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Kate Bosworth and J Brand fight human trafficking

Actress Kate Bosworth has teamed up with J Brand to raise awareness of the devastation of human trafficking with a limited edition T-shirt to benefit the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking. The ‘Love Tee’ by Kate Bosworth came about on set while shooting J Brand’s spring collection, when the actress simply personalised the label’s...

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Co-founder of J Brand returns as Creative Director

London - J Brand has announced the return of one of its co-founders, Susie Crippen as Creative Director. “I love this brand and there is nothing more thrilling than the opportunity ahead of me,” said Crippen in a statement on her return. Crippen, who founded the premium denim brand in 2004 with Jeff Rudes, previously left the brand in 2010,...

Fashion

Fast Retailing opens Denim Innovation Centre

Fast Retailing, the owner of Uniqlo and Global Brands, has opened a Denim Innovation Centre in Los Angeles to focus on research and development of denim fabric to support the group’s denim offering. The aim of the centre is to bring together specialists in jeans development from premium denim brand J Brand and other Fast Retailing Group...

Retail

Jeffrey Rudes launches Hamptons summer pop-up

Luxury and modern tailoring company Jeffrey Rudes has opened a pop-up for the summer. Settling in on the East Coast, the Los Angeles-based Rudes has picked the Hamptons for its temporary shop. The store will reflect its existing location in New York. The pop-up will have a white-deco and will retail the company’s merchandise including tops,...

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Lynne Koplin steps down as President of J Brand

Fashion veteran Lynne Koplin has stepped down from her role as President of premium denim and sportswear label J Brand. The premium US brand, which was acquired by Japanese conglomerate Fast Retailing in 2012, has yet to announce her successor or its plan for the role, but stated Koplin left her role to pursue other career opportunities. Koplin...

Fashion Featured

UK denim more about value than premium

There are more than 150,000 denim products in the market today, according to a new report that highlighted that premium denim in the UK is shrinking, whereas the value market led by Asos is on the increase, which identifies a growing divergence in trends between the UK and the US. UK consumers are increasingly turning towards value denim...

Fashion

François Girbaud to bring denim innovation to J Brand

French designer François Girbaud is making his comeback to the denim industry and will be working for Los-Angeles based label J Brand, following the compulsory liquidation of his company Marithé + François Girbaud in November 2013. Since the bankruptcy of his company Girbaud, who is referred to as the 'Godfather of denim', is said to have been...

Apparel

Jeff Rudes leaves J Brand

Jeff Rudes, the founder and chief executive of premium denim brand J Brand, is leaving the company. Japanese parent company Fast Retailing, which acquired a majority stake in the Californian-based label in 2012, confirmed the exit and added that Andrew Rosen, Chief Executive Officer of Theory and Helmut Lang would serve as interim CEO until a...

Apparel

Fast Retailing sets up J Brand Japan

Japanese retail holding company Fast Retailing has announced that it is setting up a new subsidiary company, J Brand Japan, to “create and develop” the denim brand in Japan. Fast Retailing, which designs, manufactures and sells clothes under numerous brands including Uniqlo, Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Helmut Lang, Princesse tam.tam, and...