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Alexander Wang rumored to leave Balenciaga after contract ends

Lara Stone and Kate Moss for Balenciaga fall 2015 French fashion house Balenciaga may lose its creative director this fall, if rumors speculating Alexander Wang’s departure at the end of his contract prove true. Mr. Wang currently juggles his work at Balenciaga with his own eponymous label, which demands a great deal of energy and commitment. If Mr. Wang does choose to leave in the fall, he will have spent

Tiffany brings Fifth Avenue to London with Selfridges installation

Tiffany “Fifth & 57th” installation U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co. is celebrating the launch of its new boutique at Britain’s Selfridges with an immersive installation that transports visitors to its New York neighborhood. Officially opened July 3, “Fifth & 57th” refers to the address of Tiffany’s flagship boutique, allowing consumers to take a stroll down a projected version of New York’s iconic Fifth Avenue complete with bustling city scenes. Giving consumers

Dolce & Gabbana explores fragrance notes in video collection

Image from Dolce & Gabbana’s Velvet Mimosa Bloom Italian fashion label Dolce & Gabbana is giving consumers an in-depth look into its fragrances with a new digital campaign for the Velvet Collection. While many fragrance brands introduce a single video to publicize the release of a new scent, Dolce & Gabbana created a more elaborate campaign for its latest collection. Producing multiple videos will give consumers more opportunities to connect with

Updated: Best free video editing software: Our 10 top programs of 2015

Introduction It’s the first law of movie-making: no matter how expensive your camera, or how skilled you are at using it, your raw footage will always be rubbish. And so, if you’re looking to add a little professional polish, then installing a video editor will be essential. Commercial video editors can be very expensive, of course, but you may not have to go that far. Whether you want to trim

Samsung unveils monstrous 2TB SSD

Samsung knows a thing or two about solid state drives as it produces the components that go in there – and it sells quite a lot of them. The company just unveiled a 2TB model, the 850 Pro, which uses Samsung’s 3D V-NAND technology and opts for a bog standard SATA interface rather than PCI Express-based ones like M.2. It makes the new drive particularly enticing for desktop computers or

Review: Samsung 850 Pro 2TB

Introduction Performance or capacity. That’s been the dichotomy that’s dominated data storage since the first mainstream solid-state drives for PCs appeared nearly a decade ago. But now Samsung has launched the first 2TB SSDs aimed at consumers. Give it up for the Samsung 850 Pro 2TB (£750, around US$1,166, or AUS$ 1,554), tested here, and its 850 Evo (£637, around US$992, or AUS$1,320) sibling. At last, the speed of solid-state

Review: Asus RT-AC87U

Introduction and design With the first generation of 802.11ac wireless routers, the Asus RT-AC68U stands apart from many of its competitors, with both great wireless performance and superb built-in software that offers plenty of functions and an intuitive, well-designed interface. Even today, it still costs a bit more than other routers, but arguably it’s worth paying a bit extra for the benefits of great performance and useful and functional software.