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• Dior’s haute couture collection remains a historical moment for post-war fashion, and lends its name to Apple’s new ten-part series.
• The drama explores the state of Parisian couture in the final year of the second world war and the years that followed through the lives of important designers.
• This includes Dior and his contemporaries Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Lucien Lelong, Hubert de Givenchy and Pierre Cardin.

French fashion during wartime

• Once Nazi forces invaded, Paris and its international fashion markets were effectively cut off from the rest of the world.
• As fashion designers were forced to limit the amount of material they used, unnecessary decorative additions such as ruffles and pockets became expendable.
• Instead, wartime couturiers turned to embroidery and beading for decoration – trends that continue to characterise haute couture today.

The rival ‘American look’

• Its biggest rival was the American ready-to-wear apparel industry, an aspect of the story this new series dramatises to great effect.
• Though the American industry also faced fabric rationing during the second world war, it was not occupied, and the restrictions weren’t as debilitating.

Dior’s beacon of hope

• Dior’s 1947 Carolle collection, was renamed the “new look” at first viewing by American fashion editor Carmel Snow.
• Snow claimed it represented the creation of a new femininity – which Dior would later call “the golden age of couture”.
• Rather, it celebrated the end of the grim years of wartime trauma, misery and lack.

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Elizabeth Kealy-Morris does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• New location will be the first House of Sport located directly in an urban center.
• BOSTON, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Gilbane Building Company is providing construction management services for the DICK'S House of Sport new retail location in Downtown Boston.
• Once complete, this will be the first House of Sport located directly in an urban center.
• The opportunity to build a location like this in Downtown Boston is truly unique," said Mike O'Brien, senior vice president and MA business leader for Gilbane.

• InMobi Commerce , a leading advertising technology platform for eCommerce companies, today announced that Lord and Taylor’s retail media program that it powers, yielded significant increases in sales, gross merchandise value, and click-through rate for a leading women’s clothing brand.
• The brand, itself a fashion leader, sought to enhance its online presence and showcase its unique assortment of products to Lord & Taylor’s online shoppers.
• Utilizing InMobi Commerce’s suite of video-led product discovery solutions, the brand launched a campaign aiming to increase awareness and consideration for its products.
• This increased engagement translated into substantial sales growth, validating consumers' adoption and preference to better discover products through video.

• PLANO, Texas, May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- European Wax Center, Inc. (the “Company” or “European Wax Center”) (NASDAQ: EWCZ), the largest and fastest-growing franchisor and operator of out-of-home waxing services in the United States, today announced the appointment of Andrea Wasserman as Chief Commercial Officer effective May 30, 2023.
• “We are excited to deepen our executive leadership team and welcome Andrea Wasserman as our first Chief Commercial Officer.
• In this newly created role, Andrea will lead the Marketing, Merchandising, Loyalty, Customer Relationship Management, eCommerce, and Data Insights teams and work across functions to drive revenue and profitable growth derived from our world-class 360-degree guest experience,” said David Berg, Chief Executive Officer of European Wax Center.
• Prior to Verizon, Ms. Wasserman was Senior Vice President, GM eCommerce at Hudson’s Bay and Lord & Taylor, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Sole Society, and held several leadership positions at Nordstrom, including General Manager, Weddings and Prom.