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Netflix just announced that the designer and TV personality is slated to host a brand new competition series called Next In Fashion with Alexa Chung as co-host. The show is being described as “high-stakes,” for: The winner will receive a $250,000 (£196,000) prize and an opportunity to debut their collection with luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter. Netflix’s Next In Fashion will start off with a pool of designers who will come face-to-face with all sorts of design challenges. Elizabeth Stewart, stylist and fashion editor, and Eva Chen, Instagram’s director of fashion partnerships, are confirmed as recurring guest judges.

Rolling Stone has delayed plans to launch their music charts in challenge to Billboard. The charts were initially set to premiere on May 13, 2019. A new date for the charts has not been announced. Recently it was announced that Rolling Stone’s charts will track the top 100 songs and top 200 albums that will be updated daily. The publication will also launch charts that rank the most-streamed artist (Rolling Stone Artist 500), a chart that tracks the “fastest-moving songs” (Rolling Stone Trending 25) and new artists that are charting for the first time (Rolling Stone Breakthrough 25).

Google has partnered with fashion brand Stella McCartney, Google will build a cloud-based tool that improves data collection and analysis for the fashion industry, enabling key end-users to implement more sustainable management practices across the supply chain. Globally, the fashion industry only accounts for around 20% of wastewater and 10% of carbon emissions. Industry understand the need to better manage the impact of raw material use and how supply chains contribute to air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water scarcity and cradle-to-grave product models. The first phases of the project will initially focus on cotton, and viscose.

THE Park Hotels, pioneers of luxury boutique hotels in India, launched it newest hotel in the city of dreams, Mumbai at Juhu Tara Road, close to sprawling Juhu Beach and overlooking the Arabian Sea. THE Park Mumbai is designed in a contemporary style. Hotel has 60 room under 6 categories; with spectacular views of either the Arabian Sea or the city or the historic Juhu airfield. The hotel room rates start from INR 17,000 onwards. Meishi, an elegant space off the lobby is an Asian inspired all day dining fusion restaurant – Japanese, Thai, Chinese, and a hint of Indian;…

The perfect example of ‘how an idea can become a success.’ Red Fang has recently unveiled their latest single, “Antidote,” through an app written and directed by Wieden+Kennedy creative Ansel Wallenfang. It is the world’s first music video game! The app is mid ’90s–styled, titled Red Fang: Headbang, is available globally for both Android and iOS using either a smartphone or tablet. The idea hit Wallenfang one night, when he simply noticed how he was moving with his phone while watching a music video. Wallenfang worked with W+K Studios, Wieden+Kennedy’s development and production arm, to bring the idea to life.

After South Korean techno DJ Peggy Gou launched her own fashion label, KIRIN in February, Honey Dijon has become second DJ, as she is all set to launch her very fashion brand with Japanese fashion label Comme des Garçons. Dijon and Adrian Joffe, president of Comme des Garçons International and chief executive officer of Dover Street Market, recently confirmed that the brand will be known as ‘Honey Fucking Dijon.’ The very first collection of Honey Fucking Dijon will consist only a small selection of DJ bags and T-shirts.

Jaap van Zweden and the New York Philharmonic together are set to launch Music of Conscience next week. The first program features two composers’ responses to tyranny: Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony – derived from his String Quartet No. 8, written in Dresden 15 years after it was razed in an Allied bombing and inscribed “in memory of victims of fascism and war” – and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony – dedicated to Napoleon until he crowned himself Emperor, whereupon Beethoven denounced him as “a tyrant … who will think himself superior to all men.”

The upcoming Jeep Compass Trailhawk is ahead of its India-launch in July 2019. Bookings for the sporty-SUV will start from next month. The Trailhawk will offer increased ride-height (about 20mm higher than standard), off-road components and a 4×4 drive system. Also, the vehicle is coming in different drive modes like Sport, Snow, Mud, Sand and Rock. Mechanically, the Compass Trailhawk will have a BS-VI compliant 2.0-litre diesel engine mated to a nine-speed automatic gearbox. The SUV will get redesigned bumpers, the cabin is also expected to get a larger 8.4-inch infotainment screen featuring the Uconnect system with satellite navigation, adjustable…

What are hashtags? Hashtags are used to categorize posts by specific keywords with the symbol (#) before a relevant keyword or phrase in the post. Posts with hashtags come more easily in Facebook search. Hashtags can be included anywhere in a post. Why should you use hashtags on Facebook? Posts with popular hashtags are easily found in Facebook search. It makes your multi-channel campaigns consistent for example if you are using Facebook to make your business seen, hashtags work naturally their way into your content. Tips to use hashtags on Facebook: Use hashtags in sentences Don’t use spaces Don’t over…

In a unique collaboration between EURATEX (European Apparel and Textile Confederation), Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI), Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), International Apparel Federation (IAF) and Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), partnered to launch new manifesto on circularity. The manifesto stresses the need for the industry to rethink its business model and for policymakers to think beyond existing policy tools that are rooted in a linear economy to resolve the most significant circularity issues for the fashion and textile industries. Also, it aims to accelerate urgent collaboration between the fashion and textiles industries and policymakers.