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Fashion Week
Giambattista Valli Gets Naughty
This season, the designer was in a particularly coquettish mood, but the collection was another exercise in Valli-ism, following a well-loved template.
Giambattista Valli Gets Naughty
This season, the designer was in a particularly coquettish mood, but the collection was another exercise in Valli-ism, following a well-loved template.
Fashion Week
Stella McCartney Opens a Door
The collection had a vigorous breadth and depth, but also an imaginative flair that has eluded her in the past.
Stella McCartney Opens a Door
The collection had a vigorous breadth and depth, but also an imaginative flair that has eluded her in the past.
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The Peculiar Magic of Sacai
It was the most direct, convincing collection Chitose Abe has shown in a while.
The Peculiar Magic of Sacai
It was the most direct, convincing collection Chitose Abe has shown in a while.
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Alexander McQueen Casts a Spell
Sarah Burton has her own tale to tell, outside the overweening narrative of McQueen, and the way she chose to tell it yielded a challenging, breathtaking show.
Alexander McQueen Casts a Spell
Sarah Burton has her own tale to tell, outside the overweening narrative of McQueen, and the way she chose to tell it yielded a challenging, breathtaking show.
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Something Out of a Fairytale at Givenchy
Clare Waight Keller's obsession with tailoring yielded the strongest looks in the show, a sharp take on the nu-bourgeois style which has gripped Paris.
Something Out of a Fairytale at Givenchy
Clare Waight Keller's obsession with tailoring yielded the strongest looks in the show, a sharp take on the nu-bourgeois style which has gripped Paris.
Fashion Week
Valentino’s Persuasive Passion
Pierpaolo Piccioli is an odd duck: you can sense him reaching for an otherness that will nudge him into the unfamiliar. As with his remarkable couture, the clothes were best when they had some kind of edge.
Valentino’s Persuasive Passion
Pierpaolo Piccioli is an odd duck: you can sense him reaching for an otherness that will nudge him into the unfamiliar. As with his remarkable couture, the clothes were best when they had some kind of edge.
Fashion Week
Tremors of a New Era at Tommy Hilfiger
Zendaya and stylist Law Roach turned the runway into a celebration of black beauty in fashion with a glamorous, dressy collection that took inspiration from Zendaya's memories, both lived and imagined.
Tremors of a New Era at Tommy Hilfiger
Zendaya and stylist Law Roach turned the runway into a celebration of black beauty in fashion with a glamorous, dressy collection that took inspiration from Zendaya's memories, both lived and imagined.
Fashion Week
Building New Roads at Balenciaga
The codes of Cristobal’s legacy give Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga its spine because that’s what he feels compelled to mutate for modern times. After last season’s psychedelic tunnel, he wanted the focus to be purely on the clothes.
Building New Roads at Balenciaga
The codes of Cristobal’s legacy give Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga its spine because that’s what he feels compelled to mutate for modern times. After last season’s psychedelic tunnel, he wanted the focus to be purely on the clothes.
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Thom Browne’s Stern Celebration
As an anniversary, today's show did not signal tremendous progress, but it had depth and the level of execution was almost couture-like.
Thom Browne’s Stern Celebration
As an anniversary, today's show did not signal tremendous progress, but it had depth and the level of execution was almost couture-like.
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Junya Watanabe’s Cute/Not Cute Hybrids
There was a quiet ingenuity at work, but the source material — houses dresses — had a utilitarian dullness that levelled rather than lifted the collection.
Junya Watanabe’s Cute/Not Cute Hybrids
There was a quiet ingenuity at work, but the source material — houses dresses — had a utilitarian dullness that levelled rather than lifted the collection.
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The End is Nigh at Comme des Garçons
Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.
The End is Nigh at Comme des Garçons
Rei Kawakubo drew on a repertoire of the most civilised dress, but mutated her finery with hard industrial elements. The impact of this dystopian couture was stunning: society through a glass darkly.
Fashion Week
Seduction and Restraint at Hermès
Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski has been struggling to nail her signature at the revered French luxury house. She may have found it.
Seduction and Restraint at Hermès
Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski has been struggling to nail her signature at the revered French luxury house. She may have found it.
The News in Brief
Ralph Lauren Beats Estimates on Demand From Affluent Shoppers
Strong sales among young and affluent shoppers helped drive quarterly revenue above analysts' expectations.
Kenvue Misses Estimates as Inflation, Tariffs Squeeze Margins
The US consumer health company and parent of Neutrogena narrowly missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter results as tariffs and currency-related costs offset sales gains.
Henkel Raises Sales Guidance for 2026
The German conglomerate and Schwarzkopf parent lifted its annual sales forecast, though growth for its adhesives unit outpaced its consumer brands.
EBay Gives Solid Outlook, Says It Paid More to Acquire Depop
The resale marketplace beat sales and profit expectations but said its purchase price for Depop was $200 million more than initially announced.
Shopify Shares Soar as Revenue Outlook Beats Estimates
Shares surged after the company's third-quarter revenue outlook beat expectations, strengthening the view that it faces limited disruption from AI.
Next Upgrades Profit Outlook Again on Strong Summer Spending
The UK retailer said it benefited from sunny weather and the release of some “pent-up demand” in the Middle East and northern Europe.
Shiseido’s Profits Recover in First Half Amid Turnaround
Growth turned positive in the second quarter, driven by key regions like the Americas, as the Japanese giant executes its yearlong restructuring plan.