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Paris Fashion Week: Schiaparelli and Chloé

Paris Fashion Week: Schiaparelli and Chloé

Paris Fashion Week’s main action on Thursday began and ended with two historic marques, Chloé and Schiaparelli, strutting their stuff with brio, the first with a debut, the second with fresh impetus.
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Tapestry adds two new members to board

Tapestry adds two new members to board

Tapestry Inc. announced on Thursday the appointment of Kevin Hourican and David Elkins to the fashion group's board of directors, taking the total board count to eleven. 
Luxury
Coupang has high hopes for Farfetch and transforming the luxury experience

Coupang has high hopes for Farfetch and transforming the luxury experience

​Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce giant, reported its annual and Q4 results this week with sales and profits both rising. But importantly, it also made some key comments about its thinking around its Farfetch buy.
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Rolex sales top $10 billion as luxury watchmaker gains ground, Morgan Stanley says

Rolex sales top $10 billion as luxury watchmaker gains ground, Morgan Stanley says

Rolex sales crested $10 billion for the first time as the top Swiss watch brand gained market share, according to a report by Morgan Stanley. 
Luxury
Paris Fashion Week: Dries Van Noten and Casablanca

Paris Fashion Week: Dries Van Noten and Casablanca

A sunny Wednesday afternoon in Paris Fashion Week could be profitably spent at two shows: Dries Van Noten and Casablanca, where the connecting thread was the euphoria blending of unlikely materials, hues and moods.
Luxury
Harrods still hitting the spot with Chinese luxe shoppers says MD

Harrods still hitting the spot with Chinese luxe shoppers says MD

​Harrods MD Michael Ward remains upbeat about the luxury store’s sales to Chinese customers, with its focus on the most affluent and its connection with them via initiatives such as its new Shanghai club being key.
Fashion
Elsewhere in Paris: Karl Lagerfeld and Vaillant

Elsewhere in Paris: Karl Lagerfeld and Vaillant

If you like a brand that respects its DNA even as it playfully reinvents it, then one has to admire Karl Lagerfeld, which presented swish new array of clothes on Tuesday.
Fashion
Walpole names Brands of Tomorrow for year-long mentoring programme

Walpole names Brands of Tomorrow for year-long mentoring programme

Walpole has revealed the UK luxury labels for its 2024 Brands of Tomorrow programme. The early-stage brands will benefit from “a year-long programme of workshops and mentoring to help develop their business”.
Luxury
Vogue to host rare joint fashion show for Paris Olympics

Vogue to host rare joint fashion show for Paris Olympics

Fashion magazine Vogue announced Monday it is bringing together some of France's top luxury brands for a one-off show to kick off the Olympics in Paris.
Luxury
Paris Fashion Week opens with IFM student show, Brigitte Macron and Pressiat

Paris Fashion Week opens with IFM student show, Brigitte Macron and Pressiat

Paris Fashion Week opened Monday a with Masters student show at the Institut Français de la Mode, attended by Brigitte Macron, followed across town by a Pressiat Woke'n'Roll collection.
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Paris Fashion Week program teems with new names, welcome returns and major debuts

Paris Fashion Week program teems with new names, welcome returns and major debuts

Paris Fashion Week Women will kick off on Monday with maiden appearances by CFCL and Zomer, come-backs by Vetements, Lacoste, Off-White and Lutz Huelle, and new creative directors at Chloé, Rochas and Alexander McQueen.
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Giorgio Armani stages stellar show, disses wannabe designers and comments on Meloni

Giorgio Armani stages stellar show, disses wannabe designers and comments on Meloni

Giorgio Armani staged a trio of stellar signature shows Sunday morning to close out Milan Fashion Week, and still found time to snipe at out-of-date fashion, and praise Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – for toughness.
Luxury
Margaret Zhang to exit Vogue China

Margaret Zhang to exit Vogue China

Margaret Zhang has left ​her role as editor-in-chief of Vogue China, the latest senior departure from U.S. publishing and media group, Condé Nast. 
Luxury
Elsewhere in Milan: Valextra, Loro Piana, and J.Salinas

Elsewhere in Milan: Valextra, Loro Piana, and J.Salinas

This weekend in Milan, one could catch up on everything from masterly Milanese accessories to uber quiet luxury, to young foreign hopefuls. We did with Valextra, Loro Piana, and Salinas.
Luxury
Milan: Bottega Veneta and Ferrrari

Milan: Bottega Veneta and Ferrrari

Milan Fashion Week on Saturday was bookended by two shows which were all about motion; albeit with radically different approaches. Ferrari ignited the day, and Bottega Veneta finished it. 
Luxury
Actors bring the flair to SAG Awards red carpet

Actors bring the flair to SAG Awards red carpet

Hollywood's A-listers glittered in the Los Angeles sunshine on Saturday as they hit the red carpet for the Screen Actors Guild Awards -- their powerful union's party of the year.
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