Shein Discloses FTC Probe in US, Warns of Significant Payments
According to documents the ultra-fast-fashion company filed in connection with its planned Hong Kong IPO, Shein is cooperating with the investigation and could face significant fines.
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News & Analysis
Miuccia Prada on Fashion, Football and Racism
Ahead of her Autumn/Winter 2019 show, the contrarian designer and billionaire businesswoman speaks exclusively to Tim Blanks about Prada’s response to its recent blackface scandal, the lack of honesty in fashion and why she loves football.
Miuccia Prada on Fashion, Football and Racism
Ahead of her Autumn/Winter 2019 show, the contrarian designer and billionaire businesswoman speaks exclusively to Tim Blanks about Prada’s response to its recent blackface scandal, the lack of honesty in fashion and why she loves football.
Fashion Week
Disco Hedonism at Alberta Ferretti
It seems like all the designer cares about nowadays is dressing Instagram celebs who are easy to impress with glitzy looks.
Disco Hedonism at Alberta Ferretti
It seems like all the designer cares about nowadays is dressing Instagram celebs who are easy to impress with glitzy looks.
Fashion Week
Christopher Kane Gets Twisted
The designer's fearless interlacing of science and weird sex is now enough of a signature that it no longer lands with quite the transgressive wallop it used to, but that doesn’t mean it can’t still raise an eyebrow.
Christopher Kane Gets Twisted
The designer's fearless interlacing of science and weird sex is now enough of a signature that it no longer lands with quite the transgressive wallop it used to, but that doesn’t mean it can’t still raise an eyebrow.
Fashion Week
Erdem’s Eerie Séance
There’s no escaping the past for the designer, whose sense of time and place was fed by the spell of an Italian princess.
Erdem’s Eerie Séance
There’s no escaping the past for the designer, whose sense of time and place was fed by the spell of an Italian princess.
Fashion Week
London’s Female Fashion Stars
Grace Wales Bonner, Roksanda Illicic, Rejina Pyo and Charlotte Knowles brought context, confidence and craft to the London runways.
London’s Female Fashion Stars
Grace Wales Bonner, Roksanda Illicic, Rejina Pyo and Charlotte Knowles brought context, confidence and craft to the London runways.
Fashion Week
Food for Thought at JW Anderson
Anderson is working some fine line between purity and provocation. It's irresistible, even if it demands a lot of its wearer.
Food for Thought at JW Anderson
Anderson is working some fine line between purity and provocation. It's irresistible, even if it demands a lot of its wearer.
Fashion Week
Chalayan's Quarter Century
For his anniversary collection, Hussein Chalayan demonstrated the simple power of a collection of subtle, sensual, somber jackets and dresses.
Chalayan's Quarter Century
For his anniversary collection, Hussein Chalayan demonstrated the simple power of a collection of subtle, sensual, somber jackets and dresses.
Fashion Week
Mary Katrantzou's Big Bang
Show notes talked about aether, the breath of the gods, a celestial puff of air. But it wasn’t heaven that was conveyed.
Mary Katrantzou's Big Bang
Show notes talked about aether, the breath of the gods, a celestial puff of air. But it wasn’t heaven that was conveyed.
Fashion Week
Simone Rocha's Private Life
The designer showed a potent new discipline in this collection, after last season left her feeling uncomfortably exposed.
Simone Rocha's Private Life
The designer showed a potent new discipline in this collection, after last season left her feeling uncomfortably exposed.
Fashion Week
Victoria Beckham Lets Her Clothes Do the Talking
Her collection impressed with its sensual rigour and a razor-like precision that would suit the most exacting – possibly transgressive — demands.
Victoria Beckham Lets Her Clothes Do the Talking
Her collection impressed with its sensual rigour and a razor-like precision that would suit the most exacting – possibly transgressive — demands.
Fashion Week
Riccardo Tisci Builds His Own World at Burberry
High/low fuelled his debut last season, and it was delivered here with a quantum leap in polish. But as much as he talked about “writing the book of Burberry,” there were plenty of echoes of those early days at Givenchy.
Riccardo Tisci Builds His Own World at Burberry
High/low fuelled his debut last season, and it was delivered here with a quantum leap in polish. But as much as he talked about “writing the book of Burberry,” there were plenty of echoes of those early days at Givenchy.
Workplace & Talent
Derek Blasberg’s Tips For Getting Ahead in Fashion
The Missouri-native turned fashion insider and YouTube’s new head of fashion & beauty partnerships shares the secrets to his success.
Derek Blasberg’s Tips For Getting Ahead in Fashion
The Missouri-native turned fashion insider and YouTube’s new head of fashion & beauty partnerships shares the secrets to his success.
The News in Brief
Frasers Group Takes a Position in Burberry
The billionaire Mike Ashley’s investment arm disclosed Tuesday it holds an interest worth a potential 4.2 percent of the voting rights in Burberry.
EssilorLuxottica Beats Forecasts, AI Glasses and Myopia Products Drive Growth
The Franco-Italian eyewear maker reported a 15 percent rise in first-half profit, beating expectations, while revenue growth was driven by strong demand for AI-enabled glasses myopia products.
Whoop Names Kyle Leahy Chief Commercial Officer
Leahy joins the wearables brand from Glossier, where she was chief executive for three years.
Chinese Jeweller Laopu Gold’s Shares Drop on Growth Outlook
The jeweller lost $2.1 billion in market value after forecasting first-half 2026 revenue growth of up to 66 percent, a sharp slowdown from last year that unsettled investors in one of China’s most viral consumer brands.
Unilever Lifts Outlook on Strongest Volume Growth in Over A Decade
Unilever upgraded its annual forecast on Tuesday, as consumers reached for brands like Vaseline and Dove despite household budget concerns stemming from the Iran war.
J&J to Pay $5.5 Billion to Settle Talc-Related Cancer Claims
Johnson & Johnson on Monday said it agreed to a $5.5 billion commitment to resolve years of litigation related to claims that its talc products caused ovarian cancer.
Lenzing Closes UK, Austria Sites in Turnaround Bid
The closures are the latest in a series of cost-cutting and refinancing measures at the textile maker, which has faced headwinds from competition in China and India.