Zane Li Wins 2026 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund
The Lii designer took home the top award after winning the Karl Lagerfeld prize at the LVMH Prize earlier this year.
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Fashion Week
Giambattista Valli Turns a Page
The designer stepped out of his comfort zone and delivered a winning collection that was light and fluttery, with a tad of graceful mischief.
Fashion Week
Reanimated Memory at Sacai
Chitose Abe went back to the source, manifested here in the unabashed sensuality and in the sense of humour of distinctly utilitarian elements that were quintessential Sacai.
Fashion Week
An Earthly Wildness at Alexander McQueen
Gardens were the starting point, but it didn’t take long for the familiar to be absorbed and co-opted into the instinctive otherness of Sarah Burton's world.
Fashion Week
At Hermès, From Equestrian to Ethnic
Today's show contained a wide range of looks, but nothing that answered the core question: what does Hermès mean today?
Fashion Week
An Injection of High-Performance Sportswear at Valentino
Pierpaolo Piccioli’s attention to “ordinary” sportswear yielded some lovely, now-ish clothes, with an alluring overlay of his own arcane inspirations.
Fashion Week
‘Real’ World Dressing at Stella McCartney
In stores, the designer's clothes exert the chimerical hanger appeal that makes a shopper shop for herself. You scarcely have to like it on the catwalk when it’s really intended for the sidewalk.
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A Renewed Sense of Purpose at Céline
Phoebe Philo opted for optimism in the face of the spectacle of disorder, achieving maximal effects with minimal means. If complex simplicity sounds like a paradox, it’s one measure of this designer’s unique achievement.
Fashion Week
Clare Waight Keller Brings Her Spirit To Givenchy
While the designer’s debut Givenchy collection revealed a surprising compatibility, there was the strongest suspicion that she was holding a lot back.
Fashion Week
Sonia Rykiel's Seaside Retreat
Julie De Libran's take on the Sonia Rykiel girl was pretty, sexy and made for pleasant waves.
Fashion Week
Demna Gvasalia: Fashion’s Warhol
The same awareness that compelled Warhol’s radical new take on the same old shit - driven by darkness, death and oblivion - underpins Gvasalia’s social experiment.
Fashion Week
Altuzarra Plays to His Strengths
The designer felt no compulsion to adjust anything to account for a demanding new audience in Paris, conjuring up a strong, sensual, all-conquering female alter ego that was a testament to his focus.
Fashion Week
Comme des Garçons' Monument to Irrevocable Loss
Just as girlhood is an inevitable prelude to lost innocence, Rei Kawakubo’s collection seemed to recognise another human inevitability, the most inescapable of all.
The News in Brief
Swiss Watch Exports Rise for Fifth Month on US, Europe Demand
Total shipments rose 2.7 percent to $23.6 billion in the first nine months of the year, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said Tuesday.
EssilorLuxottica Sales Lifted by Traditional Frames, Lenses
Revenue rose 7.2 percent, beating analysts' estimates.
Adidas Lifts Outlook on US Tariff Refund, Strong Demand
Chief executive officer Bjoern Gulden wants the company’s local staff to jump on trends quickly and cater to customers in their markets to drive demand.
Milan Luxury Shops Close for Fear of New Unrest as Government Prepares to Deploy Troops
Most stores in the Via Montenapoleone luxury shopping district, home to brands including Chanel, Tiffany and Dior, removed merchandise from their windows as a precaution.
Vinted Faces Influx of Suspected Looted Goods After French Riots
The company has ‘taken immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to the looting,’ and has ‘stepped up monitoring of suspicious listings,’ a Vinted spokesperson said in a statement. ‘When our rules are breached, we act against the accounts involved, up to permanent bans.’
Quince Launches in UK
The direct-to-consumer business, known for its dupes of popular items, is expanding outside North America for the first time.
Mulberry Posts 18% Rise in First-Half Sales, Sending Shares Up
Resilient demand for heritage bags and a higher share of full-price sales boosted the British luxury handbag maker, sending shares nearly 4 percent higher in early trading.