H&M has teamed up with another fashion personality for the new collection. The retailer, which has been collaborating with major fashion brands and designers, has tapped fashion icon and legendary Fashion Director Anna Dello Russo, who has created an over-the-top accessories collection. The new line, which includes a range of accessories mirroring Anna’s extravagant and flamboyant style, is expected to hit the stores on October 4, 2012 at 140 retailer’s stores around the globe.
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For modern clothing and footwear brands being sustainable is no less important than providing consumers with fashionable, trendy and stylish items. Most major footwear and apparel brands, from Nike to H&M to name but a few, are doing their part in building a world of eco-friendly clothing—one of the latest projects related to the theme is Sustainable Fashion Lab to be launched in London by Marks & Spencer in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at London College of Fashion.
Following its Fashion Week, Mercedes-Benz keeps pace with trends in other spheres as well. The automaker is launching a collection of furniture at the current Milan Furniture Fair running from April 18 to 22. The untypical for an auto producer project is collaboration between the Mercedes-Benz Style division and furniture manufacturer Formitalia.
The fashion house Louis Vuitton is known for its love for travelling, which is reflected both in its accessories lines and guide books. The brand is releasing a new series of spots dedicated to the theme of travelling around the globe and the most popular transport to get around the cities, taxi. The first episode in the Taxi Encounters series, telling about London taxis, premiered on the official website of the brand in September 2011, and now is followed by the spot about Venice.
Diet Coke is launching a new set of bottles inspired by Jean Paul Gaultier’s iconic creations. Earlier this spring, the soft drinks brand announced partnership with its new creative director, the world famous fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who developed new chick Diet Coke bottle designs based on his iconic models and fronted the whole campaign. Following the launch of a series of adverts, in which the designer appeared as a shrink, paparazzi and a private detective, a new round of campaign has been revealed. Now the brand presents new bottles, and one of them is ‘dressed’ in Madonna’s iconic outfits, devised by Gaultier.