Luxury fashion company Tod’s is currently trying to reinvent itself, adjusting its product and moving from a two-seasons-a-year model to a new-season-each-month one. And it seems that the plan couldn’t come soon enough because tough conditions mean the luxury sector is currently in need of a change. The company has just reported its first half…
Alessandro Michele has moved the Gucci ad campaign roadshow from last season’s Berlin to Tokyo for AW16 with a continuation of the ultra-luxe-fashion-against-an-everyday-backdrop trend that’s still serving the brand well. But then Michele is all about continuity and evolution. Having shaken up the brand profile in order to break with the Frida Giannini era in…
Burberry’s in the news at the moment. No, wait, Burberry’s always in the news. Just more so at the moment. So only a couple of days after announcing Christopher Bailey would step down as CEO, the company issued a trading update this morning that the news media is jumping all over. Newspaper and websites largely…
I really like the Dior brand. Always have done. I’ve got a Dior coat (bought in a sale), some Dior Fusion trainers (bought on eBay) and a Dior shirt (bought in a vintage store). The first grown-up skincare I bought 38 years ago was Dior. I loved what John Galliano did there and I loved…
All the money Burberry and the rest of the luxury sector are spending on digital advertising had to come from somewhere and now we know where. It’s print, and more specifically newspapers that are suffering. A new Zenith Luxury Advertising Expenditure report shows that digital adspend will continue to rise during this year and next…
Given the tough time being faced by the luxury sector at present, predictions around Burberry’s results for the year to March 31 ranged from bad to downright awful. So now that the figures are out, what did we actually get? Well, not bad in the circumstances with plenty of focus on the future. And that…
Chanel’s cruise collection was shown in Havana yesterday (as if you didn’t know). This was the first ever international catwalk show in the country, staged on the streets of city itself in front of 600 clients, press, buyers and celebs. And while that very fact may be a great leap into the future in terms of…
The Met Gala red carpet last night showed just how big this event has become. For a start, the build-up was almost Oscars-style in its intensity. But whereas the Oscars are fairly staid these days and other red carpet events (like those for the music industry) are frequently festivals of bad taste, this one treads a line…
So it’s a big hug and bye-bye to Francisco Costa and Italo Zucchelli at Calvin Klein. But is it an even bigger hug and a huge hello to Raf Simons at everyone expects? I do hope so. I’m a fan of much of what Costa did at the runway line but I’m an even bigger fan…
The departure of Net-A-Porter founder Natalie Massenet from the newly-merged Yoox Net-a-Porter doesn’t seem to be holding the luxury e-tailer back. The latest evidence of this is that Dubai’s Alabbar Enterprises has paid €100m for a 4% stake. That’s an almost-6% premium on the price the shares closed at yesterday and values the firm at…
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