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The fashion industry lends a hand to Mexico

Mexico - On Thursday, 19 September 1985, an earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale hit Mexico City, as well as 10 states of the Mexican Republic. This month, 32 years after that terrible day and again on 19 September, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake overturned the nation yet again. For a minute and twenty seconds, all of Mexico and the world...

Fashion

Sikh-American designer barred from flight over turban

A Sikh Indian-American actor and designer said Monday that he was barred from boarding an Aeromexico flight from Mexico City to New York because he refused to remove his turban. "This morning in Mexico City I was told I could not board my @aeromexico flight to NYC because of my turban," Waris Ahluwalia wrote in his Instagram account. The...

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Isabel Marant freed of plagiarism accusations

Following months of accusations and legal processions involving Isabel Marant an indigenous tribe from Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico and fashion house Antik Batik over the use of a motif, a court in Paris has ruled in the French designer's favour. The ruling comes after the Mixe community in Mexico accused Marant of plagiarizing their...

Retail

Amazon says 'Hola Mexico,' and launches new site

Amazon has launched its full retail and marketplace platform in Mexico, following the success of its local Kindle store which opened in 2013. The new site, Amazon.com.mx, is a Spanish-based platform that offers millions of 'unique items for customers in Mexico.' According to the US company, the new platform opened with more categories than any...

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Indigenous tribe accuses Isabel Marant of plagiarism

London - Isabel Marant may have found inspiration for her collections in numerous tribes from around the world, but now the French designer is accused of taking her sources of inspiration too literally as one indigenous community argues the motifs found on a blouse, dress and skirt in her Spring/Summer 2015 collection is a direct and blatant...

Retail

Abercrombie & Fitch to launch in Mexico

US fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is set to open its first A&F and Hollister stores in Mexico during the first quarter of 2015. The apparel group has signed a franchise agreement with Grupo AXO to set up a retail network throughout the country, with the first Hollister store slated to open late spring 2015 and the group debut A&F store...