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The inaugural Fashion Week Asia, staged by Manila-based media group AGC Power Holdings Corp., brought together established brands, emerging designers and creative voices from across the continent for five days of runway shows, cultural exchange and industry conversations. BoF reports from the Filipino capital on the creative energy and ambitions shaping Asian fashion’s next chapter.
The label’s new Avenue Montaigne flagship offers a first look at how CEO Francesca Bellettini and designer Demna plan to reinvent Gucci’s retail network as they seek to reverse a prolonged sales slump. ‘We are Italian so the concept had to scream Italy in its references,’ Bellettini told BoF.
Revenue growth outpaced the previous quarter in the Korean conglomerate’s domestic market, but slowed internationally.
Current president Debi Chirichella will be Hearst Magazine’s next chair.
