This summer and autumn, the most important fashion exhibition anywhere is Christian Dior Couturier du Rêve, celebrating 70 years since the New Look. FashionNetwork.com met its curator Olivier Gabet for a personal tour.
A major retail and leisure destination has launched in Northamptonshire combining big name fashion and premium brands with lakeside dining and a range of outdoor leisure activities such as canoeing and bird watching.
It’s all about Gucci at Kering these days, as the French-controlled conglomerate posted a brilliant set of first half results Thursday night, the majority of the good news very much due to the Florentine marque.
French luxury group Kering delivered a forecast-beating rise in first-half operating profit on Thursday reflecting a continued revival of its biggest brand, Gucci, and a strong showing by Yves Saint Laurent.
Slow growth worldwide? Somebody forgot to tell that to LVMH, which posted a 15 % increase in registered revenues in the opening six months of 2017, powered by “outstanding momentum” at Louis Vuitton.
Traffic was moderate but the mood ebullient at Pure London, the fashion trade show which this season focused on interplanetary travel, exotic ethnic designs and techy sportswear. The three-day show ended Monday night.
Japan’s department stores saw higher sales in June, welcome news after sales fell in May, the sector’s industry body has said. An increase in April too suggests the sector might be on the recovery trail.
Amazon Fashion in the UK has released its summer trends report and it shows that Sunday is the most popular day of the week to shop for fashion. It also said analogue watches are popular, as are skinny and mum jeans.
French fashion brand Louis Vuitton, part of luxury giant LVMH , said on Friday it had launched an e-commerce website in China to tap a booming online shopping market.
Swiss watchmaker Swatch said Friday that its profits rose in the first six months, but its performance was dampened by the strength of the Swiss franc.
