Isabel Marant must be one of the most copied designers around today. Not quite a household name in the way some other designers are, you must surely remember those high-heeled trainers, conical heel ankle boots and chain-wrapped longer boots? And the draped mini skirts that are all over the high street right now? Pure Marant.
The Paris shows are proving once again just why the season’s final week is so important with a number of big names offering up their own unique takes on spring/summer 2017. This morning it was Chloé, with Clare Waight Keller at the Richemont-owned label continuing along a path that has seen it mixing utility with…
Let’s get a few things clear. This is what Dries Van Noten ISN’T. It’s not a label for selfie fans, social media stars, Gen Z, or “look at me I’m so sexy” celebs. So what is it? Well, great actually. And after a few collections this Fashion Month that have been more than a little…
Social media is the great hope for brand marketers, potentially representing a way of directly reaching customers while also being extremely cost effective. But the picture isn’t all rosy as a new study of 70,000 consumers globally shows. Kantar TNS’s Connected Life study shows more than a quarter (26%) of consumers saying they ignore posts or…
It’s a funny thing about Yves Saint Laurent. Whenever a new designer takes over at the label, he (and it’s always ‘he’) has an ‘Yves moment’ and sends out a collection that tries very hard to reinterpret the house’s signature looks.
Is the luxury department stores sector in crisis? Judging by Neiman Marcus’s latest results, it might seem so. And while the big problem is consumer purses staying snapped shut, the company is also blaming social media and, by association, some of the biggest brands out there.
DSquared2 is going to combine its men’s and women’s runway show from next year. Is that a good or bad thing? Well it seems the label isn’t switching to a see now, buy now model, which cheers me up no end.
Who’s top dog in the US when it comes to luxury brand website visits? The answer might surprise you. Ralph Lauren. At least that’s according to the latest study from digital-marketing company PMX Agency and data-analytics firm Hitwise.
So Apple is the coolest brand again this year. Really? I’d have thought a brand that’s owned by zillions of us would have been too commonplace to be cool. But the panel that decides these things has spoken. Actually, I was on that panel for a few years and not many of the names in…
If this season has been all about maximalism, then yesterday’s Milan shows were the ultimate expression of that trend. So it was with Dean and Dan Caten over at DSquared2 where the 80s theme underlined that maximalist approach. A quick look at the label’s Instagram page with a picture of Joan Collins as Alexis Colby made…
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