OK, Milan has started so now the serious trend spotting begins as fashion’s big guns are wheeled out. And where better to start than Gucci? Today’s show was… well, predictable really. Not that this is a criticism. Since being appointed just over a year ago, Alessandro Michele has imprinted his vision on Gucci so completely…
The global wearable device market took a big step forward in Q4, but are we any closer to a world in which wearables are a sic-fi-like part of our everyday clothing? Hmmm. Not really. But that’s not to say wearables aren’t becoming more important to us.
The importance of Chinese tourist spending to retail around the world has become even clearer with China’s Ministry of Commerce saying over 120m of its citizens travelled abroad last year, 12% more than in 2014. And Chinese President Xi Jinping thinks the number will reach 500m by 2020.
It was a big afternoon for knitwear on the London runways on Monday as Joseph, Pringle and Christopher Kane gave use some of the coolest solutions for chilly weather we’ve seen this season.
If a tepid holiday season had made any of us think that January sales would be weak, then the latest figures for e-tail in the UK have proved us wrong. IMRG Capgemini’s e-Retail Sales Index showed sales surging 15% online last month, so much better than the 7% they’d risen by in January 2015. The…
For anyone who’s a regular user of the ShopStyle fashion search platform (and I’m one), there’s an interesting development due in Q2 as it transforms into a fashion marketplace with the launch of new shopping cart service ShopStyle Checkout. Parent company Popsugar said the aim is to enable consumers to purchase products from multiple retail…
There’s a myth surrounding Burberry that it’s a company built on innovation and pushing the boundaries. It’s really not. It’s actually about tradition and ultra-commerciality all wrapped up in an often-innovative package.
There’s a lot of data emerging to help us answer the question “who won the NYFW social media war?” Some of it’s a bit contradictory at the moment but it’s also fascinating. So what’s the answer? Well it wasn’t Tommy and Gigi (I used this picture because I liked it), although they were in the…
Topshop Unique has spent several years proving it really does deserve a place on the designer runway schedule and its AW16 show at London Fashion Week this afternoon added some weight to that. The high street retail brand gave us a selection of the key trends that are driving the runways, and also that are key…
I’m not normally one to comment on the issue of ‘skinny’ models. In a world where obesity is huge problem, it’s always seemed to be a relatively small problem. Also, I understand the fashion industry need for models to be almost-neutral, shapeless clothes horses to show off the clothes. Plus, I realise that the causes…
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