Will Jewellery Help Shape Luxury’s Winners?
As weak appetite for handbags and geopolitical tensions weigh on fashion sales, luxury groups are leaning on high-performing jewellery to help boost growth and steady profit margins.
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Fashion Week
At Pitti Uomo, Rebels Real and Faux
Simone Rocha stole the show this season with a men’s presentation full of quiet rebellion, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
At Pitti Uomo, Rebels Real and Faux
Simone Rocha stole the show this season with a men’s presentation full of quiet rebellion, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Fashion Week
Pitti Uomo Shows Fashion Industry’s Optimism Despite Choppy Conditions
The bi-annual gathering in Florence drew steady numbers of foreign buyers, serving as a temperature check for the struggling fashion sector.
Pitti Uomo Shows Fashion Industry’s Optimism Despite Choppy Conditions
The bi-annual gathering in Florence drew steady numbers of foreign buyers, serving as a temperature check for the struggling fashion sector.
Beauty
Pitti Uomo Gets in on the Fragrance Boom
Pitti Uomo is embracing the fragrance-as-accessory trend at Hi Beauty, a winter trade show for niche fragrance labels, while it looks toward other men’s grooming categories.
Pitti Uomo Gets in on the Fragrance Boom
Pitti Uomo is embracing the fragrance-as-accessory trend at Hi Beauty, a winter trade show for niche fragrance labels, while it looks toward other men’s grooming categories.
Fashion Week
At Pitti, an Antidote to Peacockery
Standouts like Soshiotsuki and Hed Mayner offered the sense of progress the Florentine trade fair needs, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
At Pitti, an Antidote to Peacockery
Standouts like Soshiotsuki and Hed Mayner offered the sense of progress the Florentine trade fair needs, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
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Luxury
Prada CEO Sees No Further Acquisitions After Versace Closing Next Week
Andrea Guerra stated that the luxury group has no immediate plans for further acquisitions following the expected completion of the Versace takeover next week.
Prada CEO Sees No Further Acquisitions After Versace Closing Next Week
Andrea Guerra stated that the luxury group has no immediate plans for further acquisitions following the expected completion of the Versace takeover next week.
Fashion Week
Is Fashion Stuck in the Archives?
At Pitti Uomo, there was a sense of nostalgia that felt both backward looking and progressive, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Is Fashion Stuck in the Archives?
At Pitti Uomo, there was a sense of nostalgia that felt both backward looking and progressive, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Fashion Week
How Homme Plissé Fits Into Issey Miyake’s New Menswear Strategy
The Japanese brand’s fastest-growing line is ceding the Paris fashion week spotlight to IM Men and taking a ‘slow road’ with traveling events powered by a new ‘open studio’ strategy, starting with an Italy-inspired presentation at Pitti Uomo in Florence.
How Homme Plissé Fits Into Issey Miyake’s New Menswear Strategy
The Japanese brand’s fastest-growing line is ceding the Paris fashion week spotlight to IM Men and taking a ‘slow road’ with traveling events powered by a new ‘open studio’ strategy, starting with an Italy-inspired presentation at Pitti Uomo in Florence.
Fashion Week
At Pitti, Breaking Free From Fashion Stasis
Satoshi Kuwata’s Setchu delivered the spark of invention that the Pitti Uomo fair and the wider fashion system both need, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
At Pitti, Breaking Free From Fashion Stasis
Satoshi Kuwata’s Setchu delivered the spark of invention that the Pitti Uomo fair and the wider fashion system both need, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
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Fashion Week
At Pitti, Fashion Leaned on the Past
Reverence for times past dominated the Florentine trade show that ended on Thursday, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
At Pitti, Fashion Leaned on the Past
Reverence for times past dominated the Florentine trade show that ended on Thursday, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Retail
From Florence to New York, Fashion Events Are Back
This week, everyone will be talking about the 100th Pitti Uomo, Marc Jacobs’ show in New York and the BoF Professional Summit on retail’s future.
From Florence to New York, Fashion Events Are Back
This week, everyone will be talking about the 100th Pitti Uomo, Marc Jacobs’ show in New York and the BoF Professional Summit on retail’s future.
News & Analysis
At Polimoda, How Students Uncover ‘The Truth About Fashion’
The findings of a new research project conducted by Polimoda’s Gen-Z and Millennial students highlights the ‘gap between how the [fashion] system defines itself and how the younger generations perceive it.’
At Polimoda, How Students Uncover ‘The Truth About Fashion’
The findings of a new research project conducted by Polimoda’s Gen-Z and Millennial students highlights the ‘gap between how the [fashion] system defines itself and how the younger generations perceive it.’
News & Analysis
Meet the Mentors Leading Digital Learning at Polimoda
Tank’s Chief Executive and Fashion Director, Caroline Issa, and Emilio Pucci’s Deputy Chairman and Image Director, Laudomia Pucci, will be offering their industry expertise to the next generation of fashion professionals — exclusively available online.
Meet the Mentors Leading Digital Learning at Polimoda
Tank’s Chief Executive and Fashion Director, Caroline Issa, and Emilio Pucci’s Deputy Chairman and Image Director, Laudomia Pucci, will be offering their industry expertise to the next generation of fashion professionals — exclusively available online.
The News in Brief
London’s Liberty Doubles Fabric Section as Sewing Booms
The department store has more than doubled the size of its fabrics department and will host crafting classes this autumn as social media drives a surge in activities like sewing.
US Businesses File Lawsuit Challenging New ‘Forced Labour’ Tariffs
Two small businesses, backed by the group that successfully sued over previous tariffs, say the new policy similarly exceeds the president’s authority to tax imports.
Perfume Maker Givaudan’s Sales Beat Estimates, Tariff Paybacks Weigh on Shares
Givaudan’s second-quarter organic sales came in ahead of market estimates on Thursday, but its shares fell 5 percent on litigation costs and tariff repayments.
Trump to Impose Forced Labour Duties on Friday as Temporary 10% US Tariffs Expire
The move is the White House’s latest effort to restore Trump’s campaign vision of a near-global tariff after the US Supreme Court in February struck down his ‘reciprocal’ duties.
LVMH Appoints General Manager of Fragrance
Givenchy executive Yann Musquin will lead the group’s fragrance portfolio, succeeding longtime division head Romain Spitzer.
India Changes Rule in Win for Foreign E-Commerce Companies
In a major win for Amazon, which lobbied for the change, the government will allow foreign e-commerce companies to buy products directly from Indian sellers and sell them to overseas customers.
Skincare Brand Prequel Appoints C-Suite
The dermatologist-developed label has named Nathalie Kristo as its first chief executive officer and Toral Patel as chief marketing officer.