Pandemic or not, the ultimate expression of luxury in fashion, the Paris haute couture season, will debut digitally Monday with almost 30 houses vying for the attention of the world’s most expensively dressed women.
No live runway show, but some phygital fun on Friday in Paris menswear fashion season from Kim Jones at Dior Men, who melded the tropical moodiness of artist Peter Doig with the pop-militarist mode of his imagination.
‘Vaccination no shot in the arm for UK consumer confidence’ is Friday’s telling headline from GfK’s economic reading for January that reflects a less optimistic view from a population stuck in winter lockdown.
Scandinavian fashion label Filippa K has named Alexander Wang’s Rikard Frost as its new CEO as of April, marking “an exciting new chapter for the brand” as it grows internationally.
The founder of shirts specialist Charles Tyrwhitt said business “fell off a cliff” last year as stores were forced to close, consumers reined-in spending and worked from home so his products stayed on the rails.
December’s official retail sales on Friday drew a line under what was a disastrous year for retailing and especially for fashion, although the month itself was relatively buoyant in the circumstances.
Losses widened at Victoria Beckham’s fashion company, despite rising sales, in the year before the pandemic as it invested in its beauty launch, results due to be filed at Companies House have shown.
Ahead of the 2021 fashion season, Australian Fashion Week has gained a new title sponsor as it evolves its mission to focus on accessibility, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability.
According to LaunchMetrics, the looks worn by the U.S.’s first female vice president at this week’s Presidential Inauguration stirred up significant interest around Christopher John Rogers, Sergio Hudson and Pyer Moss.
Nice to finally see someone spending a ton of money on a fashion video, as Louis Vuitton unveiled an elegiac collection video on Thursday in Paris menswear week that addressed Black culture head on.
President Joe Biden began his presidency honoring the fallen dead at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington on Wednesday. A day later, Rick Owens staged his show at a Venetian shrine to soldiers lost in war.
If anyone is enjoying a great January it has to be Michael Kliger, CEO of Mytheresa.com, who this month pulled off an IPO valuing the online retailer at $2.2 billion. We spoke with him three hours before going public.
The Italian ready-to-wear brand has launched the latest collection from Canvas, a digital line open to customisation by a selection of retailers, and now accessible to the public.
The UK’s outbound cross-border e-commerce rose as much as 57% last year and the peak festive trading month, November, saw an increase of 42% year-on-year as well.
Clipper Logistics had big news on Thursday as it announced a deal with Farfetch that will extend Clipper’s European ops and boost Farfetch’s delivery capabilities.
