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Marketing

How Fashion Picks Its Hip-Hop Style Icons

As fashion continues to tap into hip-hop for celeb marketing opportunities, it is searching for fresh faces beyond the same superstar partnerships.

Marketing

How Fashion Picks Its Hip-Hop Style Icons

As fashion continues to tap into hip-hop for celeb marketing opportunities, it is searching for fresh faces beyond the same superstar partnerships.


Fashion Week

Couture Has Entered a New Era. What Does It Mean?

There were plenty of questions coursing through the shows in Paris this week as new designers at Chanel and Dior brought fresh perspectives to their first couture collections, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

Couture Has Entered a New Era. What Does It Mean?

There were plenty of questions coursing through the shows in Paris this week as new designers at Chanel and Dior brought fresh perspectives to their first couture collections, reports Angelo Flaccavento.


Luxury

What’s Couture For? Chanel and Dior’s New Designers Make Their Case

Matthieu Blazy and Jonathan Anderson each took different approaches to navigating the inherent tensions of French couture, Robert Williams writes. Plus: LVMH’s results.

Luxury

What’s Couture For? Chanel and Dior’s New Designers Make Their Case

Matthieu Blazy and Jonathan Anderson each took different approaches to navigating the inherent tensions of French couture, Robert Williams writes. Plus: LVMH’s results.


Technology

TikTok’s New US Algorithm

The app’s new US owners are ‘retraining’ its recommendation algorithm, raising concerns about new biases, while social media companies are facing a landmark trial claiming they’re addictive by design.

Technology

TikTok’s New US Algorithm

The app’s new US owners are ‘retraining’ its recommendation algorithm, raising concerns about new biases, while social media companies are facing a landmark trial claiming they’re addictive by design.


Global Markets

Second-Tier Cities Are Critical to Reviving Luxury Growth in China

Hubs like Nanjing and Changsha are drawing increased attention from brands such as Louis Vuitton and Burberry as middle-class consumers relocating from Beijing and Shanghai in search of higher quality of life take their appetite for luxury goods with them.

Global Markets

Second-Tier Cities Are Critical to Reviving Luxury Growth in China

Hubs like Nanjing and Changsha are drawing increased attention from brands such as Louis Vuitton and Burberry as middle-class consumers relocating from Beijing and Shanghai in search of higher quality of life take their appetite for luxury goods with them.


Beauty

How Dubai Became a Hotbed for Fragrance Dupes

A global luxury fragrance capital, Dubai has become an expert hub for affordably priced fragrances that are among the top sellers on TikTok.

Beauty

How Dubai Became a Hotbed for Fragrance Dupes

A global luxury fragrance capital, Dubai has become an expert hub for affordably priced fragrances that are among the top sellers on TikTok.


Fashion Week

Blazy’s Chanel Couture Was a Slam Dunk!

Who knew an inspiration as unlikely as ‘bird on a mushroom’ could unleash such a torrent of creativity, reports Tim Blanks.

Fashion Week

Blazy’s Chanel Couture Was a Slam Dunk!

Who knew an inspiration as unlikely as ‘bird on a mushroom’ could unleash such a torrent of creativity, reports Tim Blanks.


Fashion Week

At Saint Laurent, Dressing and Undressing

Anthony Vaccarello’s latest men’s outing was impeccably executed, but the frisson of eroticism the designer has mastered so well in the past got lost along the way, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

At Saint Laurent, Dressing and Undressing

Anthony Vaccarello’s latest men’s outing was impeccably executed, but the frisson of eroticism the designer has mastered so well in the past got lost along the way, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Luxury

LVMH Sees Tough Year Ahead as Fashion Sales Struggle

Fourth-quarter sales in the world’s biggest luxury group rose 1 percent, slightly ahead of expectations. Sales fell 3 percent in the key fashion and leather goods division as the sector continues to face sluggish demand. ‘2026 will not be easy,’ chairman Bernard Arnault said.

Luxury

LVMH Sees Tough Year Ahead as Fashion Sales Struggle

Fourth-quarter sales in the world’s biggest luxury group rose 1 percent, slightly ahead of expectations. Sales fell 3 percent in the key fashion and leather goods division as the sector continues to face sluggish demand. ‘2026 will not be easy,’ chairman Bernard Arnault said.


Global Markets

Africa’s Fashion Factories Pay for US Trade Limbo Over AGOA

Even if Washington moves to extend the duty-free trade deal for 32 African countries, letting it lapse in September has put factory jobs at risk and forced manufacturers to absorb new costs, weakening US sourcing ties across the region from Kenya to Madagascar.

Global Markets

Africa’s Fashion Factories Pay for US Trade Limbo Over AGOA

Even if Washington moves to extend the duty-free trade deal for 32 African countries, letting it lapse in September has put factory jobs at risk and forced manufacturers to absorb new costs, weakening US sourcing ties across the region from Kenya to Madagascar.


Global Markets

Worldview | Venezuela’s Fashion Retailers Return to ‘Business as Usual’

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features China’s plummeting footwear exports, Indonesian textiles and Chile’s department store giant.

Global Markets

Worldview | Venezuela’s Fashion Retailers Return to ‘Business as Usual’

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features China’s plummeting footwear exports, Indonesian textiles and Chile’s department store giant.


Sports

Anta Just Saved Puma

After months of speculation, Anta has finally acquired the Pinault family’s 29 percent stake in Puma. Suddenly, the brand’s future doesn’t seem so bleak.

Sports

Anta Just Saved Puma

After months of speculation, Anta has finally acquired the Pinault family’s 29 percent stake in Puma. Suddenly, the brand’s future doesn’t seem so bleak.