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These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Wednesday.Vogue World is heading to MilanThe fifth annual Vogue World will be held in Milan on Sept. 22, 2026 in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. The event will celebrate the opening day of Milan Fashion Week and be livestreamed to audiences globally. Vogue World: Milano will offer a reflection on Italy’s fashion legacy and its defining moments of transformation. {Fashionista inbox}Companies sue for Trump tariff refundsL’Oréal, Dyson and Bausch + Lomb are the latest corporations to sue for refunds of tariffs paid under Donald Trump’s emergency trade measures. The cases were filed on Monday in the U.S. Court of International Trade. FedEx and Sol de Janeiro also filed complaints this week. Up to $175 billion in U.S. tariff collections are subject to potential refunds, Penn Wharton Budget Model economists said, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the duties unlawful. {Reuters}Pat McGrath Labs is still looking for buyersPat McGrath Labs is being shopped to potential buyers via the bankruptcy process, days after one of the brand’s investors said it had acquired a controlling stake. Gordian Group, Pat McGrath Labs’ investment bank, is shopping an “investment and acquisition opportunity” involving the brand. Potential buyers were informed that any transaction must repay debtor-in-possession claims totaling over $60 million, plus an estimated $70 to $80 million in secured claims. {Business of Fashion/paywalled}Designer brands resume shipping to Saks despite bankruptcySaks Global Enterprises said hundreds of brands have either resumed or continued shipping to the retailer as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy. The company is set to receive around $1.2 billion in merchandise over the next few months. Those goods are coming from more than 380 brands, including Burberry, Christian Louboutin, Brunello Cucinelli, Zankov, Brandon Maxwell, Lafayette 148 and more. {Bloomberg}Croissant raises $28 million in fundingCroissant, a resale pricing app, raised another $28 million in funding, including equity and debt. Croissant launched with an approach that offered shoppers a guaranteed resale value when they immediately bought a product. Croissant is now going to use its new funds to share some of the affiliate money it gets from brands with shoppers: Consumers get 10% back on purchases made within the network in credits that can be used to purchase other goods. {WWD/paywalled}Meryll Rogge prepares for her Marni debutRogge accepted the creative director job at Marni last July, a month after winning ANDAM’s Grand Prize. She makes her Marni debut on Thursday during Milan Fashion Week. “Marni Chapter Three,” as Rogge calls it, will “feel very feminine while being a bit more active. She’s not precious.” Rogge has resurrected Marni Founder Consuelo Castiglioni’s knee-length coats, leaned into the brand’s dot motifs and brought back the label’s crafty jewelry. {Vogue Business/paywalled}SCAD and Jewelers Mutual enter $10 million partnershipJewelers Mutual Group announced a $10 million, 10-year alliance with the Savannah College of Art and Design to support bench jeweler education. The funding will support several key initiatives in addressing a shortage of bench jeweler talent, including the Bench Education Endowment by Jewelers Mutual Endowed Scholarship fund, an annual scholarship program, enhancements to academic programming, upgrades to jewelry-making technology and equipment and a naming gift to SCAD’s jewelry building. {Fashionista inbox}Fashionista’s audience includes 1 million site visitors, 110,000 newsletter subscribers and 4.74 million social media followers. Want to know how to reach them? Learn more.
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