Fayed Abuse Victims Seek Up to £150 Million From Harrods
The retailer currently has a £62 million provision set aside for redress payments, but victims’ lawyers say more is likely needed.
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Fashion Week
An Earthly Wildness at Alexander McQueen
Gardens were the starting point, but it didn’t take long for the familiar to be absorbed and co-opted into the instinctive otherness of Sarah Burton's world.
An Earthly Wildness at Alexander McQueen
Gardens were the starting point, but it didn’t take long for the familiar to be absorbed and co-opted into the instinctive otherness of Sarah Burton's world.
Luxury
Decoding Chanel’s Gen-Z Strategy
Perhaps no other brand is as deft as Chanel at extracting juice from ingénue endorsements. But as younger consumers turn away from traditional celebrities in favour of digital influencers, how will fashion’s most powerful luxury house adjust its strategy?
Decoding Chanel’s Gen-Z Strategy
Perhaps no other brand is as deft as Chanel at extracting juice from ingénue endorsements. But as younger consumers turn away from traditional celebrities in favour of digital influencers, how will fashion’s most powerful luxury house adjust its strategy?
Fashion Week
‘Real’ World Dressing at Stella McCartney
In stores, the designer's clothes exert the chimerical hanger appeal that makes a shopper shop for herself. You scarcely have to like it on the catwalk when it’s really intended for the sidewalk.
‘Real’ World Dressing at Stella McCartney
In stores, the designer's clothes exert the chimerical hanger appeal that makes a shopper shop for herself. You scarcely have to like it on the catwalk when it’s really intended for the sidewalk.
Workplace & Talent
5 Tips for Fashion Success from Phillip Lim's CEO
The formidable executive helped grow the American designer label into a globally renowned brand in four years. How did she do it?
5 Tips for Fashion Success from Phillip Lim's CEO
The formidable executive helped grow the American designer label into a globally renowned brand in four years. How did she do it?
News & Analysis
Alexander Wang Relinquishes CEO Role, Plants Seeds for New Direction
Former Goop and Martha Stewart Omnimedia head Lisa Gersh will assume the chief executive title, while ex-Farfetch marketer Stephanie Horton is joining as chief strategy officer.
Alexander Wang Relinquishes CEO Role, Plants Seeds for New Direction
Former Goop and Martha Stewart Omnimedia head Lisa Gersh will assume the chief executive title, while ex-Farfetch marketer Stephanie Horton is joining as chief strategy officer.
Fashion Week
A Renewed Sense of Purpose at Céline
Phoebe Philo opted for optimism in the face of the spectacle of disorder, achieving maximal effects with minimal means. If complex simplicity sounds like a paradox, it’s one measure of this designer’s unique achievement.
A Renewed Sense of Purpose at Céline
Phoebe Philo opted for optimism in the face of the spectacle of disorder, achieving maximal effects with minimal means. If complex simplicity sounds like a paradox, it’s one measure of this designer’s unique achievement.
Fashion Week
Altuzarra Plays to His Strengths
The designer felt no compulsion to adjust anything to account for a demanding new audience in Paris, conjuring up a strong, sensual, all-conquering female alter ego that was a testament to his focus.
Altuzarra Plays to His Strengths
The designer felt no compulsion to adjust anything to account for a demanding new audience in Paris, conjuring up a strong, sensual, all-conquering female alter ego that was a testament to his focus.
Fashion Week
Comme des Garçons' Monument to Irrevocable Loss
Just as girlhood is an inevitable prelude to lost innocence, Rei Kawakubo’s collection seemed to recognise another human inevitability, the most inescapable of all.
Comme des Garçons' Monument to Irrevocable Loss
Just as girlhood is an inevitable prelude to lost innocence, Rei Kawakubo’s collection seemed to recognise another human inevitability, the most inescapable of all.
Fashion Week
Acne's Palette Cleanser
Today's show was nothing groundbreaking, but felt refreshingly straightforward and right for the moment.
Acne's Palette Cleanser
Today's show was nothing groundbreaking, but felt refreshingly straightforward and right for the moment.
Fashion Week
Connotations of Conflict at Junya Watanabe
The show began in birdsong but evoked the often violent disruptions in the natural order that have come to preoccupy us in the past year.
Connotations of Conflict at Junya Watanabe
The show began in birdsong but evoked the often violent disruptions in the natural order that have come to preoccupy us in the past year.
Fashion Week
Undercover's Magic Trick
Cindy Sherman's work was a factor in Jun Takahashi presentation, where a mindblowing technical feat compelled a suspension of judgement.
Undercover's Magic Trick
Cindy Sherman's work was a factor in Jun Takahashi presentation, where a mindblowing technical feat compelled a suspension of judgement.
Fashion Week
The Normal Turned Disturbing at Loewe
Jonathan Anderson approaches complication with a playful magic, but the Balearic ease of his recent collections reflected his engagement with 'reality'.
The Normal Turned Disturbing at Loewe
Jonathan Anderson approaches complication with a playful magic, but the Balearic ease of his recent collections reflected his engagement with 'reality'.
The News in Brief
Puig Acquires Sun Care Brand Isdin
The conglomerate bought its former partner’s 50 percent share to take full ownership of the Spanish skincare label.
Hugo Boss Chairman to Step Down Amid Frasers Group Pressure
Stephan Sturm is stepping down, as the German fashion house's largest shareholder seeks to beef up its board representation alongside its takeover bid for the brand.
CFDA’s Steven Kolb Involved in Altercation with PETA Protestors
The trade body’s president physically restrained animal rights activists after they stormed a Cos runway show at New York Fashion Week.
GQ Philippines Names Danyl Geneciran Editor in Chief
The former Vogue Man Philippines editor will helm GQ’s 23rd international title, whose debut issue features covers starring Darren Criss, Jordan Clarkson and Erwan Heussaff.
Human Made Discloses $3.6 Million Undercover Purchase Price and Long-Term Financial Targets
The Tokyo-listed company will pay $3.6 million in cash for 100 percent of Undercover, with founder Jun Takahashi relinquishing corporate duties to focus solely on design.
Arizona Accuses L’Oréal of Concealing Cancer Risks Linked to Hair Relaxers
The beauty conglomerate faces over 12,000 similar lawsuits filed by individuals that have been consolidated in a Chicago federal court.
Space NK Names New CEO, Andy Lightfoot Steps Down
Chief marketing officer Emma Simpson-Scott will succeed Lightfoot, who is leaving the UK retailer after seven years at the helm.