April 2010
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Upcoming Events
RLGA Speaker’s Panel & Reception (Refreshments will be served)
Thursday, April 22nd
5pm-6:30pm Room 2111, GWII
Panelist: Susan Langenhenning, Fashion Editor for The Times-Picayune, Carolyn Elder, General Manager at Saks Fifth Avenue Canal Place, Harold Clarke, Head designer and owner of Harold Clarke Couturier Atelier
Site Visit to Hotel Monteleone
Tuesday, April 27th 2pm-5pm
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March 2010
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The Alegria Fashion Show in New Orleans →
Zac Posen at Saks Fifth Avenue in New Orleans →
RLGA Elections are Approaching!
Available officer positions are as follows:
President
Vice President
VP of Finance
VP of Interactive Marketing
Undergraduate Coordinator
Do YOU have what it takes to be an executive officer? Descriptions are posted below. Elections will be held in the upcoming month!
President: It is the President of RLGA’s responsibility to ensure that the club is accomplishing the three goals in...
February 2010
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RLGA Presents...Ben Hamawy, COO Mignon Faget, Ltd....
Ben Hamawy, Chief Operating Officer of Mignon Faget, Ltd. & Freeman School Alum Thursday, February 25th. 5:15pm-6:15pm GWII, Room 2111 Mr. Hamawy is responsible for operations and finance for this locally based jeweler. He will discuss how his Freeman degree has enabled him to advance in his career and will also provide insights and advice regarding the challenging job market. There will be a...
HBS Retail & Luxury Goods Conference
Harvard Business School will be hosting heavy hitters from the retail and luxury goods industries on March 6th and 7th. This is the sixth year for the conference and the first year that Tulane students will attend. It will be two days filled with workshops, keynote speakers, and lots of opportunities to network. For more information go to http://hbsrlgconference.com/
Zac Posen at Saks Fifth Avenue New Orleans
RLGA members were extended a special invitation by the General Manager at Saks Fifth Avenue New Orleans to attend a reception to showcase Zac Posen’s new Z Spoke collection. Members will be able to see a special presentation of the clothing, and meet the designer and other “fashionistas” from the area. It should be a truly exciting event. Stay tuned for pictures, and look for a...
November 2009
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RLGA Presents...Jennifer Farris, Formerly with...
Mark your calenders!
The Retail & Luxury Goods Association is pleased to present Jennifer Farris, Senior Professional in Human Resources.
This is your opportunity to get in-depth answers about applying for jobs, internships, and what HR managers are looking for in potential candidates.
Wednesday, November 18th
5:15-6:15PM
GWII 2111
Brief Biography:
Jennifer Farris is a certified Senior...
October 2009
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September 2009
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“Last Wednesday RLGA hosted its first speaker in our annual speakers series. Mr....”
– Amina
The countdown to New Orleans Fashion Week 2009... →
As music pulsed in the lounge at the W Hotel New Orleans on Saturday night, a studio space upstairs was abuzz with model hopefuls and fashion designers. Model casting for the second annual New Orleans Fashion Week marked the end of a year-long planning process for the event, which will take place October 11-17.
A poised young woman entered the studio, wearing a tiny, black bandeau and high...
August 2009
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Fashion World Moves to Damp Sale Frenzy →
Next week begins the media blitz for Fashion’s Night Out—a global pep rally sponsored by two fashion icons, Anna Wintour and Diane von Furstenberg.
The goal is to revive the now-comatose basic human urge to snap up lipstick, socks, neckties, designer gowns, jewelry, handbags and all the other goodies that people cut—with a certain pride—from their household budgets after the financial...
June 2009
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After the Recession: The Look of Luxury →
by Cecily Hall
Views of the Topshop store Photo By Kyle Ericksen
A smaller, stronger core of luxury — and fashion-forward — firms is likely to emerge from the recession, according to a new survey.
New York-based...
February 2009
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RVSP to Lattes & Lecture Today!!!
FASHION…..JEWELRY……CHOCOLATE…OH MY!!!!
Where can you hear the ins and outs of the fashion, jewelry and chocolate industry?
At the RLGA “Lattes & Lecture” event held March 6th, 8:30-10:30 am, in the LBC Rechlor Room # 202. We will have speaker Anne Liggio speaking about her journey in the jewelry industry followed by Harry Burns discussing the luxuries of the...
