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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Altuzarra Grows Up
From the very beginning, the designer has impressed with the way his extreme youth has produced clothes of such worldly sophistication.
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Aristocratic Extravaganza at Comme des Garçons
Though Rei Kawakubo has made a speciality of moments of high drama, there is nevertheless the nagging notion that her challenges to fashion orthodoxy have taken on a tinge of predictability.
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Noir’s Ode to Ecology
Kei Ninomiya offered a highly poetic take on the subject of sustainability. Elsewhere, Haider Ackermann delivered a mature outing.
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Loewe's Aristocratic Spirit
What was clear with this collection is how Jonathan Anderson's dedication to craft has become a thing of awesomely precise beauty. It rewards the most minute scrutiny.
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At Nina Ricci, Sharp Romanticism
Designers Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh radiate enthusiasm, ideas and naivety, but they have yet to figure out how to retain a consistent vision while making desirable clothes.
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Yohji Yamamoto’s Eco-Wizardry
The master was in top form. This season there were a lot of cut-outs, revealing glimpses of the body and offering ventilation for a warming world.
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Celine’s Bourgeois '70s Redux
The ghost of Yves Saint Laurent was present on the catwalk. Was it intentional? A provocation? Hard to know. But the clothing was tempting.
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At Issey Miyake, a Designer Debut
New designer Satoshi Kondo seems to possess the creativity to re-energise the brand.
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Balmain’s High-Visibility Mega Mix
The show was long and confusing, but the pleated and more fluid pieces were an interesting evolution from the hyper construction Olivier Rousteing usually favours.
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A New Kind of Awareness at Rick Owens
The majestically beautiful collection, influenced by the designer’s Mexican roots and love of modernism, added new dimensions to his signatures.
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Dries Van Noten & Christian Lacroix: The Most Surprising Partnership of the Season
The melding of their minds delivered an edgy extravagance forged in compatibility.
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Art Meets Science at Off-White
There may be something valedictory for Virgil Abloh’s skeptics in that the laurel wreath of fashion continues to elude him.
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.