Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent is a Kering-owned luxury fashion brand, founded by the designer Yves Saint Laurent in 1961.
Vogue Paris to Launch Fashion Festival
BoF can exclusively reveal that the French edition of Vogue is set to launch the inaugural Vogue Paris Fashion Festival, a two-day event to be held in November.
T Magazine Names Alexander Fury Chief Fashion Correspondent
Alexander Fury has been named chief fashion correspondent at T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the newspaper’s fashion and culture supplement.
Judge Dismisses Part of Alibaba Counterfeits Lawsuit
A US judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit filed last year by Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and other luxury brands accusing Alibaba of promoting the sale of counterfeit goods.
Bottoms Up on Hermès, LVMH and Kering Performance
Investors breathed a sign of relief as better-than-expected first half results took some of the sting out of the sector’s most severe correction in seven years.
Gucci Turnaround Buoys Kering
French luxury-goods maker Kering reported first-half earnings that beat analysts’ estimates on rising demand for Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, helping it shrug off lower tourism in Europe.
Update: Louis Vuitton Denies Report of Nicolas Ghesquière's Impending Exit
LVMH is considering a change of creative director at Louis Vuitton, with Jonathan Anderson seen as the front-runner to replace Nicolas Ghesquière, according to Reuters. Louis Vuitton has categorically denied the rumour and clarified that Ghesquière's contract expires in November 2018.
Lisa Marie Fernandez’s Restrained Swimwear Revolution
Through a strategy of product iteration and timely category expansion, Lisa Marie Fernandez has built an influential swimwear brand, with sales set to double this year.
Dramatic Luxury Sales Drop, Fresh Data Shows
Full price sales of luxury goods are dramatically down year-on-year, according to data collected by real-time analytics firm Edited in the wake of the UK's shocking Brexit vote.
Tomes of the Times: Summer Reading
Colin McDowell shares his essential summer fashion reading list, from ‘Fashion Game Changers’ to a catalogue of Karl Lagerfeld's work for Chanel.
BoF Exclusive | Justin O’Shea Enlists Metallica For Brioni’s Radical Repositioning
Rock band Metallica are the stars of Brioni’s first advertising campaign under creative director Justin O'Shea, reflecting a radical, masculine repositioning for the Kering-owned men’s luxury label.