insert_link Fashion Despite the Covid-19 setback, LVMH Fashion Brands are already showing double-digit growth Fashionista reports that with stores and production sites closed and travel halted, the second quarter of 2020 was a tough time for luxury brands. The industry's two biggest, strongest conglomerates were suddenly looking at double-digit declines: LVMH saw a 38% drop in comparable sales, Kering a 43.7% drop (even Gucci did poorly). That was despite some growth in online sales as consumers shopped from home, and a rebound in China, which had largely recovered from the pandemic by then. […] todayOctober 22, 2020
insert_link Fashion A Sign of the Times: Maxfield L.A. Launches E-commerce It took a pandemic for legendary Los Angeles fashion boutique Maxfield to launch e-commerce for the first time in its 50-year history. “We changed our computer system a year ago with the idea to go into online, and we probably would have rolled it out in the fall. But faced with the virus and having zero idea when we can reopen, we gathered all the assets we could get our […] todayApril 27, 2020
insert_link Fashion Dior Virtual Beauty Shop goes 3-D so you can shop their Paris store from your Living Room Paris, as the saying goes, is always a good idea. Although perhaps not when the European city is in the midst of a lockdown owing to a global pandemic. But the beauty – and retail therapy – of the French capital is now being offered to the world virtually, thanks to one of its most fabulous exports, Dior. Dior Beauty has made its online store a virtual 3D experience of […] todayApril 9, 2020
insert_link Fashion Tiny Bags are so Small they’re Jewelry Like your favorite pair of jeans in the dryer, the window of opportunity for climate action, or the average person over the age of 70—tiny bags are shrinking. The trend, which started with the Jacquemus Chiquito in spring 2018 and reached its zenith when Lizzo pinched the strap of a Valentino bag the size of a box of Tic Tacs between her bedazzled fingernails at the American Music Awards in […] todayMarch 5, 2020
insert_link Fashion JLo and Fashion Brands Cash In on Superbowl Designers raised the stakes on Super Bowl style. WWD reports that in a perhaps unexpected twist, several fashion brands dropped Super Bowl LIV capsule collections to commemorate the biggest night in football, when the San Francisco 49ers went head-to-head with the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami. Balenciaga, Dsquared2, Off-White, Givenchy and Balmain were just some of the brands getting in on the action, designing Super Bowl-themed products for Saks Fifth […] todayFebruary 3, 2020
insert_link Fashion The Most Glamorous Looks From The 2019 Venice Film Festival For eleven days, the 76th Venice Film Festival cured our end-of-summer blues thanks to parade of fabulous gowns A-listers wore on the red carpet. Originally held in 1932, the fashion spectacle is not only of the oldest film festivals, but also the most glamorous. From Scarlett Johansson's shimmering red Celine dress to Iman's breathtaking Valentino confection, the 2019 style extravaganza did not disappoint. Kristin Stewart in particular rocked a stunning […] todayNovember 26, 2019
insert_link Fashion Fashion Controversy in China: Designers vs. Spokesmodels Brands such as Givenchy, Coach and Versace have all come under fire recently for marking Hong Kong as its own country on their merchandise and web sites. The brands have been criticized for offending Chinese sovereignty as the Hong Kong protests continue after 10 weeks. The fashion controversy in China continued in the past week when models Liu Wen and Yang Mi ended their newly-minted contracts with Coach and Versace, respectively. The models’ split from the luxury brands is part of a larger […] todayAugust 22, 2019
insert_link Fashion Women’s AND Men’s Street Style at Paris Couture Week Move over, leopard print. According to the street style crowd at Couture Week Fall 2019 in Paris, it looks like polka dots are trying to win back the top spot for women's fashion's favorite spotty motif. While some of the top luxury houses, from Chanel and Valentino to Givenchy and Dior, debuted their latest haute couture creations, it was hard to miss that showgoers took on plenty of different takes on the […] todayJuly 18, 2019
insert_link Fashion Ariana Grande is the New Face of Givenchy For Ariana Grande, 2019 has been a year of firsts. There was her inaugural Coachella performance (in which she brought out both NSYNC and Justin Bieber), and now, for the first time, she will be the face (and ponytail) of a couture fashion label. After plenty of teasing from the Givenchy official Instagram account and the Instagram account of the house’s artistic director Clare Waight Keller, the singer released […] todayMay 28, 2019
play_arrow
play_arrow
