate cardigans and comfy slippers known transformed into a fashion Mecca, leaves the store to become the boss of Jigsaw.

After almost nine years at the retailers, six in a responsible manner, Ruis left side of the clothing business in good shape. Selling fashion head 1.1 billion euros in the previous year, an increase of EUR 700 million in 2005, after a series of rave reviews for his own label and branded designer collections.

Andy Street, managing director of John Lewis, said everyone would be sad to see go Ruis. "Peter has revolutionized our offers fashion, home and technology," he said.

Ruis, who also worked at Marks & Spencer, Jigsaw begins in September, raising hopes that he say some magic on the manifold 61 branches, analysts, dull and tired is to sprinkle.

Jigsaw has its status as a niche brand for the UK high street lost by Maureen Hinton, a retail analyst at sentencing. She said: "It seems stuck in a rut and got an air about this yesterday ... He just needs someone to go out and shake up and rejuvenate."

"[Peter Ruis] has a good background of the brand. He understands what brands need to do to stand out."

Jigsaw has the potential to be a niche brand, such as Hobbs and Ted Baker, she added, "but now it's just a little boring."

Ruis said he was "very pleased to join such an iconic British brand," he said, was a "huge untapped potential".

Edited by Ruis, John Lewis clothes are a topic of discussion on the way side. He left the line with a long-standing reputation as UK Jacques Vert label, and introduced a number of new collections well received, such as Somerset, Alice by Temperley, and the cheapest brand children.

The business has sought to improve its image the last month means that men John Lewis own brand on the podium at an event in London's fashionable elite.

"We have clients with us, and the most popular we get, the more she became interested in" Ruis told the Observer in an interview in March.

He attributed the success of the retailer for wealthy customers in the age group to win, rather than targeting the 18-24 age group in search of a party outfit.

"In the past we have learned that our customers more comfort and are a little older, but increasingly our research has shown that to be a little simplistic," he said.

Paula Nickolds again as the purchase and brand manager in the autumn his work. Nickolds, 40, joined the company as a trainee 19 years ago and worked his way up to his current position as head of purchasing home products.

"She has a good understanding of customer needs and where John Lewis [the company] will as well," Hinton said. "

lessons from the elegant Annabel Hodin

       There are many women who identify as it was in a taxi might disappear a sandal Marni. Not so many of those who would manage to track down the last pair in the sale. And even fewer who know where it would use for the heel and platform shaved down to a manageable level.

There is nothing Annabel Hodin not about clothes and how people know from their best side. So it should. She is a stylist, but not just the kind that beautiful celebrities prettier (or in some cases, terrible) makes, although the former constantly tweaking any of Rod Stewart was Rachel Weisz.

But it also works with "normal" people: business, professional women, housewives ... all who look better or just want to climb out of a rut. Honest but friendly, intelligent and sensitive, they identified digs under the skin of customers and what works for them both psychologically and physically. "I'm not uncomfortable," she said. "I am a new comfort." If a woman has a pair of orange knee-high boots, for example, it will not throw them at the stake, nearest much as she had in love, but to find alternatives that chic provide the same jolt of color and sexy, youthful extravagance "until the orange boots make their way to the very back of the closet to skip and finally. " She knows the difference between striking and try hard, and that is surprisingly rare.

In the late fifties, she is a prime example of what it preaches. Slim and tight, she swims four times a week and stretching for 15 minutes every day: "I do not think there is any point embarking on a diet that you can not keep." She holds her makeup minimal - a greasy blue line on the lid, which is softer than flicks cats, a little of the base and a nude lip with an orange instead of pink suspicion. Buy your own killer this season is a cut Fifties, cropped flared jacket with a round neckline neat - perfectly prim, aside from being naked in pink shiny leather. He came to camel - but it would be better predicted. "It took me to make 10 trips to Miu Miu, before I decide. Fault I have no money." It seems terrible of course, but come fall, "if everyone who has the pink coat or jacket the thing to do will be to lay it to rest for a while. "Until that day of fear, she wears it with old boyfriend jeans from Gap (this season is too short for them), and these Marni sandals." A block heel is flattering. This all makes legs look slimmer. "

