Retail Still a Weak Spot as Reliance Profits Beat Expectations
The Indian oil-to-telecom giant saw its market value jump by a record $19 billion as earnings surged, but its retail division continues to lag.
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Marketing
How Beauty Brands Tap Backstage and Beyond
Hair and makeup companies are turning fashion week partnerships into powerful brand marketing tools.
Fashion Week
Uma Wang’s Balletic Poetry
The poetry shown by Uma Wang for Spring has largely been lost in today's Instagram-driven fashion climate.
Fashion Week
A Spacey Flight of Fancy at Prada
Miuccia Prada wove more of her eerily dissociative magic, but will it cast its spell on a market that seems increasingly resistant to such blandishments?
Workplace & Talent
Role Call | Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator
Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT, says "Putting on museum exhibitions is like making a film — it requires many people with different talents."
Fashion Week
Alberta Ferretti in the Desert
It was Alberta Ferretti who invented the much-copied formula of soft yet assertive femininity, so it makes perfect sense that she is reaffirming her signature.
Fashion Week
Folksy Migrations at Stella Jean
Struck by Europe’s current refugee crisis, Stella Jean took inspiration from the idea of migrant Italians, which gave rise to pretty, ladylike shapes in an array of carefully mismatched patterns.
Technology
Who's Winning the Fashion E-Commerce Race?
Fashion e-commerce is heating up. In a race between luxury incumbents, ‘pure play’ e-tailers and a slew of upstarts with new business models, who will come out ahead?
Fashion Week
Modern Nomads at Coach
There was a fearlessness Stuart Vevers' strong, appealing message for Coach.
Fashion Week
Destruction and Rebirth: A Mesmerising Psychodrama from Kane
“Crash and repair” was Christopher Kane’s theme, reflecting the emotional turmoil Kane and his sister Tammy have been through over the past year.
Fashion Week
Beauty Meets Madness at Erdem
Despite the downbeat inspiration, there was uplifting lightness in the tiers and ruffles, and especially in the millefeuille waves of organza that closed Erdem Moralioglu's show.
News & Analysis
Carine Roitfeld Reborn
In her post-Vogue incarnation, the multi-tasking muse, grandmother, stylist, editor and entrepreneur feels more liberated to be herself.
Fashion Week
Thomas Tait Gets Uncomfortably Close
Tait is a supremely gifted and well-respected designer, but his place in the fashion world is unclear.
The News in Brief
Hugo Boss Cuts Outlook Citing Weak Demand, Higher Costs
The German fashion house, recently taken over by Britain’s Frasers Group, is in the midst of a second turnaround effort under CEO Daniel Grieder.
Diotima’s Rachel Scott, Ralph Lauren Take Home Top Prizes at CFDA Awards
Colleen Allen won the emerging designer of the year award; Tory Burch, Linda Fargo and more take home honours.
Ye Announces ‘Yeezy Season 01’ Runway Show in Los Angeles
The show will unveil the brand’s first-ever flagship store and mark Ye’s first full-scale runway presentation in four years.
Style Capital Acquires Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s N21
Financial details of the deal for the Milan-based brand weren’t disclosed.
Lagos Fashion Week Continues to Flex its Pan-African Muscle
The buzzy Nigerian fashion event has attracted a cohort from across the continent, with designers from South Africa, Uganda and Morocco presenting their collections in the Nigerian city.
Estée Lauder Raises Outlook, Buoyed by Perfume Demand
Demand for the US conglomerate’s luxury fragrance brands like Le Labo, Tom Ford and By Kilian offset weaker performance from its makeup and haircare divisions.
Bangladesh Sets Up Wage Board as Garment Worker Unrest Shuts Factories
Violent protests over pay levels forced the closure of more than 500 factories over the weekend.