Boots Acquired by Canada’s Weston Family for $8.9 Billion
The Westons agreed on Wednesday to buy the UK's Boots from Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family, pledging to invest in the retailer's stores and online and expand healthcare services.
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News & Analysis
Alber Elbaz Turns Nose for Frederic Malle
Elbaz, for 14 years at the creative helm of Lanvin, France's oldest fashion brand, has created a perfume called Superstitious for the French perfume house Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle.
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Tim’s Take | Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2017
Tim Blanks talks to Demna Gvasalia to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.
Fashion Week
Sacai’s Game Changers
Chitose Abe has established an aesthetic that combines romance and hard edges, intelligence and eroticism in a way so unique and ingenious that it constitutes one of the most distinctive design signatures in contemporary fashion.
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Spelling it Out at Stella McCartney
It’s no surprise fashion has acquired a taste for The Message this season. But that hasn’t always translated into the clothes, and it was kind of like that at Stella McCartney.
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A Spiritual Path at Givenchy
Riccardo Tisci’s new emphasis on the spiritual rather than the carnal not only changed the shape of Givenchy but also the attitude.
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He's With Her: Why Prabal Gurung And The Fashion Industry Support Hillary Clinton
"Hillary Clinton embodies the kind of woman he is designing for. He's become a passionate and vocal advocate of hers in the fashion community."
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Tim’s Take | Valentino Spring/Summer 2017
Tim Blanks talks to Pierpaolo Piccioli to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.
Fashion Week
Reality and Romance at Céline
Easy, fluid, fresh, but also surprisingly urban. That’s Phoebe Philo’s achievement: to reach impressive ends with such subtle means.
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Invisible Clothes at Comme des Garçons
Rei Kawakubo’s latest presentation was majestic and mournful, a paean to hopes unmet, dreams unrealised. The collection had a medieval, ritualistic, emotional power that overwhelmed reason.
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At Vivienne Westwood, Angst Goes Upbeat
Andreas Kronthaler's collection was full of spiritual — even pagan — joy that was more Burning Man than punk.
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At Rahul Mishra, a Rainforest à la Rousseau
Rahul Mishra's jungle-inspired collection was perfectly pretty. But was it enough?
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Chalayan's Inside-Outside Fashion
The designer's tech-infused collection was a light, utilitarian study of dissected uniforms, showing off his sophisticated pattern-making and weird way with embellishment.
The News in Brief
Vogue Arabia to Launch Annual Ball
The magazine’s inaugural ball will take place in November, the latest in a growing portfolio of live events hosted by publisher Condé Nast.
Lacoste Fired CEO Ahead of Paris Runway Show, Sources Say
The French tennis and lifestyle brand quietly fired its chief executive, Eric Vallat, shortly before the brand’s latest Paris fashion show, sources told Reuters.
Frasers Group Acquires 8.8% Stake in Under Armour
The move extends British company’s push into sports brands following a recent purchase of Puma stock.
US Luxury Spending Slows, Citi Data Shows
US credit card spending on luxury brands fell for a third consecutive month in September, according to data from Citi.
Frasers Group Steps Up Luxury Push With New Division, Larger Burberry Stake
The British retail group has brought its stakes in Burberry, Hugo Boss and Mulberry together with its luxury retail operations.
Asos Customers Receive ‘Hack’ Notification Threatening Leak
The retailer is investigating after users of its mobile app received a notification claiming hackers had ‘fully compromised’ company data.
Report: L’Oréal Explores Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities
The French company has engaged restructuring advisers to explore options for rising US legal liabilities linked to its use of talc and other chemical ingredients in some of its cosmetic products, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.