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Sarah Burton strips back Alexander McQueen Classics for Spring 2021

Alexander McQueen was among the brands to forgo its usual spot on the fashion week calendar earlier this fall. However, it didn't skip a season entirely — rather, it joined fellow Kering houses Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta in premiering Spring 2021 mid-December. As for the format, creative director Sarah Burton went down the short film route, tapping director Jonathan Glazer to spotlight her latest women's line. Instead of simply recording a traditional runway, Glazer created a piece titled "First Light" […]

todayDecember 23, 2020

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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

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Gucci’s ArtLab Reopens Ahead of End of Lockdown

Kering’s fashion powerhouse Gucci says it is reopening prototype activities at one of its main Italian sites after reaching a deal with unions on health and safety measures for workers. Most businesses and production sites have been shut across Italy under a lockdown imposed by the government in March due to the coronavirus emergency. Tough restrictions on movement and the closure of many economic activities will remain in place until […]

todayApril 23, 2020

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Designer Christian Siriano offers his Sewing Team to make Masks in response to N.Y. Gov. Cuomo’s call for help

Designer Christian Siriano’s high-end looks are more common on runways than in hospital operating rooms, but that could be about to change, at least temporarily, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.  Siriano volunteered his team to make masks, in response to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for help from the public. Cuomo described his state’s “critical need” for gloves, gowns and masks. He seemed desperate for help, explaining […]

todayMarch 23, 2020

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Donatella Versace Joins the Fight Against Coronavirus

Donatella Versace is the latest fashion personality to make a significant donation to help fight coronavirus infections. The Versace chief creative officer, along with her daughter Allegra Versace Beck, donated 200,000 euros to the intensive care department of Milan’s San Raffaele hospital. “In times like this, it is important to be united and support however we can to help all those who are in the front lines, fighting every day to save […]

todayMarch 18, 2020

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New Balance Signs On to Fight Climate Change

New Balance is the latest big brand to support the United Nations’ Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action as well as RE100, a global corporate initiative dedicated to renewable electricity.   In joining the U.N.’s effort, the Boston-based company increases the tally to 48 firms. PVH Corp., Puma AG, Schoeller Textil AG, Kering, Burberry Group, Gap Inc., Target Corp. and Hugo Boss AG are among the other corporations that have […]

todayJuly 30, 2019

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