Democratization of Retail and Luxury Goods →
Reflections from the 4th Annual HBS Retail & Luxury Goods Conference
Brenda Vongova, A&E Editor
Retail and luxury goods serve as mirrors of our self-worth, personality, economic, social and political standings. In the past, luxury goods were only available exclusively to the high-class, rich and famous. Today, the luxury industry has changed drastically to become democratic. The industry...
Fashion Week Collides With Tattered Economy
by...
Microsoft to Open Stores, Hires Retail Hand →
By NICK WINGFIELD
Microsoft Corp. said it hired a former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive to help the company open its own retail stores, a strategy shift that borrows from the playbook of rival Apple Inc.
The Redmond, Wash., company said it hired David Porter, most recently the head of world-wide product distribution at DreamWorks Animation SKG, as corporate vice president of retail stores for...
A Recession Challenge at Saks →
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM Published: February 13, 2009
For years, executives of Saks Fifth Avenue have been wooing one of the world’s most exclusive men’s wear lines.They made trips to Italy, where Kiton apparel is carefully sewn by hand and doled out to retailers in modest quantities. Gradually, they were able to offer a limited selection in places like Beverly Hills and Chicago. Finally, Saks’s...
“The RLGA hosted its first speaker on Tuesday, January 27th. Elsa Brodmann, a New...”
– Amina
Italy IT Holding's Unit to File for Administration →
Files for administration for Ittierre unit
Shares suspended indefinitely
Moody’s downgrades (Adds Moody’s, analyst comment, background)
MILAN, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Fashion company IT Holding (ITH.MI) will file for administration for a unit which distributes products for designers Cavalli and Versace — the first Italian listed company to take such steps since the global...
It Holding Unit Faces Bankruptcy →
By SOFIA CELESTE
ROME — Luxury fashion company It Holding SpA’s shares were suspended indefinitely by the Italian stock exchange Monday as it became the first notable Italian luxury company to face bankruptcy since the credit squeeze began.
The news highlights a growing trend in Italy’s textiles and fashion sector, as smaller, family-run players struggle to pay their debts amid...
Saks Upends Luxury Market With Strategy to Slash...
By VANESSA O’CONNELL and RACHEL DODES
When Saks Fifth Avenue slashed prices by 70% on designer clothes before the holiday season even began, shoppers stampeded. “It was like the running of the bulls,” says Kathryn Finney, who says she was knocked to the floor in New York’s flagship store by someone lunging for a pair of $535 Manolo Blahnik shoes going for $160.
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Luxury Consumers Scrimp for Sake Of Planet, and...
By JENNIFER SARANOW
(See Correction & Amplification below.)
In this economy, it’s easy being green.
Kelli Donley, a 29-year-old executive at a nonprofit group in Tempe, Ariz., says she has always been environmentally conscious, bringing her own bags to the grocery store and limiting her driving. Now she’s “conserving clothing,” too, by shopping at second-hand...
The Fine Art of Surviving the Crash in Auction...
By ALEXANDRA PEERS
So where does it go from here? The art-market bubble has burst. Prices of contemporary, modern and Impressionist artwork tumbled about 30%, and sometimes more, at the huge auctions that finished last Friday in New York. There’s no guarantee that further declines aren’t yet to come.
The art market’s crash — for that is what it is — threatens to...
First Fridays →
WHO: 1stfridayslife.com & NewOrleansBlack.com
WHAT: First Fridays “All Black Affair!” Social Networking, Fashion Show, and All Night Party.
WHERE: Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, New Orleans, LA. 70130.
WHEN: Friday, February 6th, 2009 @ 8pm
WHY: Social Networking & Fashion Show with a Purpose! New Orleans, LA – On Friday, February 6th at Generations Hall in the...
Sales of Luxury Cars Slumped in January →
By Christoph Rauwald
FRANKFURT — The world’s top manufacturers of premium cars in January were hit by a sharp slowdown in sales, a sign that the economic downturn is having an impact on more-affluent motorists.
Historically, makers of premium cars have felt less impact than volume manufacturers from a slump in demand because their customers tend to be wealthier.
But with the turmoil...