The much-hyped Chanel Métiers d’Art event happened today and even this not-usually-Chanel-fan liked it. So what were the key pieces/directions from the show? Cape detail Cape coats and caped dresses were a key part of the collection with the detail working equally well in heavy-but-soft tweeds as in lighter dress silks and cottons.
Two things became very clear from Cyber Monday. Well, a lot more became clear actually but for now I’m focusing on just two. Mobile is key, really, really key. And we shouldn’t write off tablets any time soon. First, let’s look at mobile. Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer said today: “Mobile firmly established itself as…
Wearable tech doesn’t only have to mean gadgets and gizmos – it can also mean apples. We’ve had skincaring tights and jeans before but they’ve never really taken off. Now Japanese chemical maker Teijin said it’s developed a new fibre containing cosmetic ingredient malic acid (which is found most abundantly in apples) that means care-as-you-wear…
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli continue to make Red Valentino as big an influencer as its (more expensive) mainline elder sister Valentino. Let’s hope they don’t get any ideas about label-merging, something many other brands are doing at the moment.
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