Copenhagen Fashion Week street style is always a celebration of Scandi-cool (as well as a desperate attempt to stay warm while channelling key trends). This time though, there was a new edge as colour and accessories jumped into the spotlight.
We’re all finally switching on to wearable tech. That’s the conclusion of a new report from researchers at The NPD Group. In the US last year, dollar sales of wearables rose 110%, which is pretty impressive. And it’s shaping up as a battle royal between fitness trackers and smartwatches. One of them is winning for now,…
How important is ‘athleisure’ as a trend that’s impacting sales figures for sportswear companies? Well, sports brands never really own up to that. But the sales growth some of the big names are seeing suggests that it’s a real sales driver. Just look at Under Armour’s latest results. The company released its Q4 figures yesterday, turning…
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.
The German sports clothing and footwear market is growing and women are key. But they’re buying for fashion not fitness. And Germans are happy to pay 40% more for their sports shoes than the rest of Europe too.
Karlie Kloss has landed yet another campaign for SS16. This time it’s shoe specialist Kurt Geiger in a campaign named Everything But The Dress that may have a can’t-miss-it sports theme but it’s pushing shoes (and bags) that aren’t necessarily particularly sporty.
Do you think of Marie Antoinette when you hear Tamara Mellon’s name? No? Well, a trio of multimillionaires who’ve failed in their court bid to block her plans to restructure her company and bring it out of bankruptcy protection obviously do. “I’m not Marie Antoinette,” she said after winning the US court case and getting…
Only a year ago, everyone had this funny idea that ‘wearable tech’ would be all about dresses with LEDs in them, weird and wacky clothes that would look very futuristic (but wouldn’t actually do much) and jackets that could, well… switch your oven on. What they didn’t get is that to appeal to women in…
I’m always intrigued when each new Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign is released to see how the oh-so-Italian label will gently revamp its particular brand of luxe, sexy, southern Italian style. Just as the label’s collections are a continual reinvention of the same basic theme, so the ads recreate the dolce vita Sicilian sunshine lifestyle season-after-season.…
Mules are continuing their quiet comeback with some key influencer labels going backless for pre-fall 16. Will this trend hit the big time? Maybe not – at least not yet. But it could be a slow-burner. We saw tastemaker labels getting behind mules at the SS16 shows last September/October and that means there’ll be plenty of…
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