insert_link Fashion Marc Jacobs to Relocate European Headquarters From Paris to London Marc Jacobs has built an empire on fashion that keeps the world waiting in awe of what the designer will show next. Marc Jacobs International is a design house that creates men's and women's apparel collections (under the Marc Jacobs Collection and Marc by Marc Jacobs names) and a children's line under the Little Marc label. And now, it's on the move. Currently, the European team and showroom for Marc […] todayJanuary 11, 2022
insert_link Fashion Tiffany and Company now sells Engagement Rings for Men The iconic jewelry brand Tiffany & Co. has just launched a line of engagement rings for men. The company, owned by LVMH, has created three different designs, each of which has a thick band and a diamond in the center, and come in both platinum and titanium. The diamonds range between one and five carats and customers can choose either an emerald, square emerald, or round brilliant cut. Traditionally in […] todayMay 6, 2021
insert_link Fashion Crossroads: Rihanna closes Fenty, but Savage X Fenty raises $115M in funding to expand into Retail Last Wednesday, Rihanna's Savage x Fenty lingerie brand announced that it has completed a $115 million Series B fundraising round. The latest round was led by the Growth Fund of L Catterton, the largest global consumer-focused private equity firm, with participation from existing investors as well as a number of new investors. With the Series B funding, the company plans to expand into retail. But, while Savage x Fenty is expanding, Rihanna's […] todayFebruary 16, 2021
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 Dior Homme’s Kim Jones is the New Creative Director at Fendi Last week, Fendi announced it had hired Kim Jones — currently creative director of Dior Homme — to replace Karl Lagerfeld, who died last year, as artistic director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections for women. Since Lagerfeld's passing in 2019, Silvia Venturini Fendi had taken up that mantle, overseeing all of the design for the Italian fashion house founded by her grandparents in 1925. (Before that, she headed […] todaySeptember 14, 2020
insert_link Fashion Gucci goes seasonless and bids adieu to Fashion Week Fashion week is over, according to Gucci. In a virtual press conference broadcast from his Rome studio, the label’s creative director, Alessandro Michele, announced that Gucci was slashing the number of fashion shows it holds each year from five to two. Declaring the fashion week calendar obsolete, Michele said he was no longer adhering to a rota staked out by spring/summer, autumn/winter, cruise and pre-fall shows. “I think these are […] todayMay 26, 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 Givenchy Appoints Renaud De Lesquen As New CEO WWD broke the news last Friday that French house Givenchy confirmed that Renaud de Lesquen, currently president and chief executive officer of Dior Americas, will be joining on April 1st as president and CEO. Renaud de Lesquen has a unique profile in the luxury industry, starting with graduating in 1991 from the prestigious École supérieure de commerce de Paris. De Lesquen brings together a second to none experience in strategic developments […] todayMarch 13, 2020
insert_link Fashion 2019’s Size Inclusivity Breakthroughs 2019 is coming to a close, ushering in a new decade full of possibilities for the fashion industry. And while there's still a lot of work to be done in terms of making size inclusivity the norm, the past year has seen some major progress when it comes to brands embracing all body types. That’s crucial, because, as a 2016 study from researchers Deborah A. Christel, PhD and Susan Dunn found, […] todayDecember 30, 2019
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