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Creative Director Frida Giannini and CEO Patrizio di Marco to step down from Gucci – Marco Bizzarri appointed CEO. Kering luxury group, owner of Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, and Gucci, announced that the CEO of Gucci, Patrizio di Marco, will leave the company on 1 January, 2015. He will be succeeded by Marco Bizzarri. The Creative Director … Read more
Louis Vuitton Montaigne Store reopened. An epic address returns: the Louis Vuitton Montaigne Store has re-opened at 22, Avenue Montaigne in Paris in a new revamped version by architect Peter Marino. Peter Marino imagined an elegant Parisian apartment with an in-house concierge to cater to clients’ requests. For the first time in France, Louis Vuitton’s … Read more
CFDA+ Goes Global. The Council of Fashion Designers of America extends its CFDA+ program. Created in 2013, CFDA+ was formed to recognize the best of the recent graduates from the leading fashion design programs in the United States in order to create a vetted pool of outstanding emerging talent for the Fashion Industry to look … Read more
Polo necks used to be practical, mum-approved items. No more! From Christian Dior’s Tokyo show to Celine’s Phoebe Philo, they are this season’s answer to high-glam warmth
#Luxury is not just for rich people, it’s jobs for Europe. If EU luxury sectors, taken collectively, represented a country, they would be the seventh largest economy in the EU. Despite the weak economic conditions Europe’s luxury industries continue to deliver strong performance, according to a new report issued last week by The European Cultural … Read more
Julia Roberts is the new face of Givenchy for the Spring/Summer 2015 collections. What have in common performance artist Marina Abramović, Julia Roberts, singer Erykah Badu and actress Isabelle Huppert? All the artists embody Givenchy collections as ambassadors of the fashion house. Julia Roberts is the latest to join the collection of “Givenchy’s faces.” In … Read more