Shein Outsells British Rival Asos as UK Revenue Hits $3.41 Billion
The ultra-fast fashion company said sales had been bolstered by marketing partnerships with music festivals, a pop-up shop on London’s Oxford Street and local Christmas gift events.
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Fashion Week
Karl Lagerfeld Brings a Curious Decadence to Chanel Cruise
The designer evoked the effortless summer glamour of Coco Chanel’s holiday home, but revealed there might be some heavy irony at work underneath the spirited artifice.
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Dubai Showcases Modest Fashion Without Runways or Models
A weeklong fashion event in Dubai is being held without catwalks, models or skin-baring designs.
Fashion Week
Gucci, Chanel Among Fashion Month's Instagram Winners
New data from the video and photo sharing app unveils the most buzzed about brands and models over the Autumn/Winter 2018 season.
Fashion Week
APC Makes an Advanced Fashion Statement
Jean Touitou's collection had a strong narrative coherence. Whether turtlenecked or buttoned up, the look was sharp as a tack.
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Stella McCartney's Femmes Fatales
The collection was testament to the designer's level-headedness sensitivity to the women who wear her clothes.
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Uptight Perversion at Louis Vuitton
For all the bourgie black leather and Judy Blame detailing, the collection fell short of grand.
Fashion Week
A Ghost Hovers Over Miu Miu's Rebel Spirit
Mounting witty challenges to “good” taste has been Miuccia Prada’s default position throughout her career, and this Cookie Mueller-inspired collection was no exception.
Fashion Week
In Paris, Few Break Free From Comfort Zone
While even Rei Kawakubo and Rick Owens seemed to stay in their creative comfort zones, Undercover and Y-Project emerged as winners of the week.
Fashion Week
The Lure of Melancholy at Chanel
Marked by an upbeat defiance, one of Karl Lagerfeld’s best collections in recent years was driven by his making peace with the past.
Fashion Week
Andreas Kronthaler Kicks Up the Theatrics at Vivienne Westwood
The collection itself continued the kind of character-driven narrative that Westwood is built on, but front row whispers suggested unsolicited borrowings from much younger London designers too.
Fashion Week
Thom Browne Brings Works of Art to Life
It was one of Browne’s most striking collections yet, melding the aching glamour of the greatest fashion photographs of the 1940s and 50s with his own obsessions.
Fashion Week
A New Beauty at Sacai
Chitose Abe elevated her mission of hybridization to new heights, bringing a sly wit that tricked the eye with deliberate mismatches.
The News in Brief
Nike, Patagonia and Lululemon Join Group Battling Microfibre Pollution
Global environmental non-profit The Nature Conservancy has launched a new industry coalition to help apparel companies tackle microfibre pollution across their supply chains.
Meta Bans Ads From TikTok on Its Apps
The policy bars ads from ByteDance, which remains in charge of key parts of TikTok, and extends to third-party advertisers running campaigns that link to TikTok.
Gap to Use Athleta Leader’s Exit to Rebuild Slumping Brand
The departure of Athleta’s CEO for Lululemon is a chance to ‘reimagine the brand’s path forward,’ Gap Inc. CEO Richard Dickson wrote in an internal memo viewed by Bloomberg.
Harvey Nichols’ Birmingham Store Will Close in January
The department store’s Leeds and Bristol outlets will be converted to the Flannels brand in a shake-up under Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, which purchased the chain when it was put into administration in mid-August.
Zankov Appoints Its First CEO
Jack Tobin is joining Diane von Furstenberg artistic director Henry Zankov’s namesake label as CEO and part owner.
LVMH, Kering Update Model Safety Guidelines
Nearly a decade since the luxury groups first published a charter of model protections, they are introducing new measures to protect those working in the industry.
Lululemon Hires Athleta Head in Management Shakeup
Maggie Gauger is joining Lululemon as chief product officer as new CEO Heidi O’Neill looks to revive sales.