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Gucci is an ltalian luxury fashion brand owned by Kering and founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence, Italy in 1921.

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News & Analysis

Why Fashion’s Anti-Fur Movement Is Winning

Brands from Gucci to Michael Kors and DVF have recently stopped using fur, calculating that the goodwill generated with younger customers, and a reprieve from social media-amplified protests by animal-rights activists, is worth a few million dollars in lost sales.


News & Analysis

The Curious Case of Coty’s #OldEra Burberry Fragrance

Coty’s first launch for Burberry is a throwback to the British megabrand’s former incarnation under Christopher Bailey, jarring with the vision of new designer Riccardo Tisci.


News & Analysis

Why Star Designers (Typically) Don’t Get Their Own Labels

Launching a Nicolas Ghesquière or Hedi Slimane brand is risky business, even for a major conglomerate, due to high capital expenditure requirements and the quandary of trademark ownership.


Luxury

LVMH Shares Slide as China Concerns Linger

Concerns over an ebbing in demand for branded goods have hit luxury stocks in recent days, as a trade war between Beijing and Washington simmers.


Media

Men's Media Courts the Streetwear Crowd

Can publications keep up with a community that increasingly lives on forums and social media?


Luxury

LVMH Third Quarter Sales Boosted by Fashion and Leather Goods

The results offer an encouraging sign for a luxury goods sector gripped by fears of a slowdown in China.


China

Fashion Designers Boldly Embrace Their Chinese Heritage

In the past, cultural identity took a backseat to vocational aspirations. Not so for the new generation of designers of Chinese descent.


Fashion Week

Shanghai Fashion Week's Bid for Global Relevance

This week, everyone will be talking about Shanghai Fashion Week, Burberry's new fragrance, LVMH's Les Journées Particulières and the latest wave of pop-up stores. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.


News & Analysis

The $900 Million ‘Old Céline’ Opportunity

Who is best positioned to dress the affluent follower of Phoebe Philo’s chic and unfussy Celine in the wake of Hedi Slimane’s wholesale reinvention of the LVMH-owned house?


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.