Anyone interested in clothes, can happily spend hours in his company, the learning to avoid shops, forms and labels swapping notes on T-shirts (James Perse, sometimes Gap and occasionally Zara), Botox (she goes to an eye doctor, "because he is very cautious in this area of ??the eye "), says seamstresses (she gets almost everything tweaked) and debating whether Cos is as good as any. On balance, it does not think. Forms by Celine inspired, are good, "but the wrong tissue. Unless you're Swedish or a little unusual looking, it does not quite work out in the end. [Made]"

Do bags Cos meet the standards, however. There was a mango-colored leather tote this summer, with many smaller leather pockets inside - she loves those with multiple compartments ...

It is his in-depth knowledge of what is on the road and in Harvey Nichols makes it available - and frugal, even if customers have large budgets, it will not allow overspending. "Too much can be overwhelming., You need to get everything out of your closet regularly and try new permutations, partially to get the most out of it, but to keep things fresh."

His eye is challenging, we decided, from his father, an art historian and esthete JP Hodin. "The way my parents lived, was not about having a lot of money, but we were taught to appreciate excellence."

At 21, after reading English at King's College London, it was on the road by Anna Wintour, then fashion editor of Harpers & Queen rookie who discovered booked on several occasions. "Maybe it was my orange hair," Hodin ventures. "I love Anna. She was a great friend and very naughty in those days."

Although they never got around to marry (the father of her first child died), has two children Hodin - Samson, a personal trainer, and Ruby, 25, has cerebral palsy severity of the brain. She brought it on his own, which had its challenges. "Last year I was in the hospital with ruby ??in the Department of Rehabilitation of the hip and there is a client on the phone ungettable want to dress for the BAFTA." You'd think they could lose Patience "But I like to go out and find the challenge Rubin again that jacket sold. This is what I call working through trauma. I know., How important the right outfit can" Hod, one might say, is in the details.

Disney Consumer Products launches couture clothing for adults

 NEW DELHI: In the last year, high-fashion chains Mango and Zara had a surprise in India. Among their best sellers were premium t-shirts, the popular cartoon character Mickey Mouse - for adults.

Encouraged by the response to the unique experience met, Disney Consumer Products - Retail trade, is a branch of Disney UTV, the use of high-fashion clothes for adults with Mickey, Minnie and other famous toons. Disney hopes the move will help Broad base its customer base, which is now heavily focused on the child, stimulating sales and profits through the introduction of products highermargin margins.

In India, the company hopes that adult products targeted to contribute 40% of sales in two years, Roshni Bakshi, director, Licensing and Retail at Disney UTV.

Earlier this year, Disney bound with real estate firm Supertech to start on the demand for domestic brand a Disney themed decor in Delhi NCR cash. Mickey and other characters option on furniture, carpets, crockery, cutlery, fans, paint, pool and playground in these homes. Disney even tie-up with two other players in real estate in Mumbai and Kolkata.

"We are creating a new environment for licensing the brand," Bakshi said. "We endearing characters that sit under the Disney and Marvel brands. We are constantly looking for ways to connect our brand with consumers," she added.

The company said markets like the U.S., China and Europe, through the categories of apparel, shoes, sleepwear and accessories Disney almost half of its revenues on average while in Japan, up to 60% of Disney Consumer Products adults. Most products are created through collaboration with designers, licensees, manufacturers and retailers to life.

In India, the company signed tie-ups to their Disney and Marvel T-shirts, scarves and watches for sale adults with major stores including Lifestyle, Planet M, Globe and global cotton. In order to capitalize on the growth of online shopping, the company has tied up with Myntra.com and Zovi.com. The products of characters such as Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy Marvel Super Heroes including Iron Man feature, Spider-Man, The Avengers and Hulk.

