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Lacoste celebrates Olympic heritage with new apparel line

Lacoste has unveiled its first Olympic Heritage lifestyle apparel collection to coincide with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the summer Olympics in Mexico City 1968 and winter Olympics in Grenoble 1968. The exclusive men’s clothing and accessories line is part of Lacoste’s three-year licensing agreement with the International Olympic...

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Latin America: Land of Big Opportunities

With the 2016 Summer Olympics Games just around the corner the Latin American market is under the looking glass, creating new opportunities for fashion businesses both domestic and from abroad. FashionUnited takes a closer look at fashion companies to watch in Latin America. Changing dynamics of the Latin American fashion retail After the...

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Italian fashion heavyweights rally for Rome Olympics

Italy's grand masters of fashion are lobbying for the global mega-event known as the Olympics to take place in Rome in 2024. The Rome2024 committee has nominated a group of 17 prominent ambassadors to promote the possibility, including designer Giorgio Armani, 21 Investimenti’s president Alessandro Benetton, Barilla Group’s president Guido...

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In Picture: Olympic Games 2016 sportswear

The fashion and sporting goods companies which are sponsoring a uniform for an Olympic Team this summer certainly have the Midas touch: the media attention around the event is huge. In the run up to the Summer Olympics kicking off on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, the competing teams Olympic uniforms have been revealed. Watch the designs which have...