Harper’s Bazaar to Launch Philippine Edition
Hearst Magazines International is partnering with Philippine media group AGC Power Holdings to launch the fashion title in November 2027.
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Fashion Week
A 21st Century Scheherazade at Armani Privé
This season Armani explored another flavour in his nomadic palette: orange — with black and silver accents. The contrast twisted the collection eastwards, to the regions whose couture clients lined the front row.
Fashion Week
Rodarte to Show in Paris
The Los Angeles-based label will host an intimate presentation in Paris this season, with plans to align its runway collections with the couture schedule starting in July 2017.
News & Analysis
As ‘Re-commerce’ War Rages, Vestiaire Collective Arms Up with $62 Million Raise
Vestiaire Collective will use the funding to fuel expansion into new markets and reinforce customer acquisition amidst competition from The RealReal, Tradesy and others.
Fashion Week
An Apotheosis of Buttons
This was not one of those Thom Browne presentations where the designer set out to charm or seduce or amuse his audience. It felt very much like he had a point he wanted to make as irrefutably as possible. It would have made a lot more sense as a conceptual presentation at Pitti Uomo.
Fashion Week
Elevating the Everyday in Paris
This men’s fashion season is all about getting back to reality and elevating the everyday, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Fashion Week
A Postmodern Play at Kenzo
The Kenzo collection had panache, and rhythm, but the message got diluted in repetition.
News & Analysis
Defiant, Fashion Marches Against Trump
The fashion industry was out in force — online, offline and worldwide — to participate in Saturday’s Women’s March.
News & Analysis
Calvin Klein Quietly Unveils First Raf Simons Collection
"No interviews, no big media drop: just some minimal text on the website, along with four images, saying that the new made-to-measure collection will
Fashion Week
Sacai's Striking Splicing
Splicing together things she liked, the impact of the whole was much greater than the sum of the parts in Chitose Abe's Sacai collection. In fact, the randomness wasn’t even apparent, so appealing were the individual pieces.
Fashion Week
Junya Watanabe's Signature Mutations
Junya Watanabe's forensic eye for detail dissected and subtly reconstituted the most prosaic pieces of clothing, giving them new life.
Fashion Week
An Origin Story at Comme Des Garçons Homme Plus
Rei Kawakubo's collection was possibly one of the most provocative propositions ever from a designer who has made a career of them.
Fashion Week
Tisci Moves on at Givenchy
Whatever zeitgeist he tapped into with his new Givenchy menswear collection it all spoke to Riccardo Tisci moving on — tiring of the Gothic darkness, looking for the positive light.
The News in Brief
Sycamore Said to Near Deal to Sell Boots
The private equity firm is nearing a deal, valued at $9 billion, to sell the UK health and beauty retail business to the Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family, a source told Bloomberg.
Pandora Opens World’s Largest Jewellery Factory in Vietnam
The $150 million plant is the Danish jewellers first outside of Thailand, part of a bid to diversify its manufacturing footprint and boost supply-chain resilience.
Luca de Meo Says Italy Remains Key, Rules Out Production Shift
The Kering CEO also denied any interest in buying a minority stake in Armani, adding that the group was focusing on other challenges.
H&M, Adidas and Inditex Back New Effort to Address ‘Waste Colonialism’
The new initiative will explore how the industry can take responsibility for the millions of used and unsold garments exported to secondhand markets around the world.
Dyson’s $499 AI Toothbrush Sees Rocky Debut
The UK firm blamed a production error resulting in ‘water seepage’ for the disappearance of its newly launched camera-equipped toothbrush from stores.
Sephora to Launch at Marks & Spencer
‘Sephora at M&S’ will roll out in M&S stores and online starting next spring, with plans to expand to 100 locations by the end of 2028.
Novo Buys Rights to Early Obesity Pill For $2.6 Billion
The Wegovy maker has signed a deal to license an experimental obesity pill from China’s Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals as it seeks to regain share of the global GLP-1 market.