Fashion
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Fashion
American Apparel takes stock, Tom Ford gets personal, and Oteri's heels for the beach.
In the first lane
In July, Japan’s Fast Retailing Co bid for Barneys, revealing its wealth. Now the group is set on making its Uniqlo brand a powerful – and very Japanese – global brand.
Mode in Japan
Next to the vast Tokyo International Gift Show, a smaller, edited craft and design show called For Stockists has become the hot ticket, thanks to its charismatic founder.
Inventory No. 8
Beautiful bookmarks, must-have MP3 players and everything else you should covet over the next month.
Relaxed fit
Slowear successfully disregards ‘fashion’ in favour of quality, provenance and longevity, housing four of our favourite Italian clothing companies under one umbrella brand.
Conserveira de Lisboa
It would take a special shop to impress Lisbon’s pescatarian public, but Conserveira de Lisboa and its array of Portuguese tinned fish has fed Lisboans, Michelin judges and tourists alike.
Africa/Middle East
Borrowed tiaras and Lebanese couture: we decipher the dress code of Queen Rania, plus why Africa wants to teach the French president a lesson.
Step ahead
September’s footwear fair in Milan drew a record number of visitors. But while Italy exported 250 million pairs of shoes in 2006, output has fallen by 30 per cent since.
Air to a fortune
Denmark is a pioneer in wind energy: some days the entire country is powered by it. Now LM Glasfiber, Danish maker of vast turbine blades, is helping convert the rest of the world.
