Beiersdorf Sales Slightly Miss Expectations on Nivea Weakness
The German consumer goods maker marginally missed market expectations for third-quarter sales growth on Tuesday, with its key Nivea brand posting a third straight quarterly sales decline.
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Sacai’s Fiendish Ingenuity
The strongest thing about this collection was the way it consolidated the Sacai signature. Chitose Abe is a unique, independent and seductive voice in fashion.
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Engaging Escape at Miu Miu
The Miu Miu show fizzed with surreal joie de vivre, while the diversity of the casting energised both the collection and its designer.
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In Paris, Singularity Shines Through the Incoherence
The winners of the season were designers who stuck to a single, brilliant idea, like Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga, Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons and Jun Takahashi of Undercover, argues Angelo Flaccavento.
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Blended Cultures at Louis Vuitton
Nicolas Ghesquière’s calling card was once a dazzling precision — but this collection felt blurred around the edges.
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L'Air du Temps at Ellery
The Ellery show has evolved into a weather vane for trends — neatly summing up the season's array of stylistic tropes.
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Esteban Cortazar’s Culture Clash
In moments of simplicity this collection shone, but the daywear got too caught up in its own schizophrenic mix of pattern, texture and radicalism.
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At Hermès, The Unexpected
Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski’s remarkable clarity of intent and sense of control went completely AWOL this season. Instead, we got something a bit patchy.
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A Liberated Haider Ackermann
Ackermann wanted to be graceful, and on the whole he succeeded with a collection that had a sense of something simmering under the surface.
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Space: Chanel's Final Frontier
With a real-looking rocket anchored to the catwalk, Lagerfeld gave his audience shock and awe. What a shame he couldn’t give them a collection to match.
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Fashionable Form at Stella McCartney
McCartney excels at feel-good moments, but it also felt like there was more creativity in the design process of this supremely confident collection.
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A Primal Spell at Alexander McQueen
Sarah Burton's masterful embroideries have never felt quite so in tune with the soul of the collection — one of the most unforgettable of the season.
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Timelessness and Nonchalance at Giambattista Valli
Giambattista Valli combined his ladylike designs with running leggings. The look was both smart and a little odd, adding a welcome touch of nonchalance.
The News in Brief
Audemars Piguet to Certify Its Pre-Owned Watches Following Rolex
Whereas Rolex is both a buyer and seller of its second-hand watches through official retail partners, Audemars is setting up a marketplace where sellers set prices.
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Says It’s Taken Control of Hugo Boss
The British retail group has pushed its stake in the German apparel brand above 50 percent in a move that will turn Hugo Boss into a subsidiary of Frasers.
Shein Agrees to Pay $100 Million to Settle US FTC Probe
The settlement, equivalent to 44 percent of the ultra fast-fashion company’s second-quarter profit, is the latest blow amid regulatory and tax crackdowns in Europe and the US that have hampered Shein’s growth.
Kering Drops 12% as Luxury Braces for Tough Winter
The recovery long promised by luxury brands seems nowhere in sight, as the expansion of war in the Middle East, along with China’s tax crackdown on the wealthy, piled further pressure on the world’s biggest luxury conglomerates in the third quarter, and executives buckled in for a tough winter.
UK Retail Sales Fall 0.4% in September, More Than Forecast
Sales fell in September as above-average temperatures hit demand for autumn clothing.
Elle Launches Moroccan Edition
Hitting newsstands in October, the magazine marks Elle’s 51st international edition, published under licence by the Geomedia group.
David’s Bridal Plans Spinoff and IPO of AI Wedding Planning Platform Pearl
Pearl, a subsidiary of David’s Bridal, will own David’s Bridal and license its intellectual property back to the bridalwear brand. David’s Bridal CEO Kelly Cook will serve as Pearl’s CEO.