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.
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Acne's Palette Cleanser
Today's show was nothing groundbreaking, but felt refreshingly straightforward and right for the moment.
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Ellery’s Retro-Futurist Girls
There were no major tweaks to Ellery’s look and feel, but the collection's craftier touches held promise, softening the brand’s street-style appeal.
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Connotations of Conflict at Junya Watanabe
The show began in birdsong but evoked the often violent disruptions in the natural order that have come to preoccupy us in the past year.
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The Geology of Issey Miyake
The geological-looking surfaces and geometric yet easy shapes made for an enjoyable show, but under the layers of Issey Miyake's history, the brand appears to be on autopilot.
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Nina Ricci's Circus of Desire
Guillaume Henry presented a charming if utterly costume-y collection that looked very feminine and very French with a certain freshness, even jolliness in the mix.
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Undercover's Magic Trick
Cindy Sherman's work was a factor in Jun Takahashi presentation, where a mindblowing technical feat compelled a suspension of judgement.
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Yohji Yamamoto's Punk Poetry
Today's epic-length show was particularly good — more punk than romantic, all asymmetric angles and sharp diagonals.
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Paco Rabanne's Party Girls
Today's glittery galore of after dark dressing made for Julien Dossena's strongest show since his appointment a few years ago.
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The Normal Turned Disturbing at Loewe
Jonathan Anderson approaches complication with a playful magic, but the Balearic ease of his recent collections reflected his engagement with 'reality'.
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Atlein's Play with Memory
Personal and fresh, if a little chilly, the show was the very good start of an upwards trajectory.
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Off-White Perverts Prim and Proper
Virgil Abloh showed an unlikely suite of garments, whose more provocative, ridiculous ideas were tempered by a smattering of beautifully-engineered and truly modern clothing.
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Signs of New Life at Rick Owens
The collection was another way station on the designer's peculiar progress to a kind of peace, where his clothes speak quietly to more and more people.
The News in Brief
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.
Swedish Hair Brand Björn Axén Names New CEO
Onur Aktas has been appointed chief executive of the Stockholm-based label as it plots global expansion.