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For branding, many places adopt signature scents
Between the bouncy music and the stacks of colorful jeans, visitors to the Benetton store on Chicago's Michigan Avenue might catch a whiff of a growing marketing trend. Mounted high in the corner beside the store entrance, a scent diffuser, installed in November, spreads a bright spring fragrance modeled after Benetton's Verde cologne. "It finishes the emotion we are trying to create in the store," said Robert Argueta, director of visual merchandising for the United Colors of Benetton, who also is testing the scent in Benetton's New York flagship store. "It's the first and last impression a customer gets." Long the domain of casinos and hotels,...
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For branding, many places adopt signature scents
Between the bouncy music and the stacks of colorful jeans, visitors to the Benetton store on Chicago's Michigan Avenue might catch a whiff of a growing marketing trend.
Mounted high in the corner beside the store entrance, a scent diffuser, installed...
Rachel Zoe talks about her fall 2014 collection, new book
Rachel Zoe canceled the fall 2014 fashion show she had planned for New York Fashion Week in February to spend more time with her new baby, Kaius Jagger, born in late December. But New York's loss was L.A.'s gain.
The stylist-designer presented her...
Paris museum exhibition showcases couture from 1947-1957
The event: Opening Night for “Les Annés 50, Fashion in France 1947-1957,” at the Palais Galliera, the Museum of Fashion for the city of Paris.
The exhibition: Beginning with Christian Dior’s revolutionary “new look,” which rocked the fashion world...
Lauren Bacall's gift to high fashion
News of the death of 1940s style icon Lauren Bacall got me thinking about the deep, historical connection between classic Hollywood cinema and high fashion.
One of the last stars of the golden era, Bacall was a muse to many designers, including Yves...
Buttons & Bows: How an e-tail dream leads to a boutique
To many, EBay is a website for discovering rare designer gems or selling castoffs that are gathering dust.
But for Karen Marley (daughter of reggae legend Bob Marley) and Monique Aquino — co-owners of Los Angeles boutique Buttons & Bows — EBay was...
'Behind the Candelabra' explores '70s home design, Liberace-style
For all the razzle-dazzle of costumes worn by Michael Douglas in his uncanny incarnation as Liberace in the HBO film “Behind the Candelabra” — the crystals! the sequins! the furs! — the revelation for design fans will be lavish sets that sparkle with late...
January Jones got a lot of attention when she attended Monday's Lakers' game -- partly because she was wearing very serious eyeglasses. She was also clearly showing off her pregnancy under a purple top -- and that was interesting too ... .
Before global nomads, rich hippies and "gypset" style, there was Giorgio di Sant' Angelo. And this fall, the Phoenix Art Museum's Fashion Design Department will present the first ever retrospective of the designer from Sept. 17 to Feb. 12, 2012 ... .
Giorgio di Sant’ Angelo spent decades turning fashion into fine art; now he gets feted.
Rooney Mara, Kate Beckinsale, Penelope Ann Miller, Chloe Moretz and others come out for the 14th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
Georgia May Jagger, daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and supermodel Jerry Hall, is the new celebrity face of Madonna and daughter Lourdes' Material Girl juniors line. Raf Simons debuts as Dior's new creative director, to much acclaim from critics. And mor
Michele Sommerlath, owner of furniture store French 50s60s, is delving into a new era: the '70s and '80s. The French-born retailer has just opened another store, called Michele Sommerlath. Located in Culver City, the new outpost conjures up images of the Studi
One of the more promising happenings planned for Fashion's Night Out is A Current Affair, a two-day vintage pop-up in the penthouse of the Cooper building downtown. Featuring wares from more than 20 vintage boutiques and private dealers, the temporary ...
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