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Women on a catwalk The trickle-up effect in the fashion field, also known as bubble-up pattern , is an innovative fashion theory first described by Paul Blumberg in the 1970s. This effect describes when new trends are found on the streets, showing how innovation flows from the lower class to upper class . [ 1 ]
Diffusion products may be on sale alongside designers' signature lines but they can also be made available at concession outlets and certain chain stores. The use of a diffusion line is a part of the strategy of massification where luxury brands attempt to reach a broader market in order to increase revenue and brand recognition.
Bufferbloat is the undesirable latency that comes from a router or other network equipment buffering too many data packets. Bufferbloat can also cause packet delay variation (also known as jitter), as well as reduce the overall network throughput .
Mudd Jeans (or simply Mudd) is a women's clothing brand marketed to adult and young women, founded by Dick Gilbert, George Fontini, Marty Weisfeld and Joanne Jacobsen in 1995. The brand became popular when they introduced their affordable flare-leg jeans , which was a popular style at the time.
Ganni was described by Harper's Bazaar as a luxury brand with lower-end prices, sitting between fast-fashion retailers like Zara and haute couture brands such as Dior, known as a "sweet spot". [2] Ganni is one of the top 20 best-selling brands on Net-a-Porter. By 2017, the brand's annual revenue was £35 million, and as of 2019 it was £75 million.
Unable to turn a profit, Aris Industries sold XOXO to Global Brand Holding in 2003 for $43 million. Global Brand licensed the sportswear, dresses and intimate apparel to Kellwood. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The equity firm Sun Capital Partners acquired Kellwood (and XOXO) in 2008, and sold it to a group of investors based in Hong Kong in December 2016.
The George brand was founded in 1989 as a partnership between English fashion designer George Davies and Asda. The latter had recruited the high-street designer for its grocery store brand to help shoppers avoid high street. Asda and George were sold to Walmart in 1999, which led to the expansion of the George brand into Walmart stores. [2]
The Bode brand is known for its use of historical techniques in modern fashion, such as using quilting, mending, patchwork, sashiko, boro, and appliqué. [1] [10] Emily Adams Bode was the first female designer to show at New York Fashion Week: Men's, the dedicated menswear shows at the event. [11] [12]