How has the combined Yoox and Net-a-Porter online fashion giant been faring since the Italian and UK businesses linked-up? Pretty well actually with global growth in the double-digit growth and its m-commerce sales growing fast – very fast. OK, for three-quarters of the period covered, Yoox and NaP continued to operate separately (their ‘merger’ was…
A few months ago the CFDA was discussing possible plans to turn New York Fashion Week into a more in-season, consumer-focused event on the back of the social media/live streaming revolution. We’ve not heard so much about that lately but designers seem to be going ahead and making changes anyway. The only problem is that…
Ralph Lauren beat analyst expectations for Q3 profit with earnings of $131m on revenue of $1.95bn. That was the good news, and good news was needed because the company saw its shares crashing over 22% yesterday. Ouch! In fact, that profit figure may have beaten expectations but it was 39% down year-on-year and and the…
Burberry has become the latest big name to change the way it does business in a big way. Sounds a bit dramatic? Well it is. The company is to introduce more ‘season-neutral’ product, combine its men’s and women’s shows in one London Fashion Week event,and make more all of the runway product available for instant purchase, backed…
Everyone’s been watching and waiting on the luxury sector to see it could defy the global downturn and make it through last year (and especially Q4) intact. The big questions are: did the Paris terrorist attacks hit luxury hard, what impact did the Chinese slowdown have, and has lower income from oil for Russian and…
Fashion can seem to be a strange world when you’re not at its heart. It’s impractical, obsessed with things that the rest of the world thinks trivial, it’s frequently silly, and sometimes seems designed to make us all feel totally inadequate. Couture is all of those things but it’s also fabulous and social media-savvy. Here are some of my favourite SS16 moments.
Sighs of relief all round on Tuesday at Coach Inc as it gears up for its 75th anniversary year. The American handbag maker finally managed to push its revenue upwards in Q2. It was the first time in 10 quarters (yes two-and-a-half-years) that it had achieved this feat and its shares soared as a result.
Alberta Ferretti is one of those labels that always comes up with delicious fabric mixes and feminine takes on the trends of the day. Yet it’s not one that you expect to make you say “wow”. This couture season is rather different though. The Alberta Ferretti Limited Edition label has channelled many of the key trends we’ve…
There’s something about a collection that’s put together without a named creative director at the helm. It’s like being given a bottle of perfume in a generic bottle – the smell is the same but it doesn’t feel quite as good. So it was with the Christian Dior SS16 couture collection today.
You’ve got to hand it to Versace. The fashion house has had its ups and downs but it’s back on a roll doing… well, what it’s always done really. Versace knows that sex sells and that’s what it gives it well-heeled clients, specially when it comes to its haute couture Atelier Versace offer.
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