The Alessandro Michele story at Gucci has been one of the fashion success stories of the age. Plucked from nowhere (well, plucked from an extremely powerful but surprisingly anonymous position running Gucci’s accessories), he’s remade Gucci since January 2015 and put a big smile on the face of owner Kering by driving up sales and…
We’re buying more and more fashion on our smartphones these days but it seems laptop and desktop computers, as well as the tablets that we use to browse while lounging on our sofas, are still our favourite devices for actually spending.
Gucci has released the images for its Resort 2017 campaign and while they follow the general Alessandro Michele template, they do contain the odd surprise.
Temperley London is in talks to kick off the next stage of its business with plans to move into lifestyle product. Alice Temperley announced the news yesterday evening at a Fashion week event organised by theindustrylondon.com but stressed that talks are at an early stage.
The buzz around the Burberry show in London yesterday evening was almost deafening as London fashion week geared up for what’s always its hottest ticket. And of course, the celebrities, the live orchestra, the first full see now-buy now collection, the combined men’s and women’s collections… it all added up to an ‘event’. But what…
Mulberry’s turnaround is still a work in progress so the impact its runway collection makes is a big deal. Last season, Johnny Cocoa’s debut didn’t exactly see the champagne corks popping. But yesterday in London he got a thumbs-up, albeit a conditional one, for the continuing evolution of his new vision for the label.
On a day when London Fashion Week went froth sublime to the occasionally ridiculous, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi was thankful leading the charge for the former. Apparently, the influences for the soon-to-get-married Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi included witches, the 1970s, astrology (‘hex appeal’, they called it) and a huge list of more urban themes…
It used to be that coming out on top during fashion week meant getting the best review from the doyennes of international fashion journalism. Now, not so much. Who cares about getting a great review from Suzy Menkes when digital engagements from millions of us are the new measure of success?
It’s been a roller coaster ride for UK high streets and malls in recent months what with weather woes, Brexit blues or boom, online chipping away at physical stores and lifestyle changes meaning many of us shop differently than we used to.
When I was a kid, women always seemed to look older than they do now. Of course, everyone looks old when you’re tiny. But looking back at films and pictures, it seems that despite the teenage youth-quake, when women hit 25 they felt they had to grow up so 25-year-olds dressed like their mums and by…
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