Raffi: To Life!

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Karen Alberg Grossman: At Raffi’s 39th Street showroom, you’ll see some of the most beautiful cashmere sweaters in the world and get a dose of Raffi’s wonderfully optimistic philosophy of life.

Pitti schedule for January 2012 show announced

Last summer's Pitti Immagine Uomo: Style Report by Tommy Ton.

Opening with a toast to the newly-formed Italian government, Pitti Immagine Uomo CEO Raffaello Napoleone welcomed members of the New York fashion press to lunch last week.

Custom kicks

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Elise Diamantini: Last night, New Balance previewed their made in the USA collection at New York’s Mulberry Project.

November Notebook: Wing of desire

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John Jones: Outdoor equipment manufacturer Kelty turns 60 in 2012, and to celebrate they’re rolling out the 60th Anniversary Wing Pack.

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.

Façonnable: Formidable!

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Karen Alberg Grossman: As we’re all hoping, spring 2012 menswear offers much promise based on a few key trends, and Façonnable has touched all bases.

Rothman’s, Mayor Bloomberg promote Small Business Saturday

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Rothman’s owners Ken Giddon and Jim Giddon hosted a press conference a press conference with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to promote Small Business Saturday, which will be in its second year on November 26.

Northern Grade, a Minneapolis menswear event

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Northern Grade, a menswear pop-up market in Minneapolis, had a successful second annual event in September. Harry Sheff spoke to Katherine McMillan of the neckwear brand Pierrepont Hicks about how she and another Minnesota brand, J.W. Hulme Co., organized it.

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.

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 [...]

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