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Former Victoria's Secret chief executive and marketing director, Edward Razek, has regularly made unwanted sexual advances toward the company's models, and harassed and bullied staff members, including models of the well-known brand, the New York Times reports.

Several models have admitted to the press that Ed forced them into intimate contact under the threat of dismissal.

He was a shining exception to a tough rule: the one that for some reason or another often stands in the path of a Made in Greece brand. The tireless, nonconformist and always creative Yiannis Tseklenis, the fabric and clothing designer who put Greece on the global fashion map in the 1960s and 70s, died in Athens on Wednesday, at the age of 82.

Fashion designer Yannis Tseklenis, who is widely credited with putting Greece on the map of international fashion, has died at the age of 82.

His death Wednesday was announced Thursday by the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, which the designer had donated all of his collections to.

A marching band, known as the "Ottoman Marching Band," is keeping the Ottoman cultural and historical heritage alive in Africa.

The band, founded by Malaysian immigrants in 1949, is made up of mostly Muslim South Africans and attracts attention with the red fezzes used by the members during their performances.

Already one of the most prominent textile and clothing producers, Turkey is now raising its sight for a higher rise in exports, setting their eye on the U.S. market.

Human rights non-governmental organization Humane Society International United Kingdom expressed its satisfaction with the decision of the British Queen Elizabeth II to stop wearing genuine leather clothes, AFP reported.

A specially designed €10,000 ($11,077) worth women's footwear by Turkish manufacturer Bayram Polat was bought by a Qatari shoes manufacturer in 8th Istanbul Shoes and Leather Goods Fashion Fair.

The Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a law that prohibits Muslim women from wearing the headscarf in France while accompanying their children during school trips.
In a statement released on Oct. 31, the ministry warned French officials that the ban could ignite discrimination against Muslims.

Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) investigators are working with a courier company to ascertain the exact size of a knock-off sneaker racket that is believed to have sold at least 3.27 million euros' worth of merchandise to consumers in Greece.

Thousands of consumers paid 3.27 million euros over the last couple of years for counterfeit trainers brought into Greece and sold by a gang recently busted by the country's Financial Crime Squad (SDOE).