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 Next Level Balancing Act at Berluti
Haider Ackermann's reconciliation of discipline and indulgence at Berluti promised to be one of the highlights of the men’s week in Paris. The fact that his throngs of fans were undeterred in their adoration suggested that he managed to pull off the balancing act.
Fashion Week
Haider Ackermann's Wild Boys
This week brings Ackermann’s debut at Berluti, the all-black invitation the very antithesis of the appetite for excess he paraded in his own collection. Maybe that’s why it felt more exaggerated than before, infused with a sense of flagrant release to counter his new more sober responsibilities.
Fashion Week
Post-Industrial Fashion at Loewe
The men’s collection Jonathan Anderson presented at Loewe looked like the detritus of a world fallen apart, reconstituted with a humanistic faith in the transformative power of the human hand. How uplifting is that?
Fashion Week
Hard-Edged Defiance at Dries Van Noten
There was a hard edge that was something new for Van Noten — an emphasis on strong shape rather than rich decoration. It felt defiant and that certainly felt right for now.
Fashion Week
Warlike Thoughts at Rick Owens
Rick Owens felt he’d been earnest enough with his previous collections and that it was time to wallow in beauty. But as artificial and decadent as his new forms wanted to be, they broadcast a message of protection for the hard times ahead.
Fashion Week
Louis Vuitton x Supreme: A Protean New York
Integrating Supreme and Louis Vuitton was the sort of challenge Kim Jones, a long-time connoisseur of cults, was put on the planet to meet.
News & Analysis
Inside Vice’s Fashion Strategy
Following a series of fashion acquisitions, Vice co-president Andrew Creighton lays out the company’s plans to win over fashion and luxury advertisers.
Luxury
Burberry Takeover Would Be a Showstopper
Burberry remains one of the few luxury houses unencumbered by a family stake-holder. And it is expected to end its financial year to March with net cash of about £665 million ($819 million).
Retail
Do Digital Brands Need Physical Stores?
While mall staples are shuttering stores, a slew of digital brands are rushing the other way, seeing new value in physical retail.
Fashion Week
Giorgio Armani's Neo-Classics
Giorgio Armani called his collection “Neo-Classics,” but he knew the classics were all his: barely structured jackets, generously proportioned trousers, the lustre of velvet and the silvery echoes of 1930s movies.
Fashion Week
Escape Not Engagement at Alexander McQueen
Its innate costumeyness became something of an issue with this collection — each and every piece was exhibition-worthy. McQueen himself was, after all, about confronting reality.
Fashion Week
The Challenge in Repetition at Moncler Gamme Bleu
In a season particularly focused on realism, conceptual theatrics can seem a bit pointless. But Thom Browne's quilted jackets and rubber macs looked appealing way past the catwalk.
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.