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Through the looking glass…
On May 7, the China: Through the Looking Glass exhibit will open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. The exhibit’s catalog will feature a Q&A with John Galliano, in which he reflects on a trip to China in 2002, where “we’d all trundle off to my van, listening to pre-Communist music, driving through a landscape that didn’t seem to have changed for hundreds of years…You get so electrified from one of those trips that you don’t know what is going to surface when you get back home.” [WWD]
The Farfetch future…
Farfetch is currently valued at $1 billion—no small feat for a retailer. Founder José Neves recently explained the decisions behind his unique business technique, saying, “I didn’t want to be another retailer with a traditional model. I wanted to do what no one had done.” Neves believes the future of e-commerce is in “distributed stock,” where “new inventory is made up of dozens—hundreds, in our case—of micro-warehouses.” [Business of Fashion]
The best of +J…
As far as collaborations go, Jil Sander and Uniqlo make a very strong pair. Luckily for those who missed it the first, second, or third times around, Uniqlo rereleased select items from past +J collections today, including blazers, shirts, and dresses. [Uniqlo]
#ImNoAngel…
Lane Bryant has released a new campaign for its lingerie line, Cacique. The campaign, titled #ImNoAngel, stars models like Ashley Graham and Candice Huffine and aims to prove that “sexy comes in many shapes and sizes.” [Lane Bryant]
Bey’s new track…
Since the launch of Tidal, many have wondered how the music-streaming platform would gain a competitive edge. The question was answered over the weekend, when Beyoncé released a new track exclusively on the streaming network, complete with a video of her in long plaits and a backwards baseball cap. Did we say the ’90s were back or what?! [Tidal]