The company said total Mickey & Friends - including clothes, shoes, sunglasses, watches, tableware, wall decor, fans, bedding, books, toys and stationery - sales in stores around 5,000 or more in the country. Business leaders said that raking franchise Mickey & Friends $ 9200000000 of global retail, and the main character of The Walt Disney Company. The children's market in the country is growing at a rate of about 30%.

Blake Lively stuns in Gucci launched in Shanghai

       Blake Lively, 25, became the face of Gucci perfume premiere last year and took part in an opening ceremony in Shanghai on 27 The scent of June was the fashion Gucci Premiere at Cannes 2010 collection was inspired created to pay tribute was paid to the mystique of the old Gossip Girl star Old Hollywood.The stunning at the event and he has the sad husband Ryan Reynolds was not with her have made! We have absolutely nothing wrong with this gorgeous dress by Gucci.

Blake Lively Gucci dress:

You have already wearing bronze, but it has the advantage of the gold medal for the way she looks in this dress! In one, chocolate brown metallic Gucci dress, Blake was beautiful. There is simply no better word for it. The dress was slinky strapless and featured a peplum wheel It really showed staggering Blake and toned arms. He seemed everywhere and it is clear why Blake was chosen to be the face of the old Hollywood perfume - it's beautiful and glamorous! It combines the dress with a large three-chain necklace bronze sparkled like her dress and carried her back her statements with her loose hair bangs before. They had white and pink nails, shiny lips. So much has to keep Blake and love, love, love it seemed! Blake seems even in advertisements for the scent of a sticky floor-length, gold, metallic dress. The whole campaign exudes glamor and Blake was the perfect choice to represent him.

Louis Vuitton famous Americana male Paris, with elegant David Beckham in tow

       PARIS - The Louis Vuitton man moved in the eastern Himalayas in the past season on the sunny west coast of the United States this spring-summer 2014.

"It was the American road trip, just enjoy and celebrate Americana NASA through traditional things like bandanas," said designer Kim Jones, a sweat backstage Thursday at the Paris World's Fair, which took in a hot porch.

The collection ranges from the road trip, as in khaki parkas with travel badges and cotton printed bandanas imagine, with a mixture of various American styles: from sports, as in the image of white silk, blue and red plaid short to measure , Gatsby style evening suits in raw silk kimono with a curved portion of the lower class.

As always when traveling, do not wait around Vuitton style, it rough.

David Beckham Elegant style and was impressed by the first line.

Silhouettes were tight and masculine.

The 41 chic appearance were quite versatile and therefore served a little something for everyone.

The collection, however, produced no major surprises creative, apart from the gem: A fantastic retro black silk jacket with mother-of-pearl pattern with the famous LV monogram.

Youth Pickering Next Supermodel?

  TORONTO, 26 June 2013 / CNW / - Sutherland Models Agency Director Carole Reynolds thought she was going to be absent from work for a weekend, when she and her family booked at Great Wolf Lodge. But the weekend was more than just a weekend as one of the Reynolds discovered the world's future Supermodels - Jessa Brown. "I thought she was beautiful, the kind of model that could make the biggest campaigns in the world," says Reynolds.

And Reynolds was not alone. Jessa began quickly to the best Canadian fashion magazines, including Elle Canada and Flare work. She was signed to agencies in New York, Paris and Milan, and the small town girl who had never taken a train in Toronto began to fly in the fashion capitals of the world.

Jessa was the start and runway ready in some of the most prestigious shows in Milan and Paris wear this season. His first was for something other than Prada, where you can actually start a phenomenon of the career of a brand new model. Career Start and Jessa it certainly did! The appearance of Prada was quickly followed by appearances at the start and runway for top designers such as Givenchy, Dior, Emanuel Ungaro, Balenciaga, Miu Miu and Valentino Couture - just to name a few!

