Shein Outsells British Rival Asos as UK Revenue Hits $3.41 Billion
The ultra-fast fashion company said sales had been bolstered by marketing partnerships with music festivals, a pop-up shop on London’s Oxford Street and local Christmas gift events.
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News & Analysis
Adidas Remixes '90s Kate Moss for Gazelle Reboot
Adidas has partnered with Kate Moss and bessnyc4 to launch its re-issued Gazelle sneakers, which some have called 'the new Stan Smiths.'
Fashion Week
Thom Browne’s West Coast Fantasia
Thom Browne showed a massive technical accomplishment, peaking in the trompe l’oeil onesies that looked like complicated multi-faceted outfits but were actually a single unit.
Fashion Week
Junya Watanabe’s Tatto-ed Gangsters
There’s a tweaky little alt-punk thing nibbling at the edges of fashion right now. So maybe this was Watanabe’s Mudd Club collection.
Fashion Week
The Givenchy Man on the Move
The zipped-on bits and pieces, the pannier-like extensions to the silhouette, the pockets, the backpacks, everything amplifying the notion of a man on the move, made for a collection that felt tortured, layer-upon-layer overwrought.
Fashion Week
An Anti-Industrial Revolution at Dries Van Noten
Van Noten is a true designer — maybe even old school — in his passion for his craft, and this collection brought him back to the stuff that human hands make.
Fashion Week
Hippie Deluxe at Loewe
Anderson has mastered a very particular sophisticated naïveté for Loewe’s menswear. And there was a rawness that matched the island inspiration.
Fashion Week
Brexit, Not the Clothes, Are the Talk of Paris Fashion Week
The British vote to leave the European Union and not the clothes were the talk of the front row crowd at menswear shows in Paris on Friday.
Fashion Week
A Boy Becomes a Walrus at Rick Owens
The silhouettes soared skywards, the bulk below the waist, amplified by huge pannier-like swatches of fabric, captured by tiny jackets.
Fashion Week
A Born Nomad at Louis Vuitton
The collection combined the curiosity of the traveller with the eye of the connoisseur and the imagination of the storyteller.
Luxury
Italian Industry Debates Luxury Equation in Crisis
At a summit hosted by the Camera Nazionale della Moda, in partnership with BoF, the Italian fashion industry grappled with generational, systemic and consumer shifts.
News & Analysis
Pitti Immagine Bimbo: At the Heart of the Childrenswear Market
From its launch in 1975, the Florentine tradeshow Pitti Immagine Bimbo has played a leadership role in the evolution of the childrenswear market.
News & Analysis
Christopher Kane's Next Milestone: E-Commerce
Christopher Kane talks exclusively to Tim Blanks as he hits the next milestone in the development of his brand: e-commerce.
The News in Brief
Nike, Patagonia and Lululemon Join Group Battling Microfibre Pollution
Global environmental non-profit The Nature Conservancy has launched a new industry coalition to help apparel companies tackle microfibre pollution across their supply chains.
Meta Bans Ads From TikTok on Its Apps
The policy bars ads from ByteDance, which remains in charge of key parts of TikTok, and extends to third-party advertisers running campaigns that link to TikTok.
Gap to Use Athleta Leader’s Exit to Rebuild Slumping Brand
The departure of Athleta’s CEO for Lululemon is a chance to ‘reimagine the brand’s path forward,’ Gap Inc. CEO Richard Dickson wrote in an internal memo viewed by Bloomberg.
Harvey Nichols’ Birmingham Store Will Close in January
The department store’s Leeds and Bristol outlets will be converted to the Flannels brand in a shake-up under Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, which purchased the chain when it was put into administration in mid-August.
Zankov Appoints Its First CEO
Jack Tobin is joining Diane von Furstenberg artistic director Henry Zankov’s namesake label as CEO and part owner.
LVMH, Kering Update Model Safety Guidelines
Nearly a decade since the luxury groups first published a charter of model protections, they are introducing new measures to protect those working in the industry.
Lululemon Hires Athleta Head in Management Shakeup
Maggie Gauger is joining Lululemon as chief product officer as new CEO Heidi O’Neill looks to revive sales.