FASHION INDUSTRY NEWS – WEDNESDAY

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$2-MILLION WORTH OF BIRKIN BAGS ON SALE NOW ON WORLD’S FIRST POP-UP YACHT – Forbes
“Taking advantage of the “astronomical wealth of the mega yacht community during boat show week,” said Jeff Berk, Founder of Privé Porter in a press release; VanDutch, maker of the world’s most luxurious yachts, and Privé Porter, the Instagram-based curators and purveyors of authentic and uncarried Birkin bags, team up in this decadent collaboration. Together, the luxurious duo presents a collection of 30 to 35 calfskin, crocodile, and alligator skin Birkin bags over an assortment of 25cm, 30cm, and 35cm sizes, which will be encased in a custom, jewel-like, multi-tiered display custom fitted to the VanDutch 55 pleasure yacht.”

THE FASHION INDUSTRY IS A REAL LIFE ‘HUNGER GAMES’ SAYS DESIGNERS WOLK MORAIS – Yahoo!
“In a tribute to Victoria Beckham at last night’s Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Anna Wintour conceded that fashion was an industry that “is not known for its generosity.” Consider that a polite way of saying that you need to have the skin of a rhinoceros to survive in fashion. Keeping that in mind, and with the Hunger Games cast touring all across Europe, we polled the attendees of Wolk Morais’s latest fashion show in Los Angeles to ask if in the cutthroat world of design might similarities exist between the fashion industry and Hunger Games?”

MACY’S WHIFFED ON SALES AND LOWERED ITS OUTLOOK, AND NOW THE STOCK IS TUMBLING – Business Insider
“Macy’s reported third-quarter sales that missed analysts’ expectations on Wednesday, and blamed weaker consumer demand.”

L BRANDS TO OPEN FULL ASSORTMENT VICTORIA’S SECRET STORE IN MEXICO – Fashion Mag
“The brand will open its first full assortment store in Mexico in 2016 at the Atrium shopping center in Mexico City. The Victoria’s Secret store will carry the label’s complete product offering, including its Pink line as well as its lingerie, swimwear, personal care and beauty products.”

THERE’S A SOUTH KOREAN ONLINE STORE THAT’S BASICALLY ZARA ON HALLUCINOGENS – Refinery 29
“There are a few online shopping sites we wish we could just keep to ourselves, and StyleNanda is one of our worst kept secrets. The word about its affordable, brilliantly styled, uniquely trendy wares have spread way beyond our group texts at this point. For those who are still unfamiliar with this South Korean brand, think of it as a site where you can get all the same trends selling at Zara, except everything is on hallucinogens — we’re talking silhouettes that aren’t afraid to be wildly unflattering, items that make our brain hurt so good, and even pieces that we genuinely can’t believe exist.”