A student Pickering, Jessa could his studies in the 11th Year traveling around the world as a model to compensate. While his friends spent the weekend in Collingwood Victoria Day Jessa was in Monaco to model for Dior, fast by a short trip to Shanghai, followed by the start and runway walk for Hugo Boss. "Jessa's Next Top Model!" says Ann Sutherland, President of Sutherland Models. "She has a timeless beauty and a phenomenal career ahead of him."

About Sutherland Models

In 1985, Ann Sutherland, Sutherland Models, and during the last 28 years, has further inspired leadership of this offer modeling agency of international repute.

Sutherland Models in the Fashion District of Toronto resident and represents more than 100 women and 60 male models appear nationally and internationally in the top fashion magazines in the world, advertising campaigns and on the catwalks of major fashion capitals.

Louis Vuitton store opens in Ramat Aviv Mall

       Behind the two large dark wood doors, the latest Louis Vuitton VIP room in the world is an elegant oasis in the middle relax a little hectic around the Mall Available by appointment, buyers chairs in cream, enjoy a complementary drink, and with a presentation about the goods by the seller to be.

While this may seem straight from Paris or Milan, the VIP room is located in the upscale mall in Ramat Aviv, a suburb of Tel Aviv. The only Louis Vuitton store in Israel, it moved in mid-June and is one of only seven of its stores in the world with a VIP room.

Currently, the room offers rare and exotic collection, a group of handbags with variations from animal skin and Louis Vuitton canvas. The collection also includes the most expensive bag in the store, the handbag "bowling". To NIS 70,000, bowling Louis Vuitton canvas, python and crocodile skins is.

"We have one of the seven VIP rooms [in the world], because there is such a demand here," said Ayelet Dobkin, publicist for Louis Vuitton. "This business is built three times greater than the first Louis Vuitton store in Israel."

Louis Vuitton sales associate Asaf Mizrahi agreed that it was important to add exclusivity to the shop Ramat Aviv. One of the core values ​​of Louis Vuitton, he said, is rare. That's why they do not overcharge the store, receiving one or two of each of the pockets to keep them in the back.

An example is the iconic Speedy bag in blue. Displayed in the "space" icon directly to the left when you enter the store, it is part of the pre-fall collection designed by Michael Kors. Nestled in sequins, this is a fresh look at the Speedy, which was created in the 30s, and was the first Louis Vuitton handbag sold.

"Louis Vuitton is the history and the heritage combine at the same time adjusting to life and a modern way," Dobkin said. "It is the combination of two worlds."

Legacy is important for society, as demonstrated in front of the same store through their ad for luggage. If Louis Vuitton, the company began in 1854, were the only things he made square strains that differ from the average, rounded boxes, people with at this time.

In this way, Dobkin said, it revolutionized travel time. The elongated shape meant that people pack more, and would therefore travel more often.

The Ramat Aviv memory was one of the first Louis Vuitton trunks, a gift from the Paris Museum. Shown with lights and a plate, next to the modern bags that the store sells travel. Customers have the option to have their initials on travel bags as initials painted bright colors on the old trunk. Celebrities like Katie Winslet and Blake Lively have been made in this historic ritual.

If customers do not want their initials in large letters on the bag, they can choose to have their branding on the label of their pocket free.

"Each of ... symbolizes the spirit of the trip," Dobkin said. "You can see that in the Lockit shoes that are very popular. Manufacture a small padlock hanging from the zipper."

Another part of the legacy is that everything is handmade in "studios" in the store. The bags are workshops in France, the leather of France and Spain, and shoes from Italy.

"Even the holes in the seat on the inside to match the color of the upper hand will be canceled," Mizrahi said.

This sense of culture is not only in the summer and pre-fall collections, which offers shops, but also in the store itself. If the Greek architect Panagiotis Chatzinas designed, he wanted to be like the other Louis Vuitton stores worldwide be it. But there is also the addition of works of Israeli art in the store.

Therefore, while the guests a taste of European culture, the Louis Vuitton store reminds Israelis that they are still at home.