Custom shop Alton Lane marries affordable luxury to technology

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John Jones: After spending even a little time in custom clothier Alton Lane’s Flatiron District studio, one gets the impression that the next Google or Amazon could be hatched here.

MR Q: Shin Odake, US CEO of Uniqlo

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John Jones catches up with the man who is spearheading Uniqlo’s massive U.S. effort, Group Senior Vice President and CEO Shin Odake.

Spring 2012 trend recap: style we love

Hyden Yoo shirt, tank and shorts. United Nude hat.

MR fashion director John Jones presents a video spring 2012 style recap.

Nudie Jeans opens mixed retail/wholesale space in Los Angeles

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Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans Co. opened “Nudie Jeans House,” a mixed use retail space, wholesale office and “denim sanctuary” in Los Angeles’s West Hollywood neighborhood earlier this month.

Item of the Week: J. Paul Travel Set

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In our August 2011 skincare story, retailers were big fans of men’s skincare collection J. Paul. With the holiday travel season creeping up on us, J. Paul introduces a new TSA-friendly travel-sized package.

September Fashion: American Hero

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Fashion produced by John Jones and photographed by Michael Tammaro. Model: Chris Austad, FM2. Assistant stylist: Amy Sciaretta.

John’s New York City Fashion’s Night Out Report

The brightly patterned exteior of the Target/Missoni pop-up shop.

Admittedly, it was the first Thursday night after Labor Day and all the college kids are back in New York City, the Hamptons and Jersey shore summer shares are shut down and there are puh-lenty of tourists all over Manhattan (being the first nice night after a series of rainy days didn’t hurt either), but [...]

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring 2012 Off to a Great Start in New York City

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  New York’s fashion week got a little jump start on Wednesday, before the official opening of Mercedes Benz’s Lincoln Center venue on Thursday. The Couture Council of the Museum at FIT hosted its annual luncheon at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. The room was filled with the kind of ladies who actually wear [...]

MR Q: Tom Chappell, Ramblers Way

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Tom Chappell proves that sustainability and patriotism go hand in hand. When Tom and Kate Chappell launched Ramblers Way two years ago, the entrepreneurs applied the lessons they’d learned in the runaway success of their personal care brand Tom’s of Maine to the apparel industry. (Tom’s was sold to Colgate-Palmolive in 2006, though the Chappells [...]

Arts & Tannery Fall/Winter 2012/2013 opens in New York

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The Arts & Tannery show opened this morning in New York at 267 Fifth Avenue, featuring ten exhibitors of Italian leather and accessories, especially for footwear, handbag and clothing designers. The exhibit, by the Italian Leather System Consortium and sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission, featured a trend presentation by Gianluca Gori.  His four key [...]

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