Gucci launching first cosmetics line with Charlotte Casiraghi as the face of the collection

Gucci Launches Make-Up Line. Confirming rumours that emerged last year, Gucci announced it will launch a Make-Up Line in September. The luxury Italian house is launching its first cosmetics line with Charlotte Casiraghi, the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco and the granddaughter of Grace Kelly as ambassador of the new beauty endeavour. Gucci Beauty … Read more

Dior’s New-York Cruise. Cruise 2015 silhouettes at Dior marina

The Dior woman strides out full of self-assurance. The Manhattan skyline was the backdrop for the presentation of Raf Simons’ Cruise 2015 collection for the House of Dior, the first time the creative director had taken a Paris Resort collection to Brooklyn. “In order to arrive at the Dior marina in Brooklyn where the dockside … Read more

Louis Vuitton – Resort 2015 Monte Carlo

  Cote d’Azur and the Mediterranean is a summer magnet for film, art and fashion lovers. While in nearby Cannes the Film Festival is in full swing, Louis Vuitton celebrated their first Resort collection in The Principality of Monaco, a city state preparing for the mythical race 2014 Grand Prix (Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix … Read more

Burberry hands Christopher Bailey golden hello worth up to £7.6m

Clothing company’s new CEO receives payment of 500,000 shares after taking over from Angela Ahrendts earlier this month

Marc Jacobs debuts beauty e-commerce with Jessica Lange-inspired nail lacquers

Marc Jacobs Beauty Launches E-Commerce.   Designer Marc Jacobs offers an immersive experience into his world of Beauty products, a collaboration between the designer and KENDO, the LVMH incubator of new beauty brands, through the newly- launched E-Commerce. Featuring over 150 products in the Marc Jacobs Beauty collection, the dot- com beauty destination also provides … Read more

Upcycling case history: from firehose to luxury goods

Design partnership Elvis & Kresse explain how they created
desirable bags and belts from London Fire Brigade’s waste