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Fashion News Alert: Marc Jacobs Adds Model to His Portfolio, GAP Closes More Stores, and Julian Woodhouse Competes

Fashion News Alert January29 2020
Marc jacobs Givenchy fashionista 01.png — image courtesy of fashionista.com
Image courtesy of fashionista.com

Marc Jacobs has a new job!! Jacobs has a long and extensive resume from successful fashion designer of a slew of eponymous fashion brands to being the former creative director of Louis Vuitton to being a fashion celebrity.

Well, Jacobs can now add to job to his long list of accomplishments, fashion model. Jacobs, along with legendary British actress Charlotte Rampling, is the new face of Givenchy spring 2020 campaign.

The campaign was photographed by Craig McDean and also includes a short film. In the film Rampling slaps Jacobs while the two face off. The Givenchy spring 2020 campaign drops on November 29.

Gap just closed about 40 of their store locations worldwide — image courtesy of doyouremember.com
Image courtesy of doyouremember.com

More store closings

This past Sunday, The Gap Inc. closed 40 stores. These stores were located in the US, the UK, and Canada. Closed locations include Gap stores in Tuscon, Arizona; Emeryville, California; Long Beach, California; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Toronto, Canada; London, England; and Perth, Scotland, among others. These store closings were a part of The Gap Inc. restructuring plan which includes closing 230 stores over the next two years.

This 2019 restructuring plan includes closing Old Navy stores in China, while focusing more of Old Navy and Athleta stores in the North America with more brick-and-mortar stores in the US and Canada. Of all the Gap Inc. stores brands, Old Navy is the most successful.

Julian 0ut — image courtesy of out.com
Image courtesy of out.com

Julian Woodhouse competes on Netflix

Menswear fashion designer Julian Woodhouse is among the list of competitors on Netflix‘s new fashion reality show, “Next in Fashion.” There are eighteen designers on the 10-episode “Next in Fashion,” with Alexa Chung and Tan France. The winner receives USD$250,000 and can debut a collection with Net-a-Porter, a luxury fashion retailer.
Julian Woodhouse launched his menswear line, WOODHOUSE Army, in 2015 while serving in the US military in Seoul Korea as a lieutenant. WOODHOUSE Army has consistently been shown during New York Fashion Week: Men’s.

“Next in Fashion” debuts on Netflix on January 29, 2020.
William S. Gooch

Image credits

  • marc-jacobs-givenchy-fashionista-01-png.jpg — Credit/source: fashionista.com.
  • gap-just-closed-about-40-of-their-store-locations-worldwide.jpg — Credit/source: doyouremember.com.
  • julian-0ut.jpg — Credit/source: out.com.
  • fashion-news-alert-january29-2020.jpg — Editorial image.

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