Could Joshua Schulman be headed to Coach Inc.?
Sources said the former president of Bergdorf Goodman is headed to Coach, possibly as brand president for the Coach brand.
A spokeswoman at Coach declined comment. Schulman could not be reached for comment.
The move suggests that the company is moving closer to a possible acquisition of handbag maker Kate Spade & Co. Schulman’s joining the company as brand president could set the stage for a management structure where the brand presidents all report to chief executive officer Victor Luis. Coach also owns Stuart Weitzman.
Coach has said it is on the acquisition trail, and Wall Street analysts believe that the accessories firm is transforming itself to be a holding company where it owns multiple brands under its corporate umbrella.
When word got out last week that Schulman was leaving Bergdorf’s on May 10 after five years at the retailer, it was stated that he had accepted a “leadership role at a multinational fashion company.” He also wore a second hat as president of NMG International, including overseeing the Munich-based Mytheresa.com division.
While Bergdorf’s marked Schulman’s first time running a department store, his experience — 25 years — is primarily on the wholesale side in the luxury sector.

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PARIS — Until the sale of her label in July of last year, Isabel Marant was among the rare independent designers at the head of a large business who resisted pressure to open stores and expand into new categories.
Since Montefiore Investment bought 51 percent of its capital, the brand has undergone a quiet revolution, marked by the arrival in November of Anouck Duranteau-Loeper as deputy chief executive, working alongside Sophie Duruflé and Nathalie Chemouny, Marant’s two original business partners and managing directors.
Together, they are mapping out the future of the brand credited with inventing the bohemian Parisienne hipster-meets-tomboy look favored by celebrities such as Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
In an interview in Marant’s spacious new showroom on Place des Victoires, Duranteau-Loeper and Duruflé detailed the initiatives they are putting into place, which include launching an e-commerce site in June and bolstering the label’s handbag assortment.
The brand is streamlining its operations by bringing retail and wholesale under the purview of Jean Keller, who has been named vice president of global distribution, a new position. Meanwhile, it has grouped accessories for Isabel Marant and its secondary line, Isabel Marant Étoile, into a single collection.
Duruflé noted that with 2016 wholesale revenues of

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COMING HOME: Net-a-porter, like other luxury retailers, has always paid extra attention to its big-spending clients, or EIPs (extremely important people). Now, it’s ramping up those services with a series of initiatives for Net and Mr Porter called “You Try, We Wait,” “Net-a-porter at Home” and “Mr Porter at Home”
As part of “You Try, We Wait,” personal shoppers will deliver orders to EIP clients at home on the same day as their request, wait until the pieces ordered have been tried on, and collect anything that needs to be returned. Customers no longer have to book an extra pickup for items they want to send back.
The same-day delivery service will be introduced in London in September to coincide with the start of the fall shopping season. By the end of the year, the service will be available in New York and Hong Kong, where the company has head offices and distribution centers.
“Net-a-porter at Home” and “Mr Porter at Home” are extensions of the service, with additional at-home consultations. Customers are presented with a curated edit of new-season items by their personal shoppers, as well as items on their wish lists. They are able to try everything on, and are invoiced

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Fashion week in Seoul was surrounded by displays of eccentricity on the streets, blending the bold and the classic.

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SEOUL — Cartoon collaborations, Nineties hip-hop, power dressing from the Eighties and even harajuku-style, gothic, Lolita-influenced streetwear were among the trends spotted during Seoul Fashion Week at the Zaha Hadid-designed Dongdaemun Design Plaza last week.
In spite of the mixture of rain, heavy smog and chilly days, the outdoor red carpet overflowed with Kpop stars and celebrities attending the shows, including Tiffany and Seohyun, from Girls’ Generation; Bora from girl group Sistar; Mingyu from Seventeen; veteran model Cha Seung-won, and actress Cha Ye-ryun.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley reportedly made an appearance at the star-studded Metrocity show, which featured a series of Eighties-influenced “femme-fatale” looks, including fishnets, black leather jackets and velvet dresses with oversize sleeves.
At Pushbutton’s collaboration with Line Friends — a series of cartoon characters created by Naver-owned messaging company Line Corp. — sporty, preppy looks with cartoon-patterned suits and bomber jackets were featured on the runways.
Songzio by Song Zio, returned with his bold menswear looks, featuring paint-splatter patterned trousers as well as well-tailored black suits cut in the style of a Spanish bullfighter’s costume.
Nineties hip-hop met Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” at Cres E Dim, by Kim Hong-bum, which featured a series of oversize hoodies with silhouettes reminiscent of the film’s ghostly “No Face” character. Polarized sunglasses

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US footwear giant Payless ShoeSource has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in a move that will see the closure of around 400 stores.

Swedish fashion group Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has pledged to use only recycled or other sustainably sourced materials in all its products by 2030, and to scale-up its industrial relations and fair living wage programmes.

Sri Lankan apparel and fabric manufacturing conglomerate MAS Holdings is to open its first production and development centre in the US in a move designed to improve speed to market and flexibility for its customers.

Global fitness brand Reebok is planning to bring plant-based footwear to the market later this year thanks to its ‘Cotton + Corn’ sustainable products initiative.