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Ashley Graham proves that curvy girls can do it all. And evidence of that is Graham’s new collection for JC Penny. Graham had been a catalog model for JC Penny’s some years back and now she adds to her plate of many accomplishments a fashion collection for JC Penny.
” Let’s look at this as a collection that we would make for the everyday woman who wants to feel confident, who wants to feel bold, and who wants to push the limits.” We were able to do that with the amazing team there. I was a fit model for so much of it, and I got to really educate on darts and educate on grading. JCPenney was really excited to learn and grow with me. I feel like we pushed the boundaries in some ways, just with hemlines, showing cleavage off, and having crop tops—just being able to do stuff that you normally wouldn’t see in a classic plus-size collection,” explained Ashley Graham in a dailyfrontrow.com article.
Speaking of exclusivity in her collection for JC Penny, Ashley Graham details, “There isn’t a regard for the fact that all of our bodies are so different. We hold our fat in different places, and our shapes are completely different. That needs to be taken into the thought process when you’re designing for so many different types of women in one category.”
Ashley Graham’s first collection, retailing from $30 to $280, is now at JCPenney stores and JCPenney.com.
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Celine sparkles in Charlotte Tilbury
Celine Dion keeps her name in the press after over three decades in entertainment. Currently, Celine Dion is the face of Charlotte Tilbury’s and stars in the brand’s 2025 holiday campaign.
In the glamorous holiday campaign Celine Dion is seen on stage in feathers and sequins clutching Tilbury’s newest fragrance, Star Confidence—a warm mix of blackcurrant, oakmoss, and patchouli housed in a glistening golden bottle. But that is not all, Celine Dion in an accompanying holiday campaign video for Tilbury’s new “Charlotte’s Magic Gifting Universe” gift guide, including the brand’s new Hollywood Instant Look in a Palette face palette also is accompanied by supermodel Jourdan Dunn and Quentin Maxwell. I think we could have a very merry holiday season!!
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US shutdown affects Haiti
Haiti only has one stable industry, the garment industry. And that industry will be adversely affected by the US government shutdown. Two decades ago, a US law was passed that allows Haitian textiles to come into the US tax free. The US government shutdown expires that tax free law.
The textile industry employs more than 24,800 people and exports to the US totaled $538 million in the 12 months through July. Without the trade deal, it’s unlikely those companies can continue to function. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere and its textile industry is the country’s most stable industry.
“Once these jobs are lost, that creates a fertile ground for gangs to recruit more people,” he said in an interview before the tariff-free measure expired,” said Maulik Radia, the president of the Haiti Industrial Association, in a dailyfrontrow.com article. “While we appreciate that the US is concerned about security issues in Haiti, this could be the biggest plus for security in the country.”
The American Apparel and Footwear Association has been trying to the get tax-free deal with Haiti extended. “Despite persistent and constructive engagement from a wide range of stakeholders, Congress has fallen short in renewing these mutually beneficial programs, ultimately surrendering further strength to China’s manufacturing influence by placing unnecessary obstacles in the way of viable sourcing alternatives,” Beth Hughes, the organization’s vice president of trade and customs, said in a statement.
—William S. Gooch
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