Boots Acquired by Canada’s Weston Family for $8.9 Billion
The Westons agreed on Wednesday to buy the UK's Boots from Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family, pledging to invest in the retailer's stores and online and expand healthcare services.
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Lacoste Ups the Fashion Ante
Designer Louise Trotter has talent and taste, but needs to fine-tune her vision for the brand.
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Stories Embedded in the Fabric at McQueen
There have been seasons when Sarah Burton’s allegiance to her past crippled her own relevance. Time has a way of readjusting such perceptions.
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In the Garden of Giambattista Valli
This season, the designer marched forward with youthful élan.
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Raw Meets Polished at Givenchy
Clare Waight Keller wanted to play with contrasts, and the payoff would have been the opposites attracting, reconciling. But that didn’t happen here.
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Back to the Essence at Valentino
Pierpaolo Piccioli's enthusiasm for couture’s extravagance never wilts, and with this collection, he found a way to insinuate it into ready-to-wear.
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Revolution in the Air at Balenciaga
Demna Gvasalia's latest collection felt like a forensic analysis of the corrupting nature of power itself, rippling out through the worlds of those that have it and those that don’t.
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At Hermès, Clean Seduction
With a line-up of utilitarian pieces done mostly in exquisite leathers with metal detailing, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski delivered her best show since the start of her tenure.
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Altuzarra Grows Up
From the very beginning, the designer has impressed with the way his extreme youth has produced clothes of such worldly sophistication.
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Aristocratic Extravaganza at Comme des Garçons
Though Rei Kawakubo has made a speciality of moments of high drama, there is nevertheless the nagging notion that her challenges to fashion orthodoxy have taken on a tinge of predictability.
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Noir’s Ode to Ecology
Kei Ninomiya offered a highly poetic take on the subject of sustainability. Elsewhere, Haider Ackermann delivered a mature outing.
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Loewe's Aristocratic Spirit
What was clear with this collection is how Jonathan Anderson's dedication to craft has become a thing of awesomely precise beauty. It rewards the most minute scrutiny.
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At Nina Ricci, Sharp Romanticism
Designers Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh radiate enthusiasm, ideas and naivety, but they have yet to figure out how to retain a consistent vision while making desirable clothes.
The News in Brief
Vogue Arabia to Launch Annual Ball
The magazine’s inaugural ball will take place in November, the latest in a growing portfolio of live events hosted by publisher Condé Nast.
Lacoste Fired CEO Ahead of Paris Runway Show, Sources Say
The French tennis and lifestyle brand quietly fired its chief executive, Eric Vallat, shortly before the brand’s latest Paris fashion show, sources told Reuters.
Frasers Group Acquires 8.8% Stake in Under Armour
The move extends British company’s push into sports brands following a recent purchase of Puma stock.
US Luxury Spending Slows, Citi Data Shows
US credit card spending on luxury brands fell for a third consecutive month in September, according to data from Citi.
Frasers Group Steps Up Luxury Push With New Division, Larger Burberry Stake
The British retail group has brought its stakes in Burberry, Hugo Boss and Mulberry together with its luxury retail operations.
Asos Customers Receive ‘Hack’ Notification Threatening Leak
The retailer is investigating after users of its mobile app received a notification claiming hackers had ‘fully compromised’ company data.
Report: L’Oréal Explores Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities
The French company has engaged restructuring advisers to explore options for rising US legal liabilities linked to its use of talc and other chemical ingredients in some of its cosmetic products, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.