Raf Simons for Fred Perry’s 60th anniversary

Raf Simons x Fred Perry A lifelong fan of Fred Perry British fashion house, designer Raf Simons, the creative director at Christian Dior, has collaborated on six capsule men’s collections with the brand, his most recent launching in March 2013. Simons is often viewed as one of the most influential contemporary fashion designers. Raf Simons … Read more

Penélope for Loewe

Penélope Cruz Poses for Loewe Campaign Spanish luxury fashion house Loewe unveiled the long awaited Spring-Summer 2013 advertising campaign with 38-yo Penelope Cruz. The images were shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott in Madrid’s Palacio Marqués de Villafranca and shows the actress with the newly released coralcolored Paseo bag (€1,400) and classic Amazon handbags. … Read more

Oscar de la Renta opens first UK store

80-year-old designer Oscar de la Renta launched new London flagship. De la Renta’s boutique was inaugurated on Mount Street and is the first space to have separate areas for bridal, home and children’s collections. Located near other luxury store Marc Jacobs, Christian Louboutin and Balenciaga, the shop is Oscar’s largest store to date and fourteenth … Read more

Fashion moguls constitute half the list of top 10 Italian billionaires

Michele Ferrero, Leonardo Del Vecchio and Giorgio Armani top the list of Italian billionaires Top 10 Wealthiest Italians   The collective wealth of the top 10 wealthiest Italians stands at US$88 billion, which comprises 40% of the combined net worth of the Italian UHNW population. In particular, fashion moguls constitute half the list and represent … Read more

Great Gatsby costumes by Miuccia Prada

Prada’s Gatsby Costumes   Prada’s creative director Miuccia Prada offered a glimpse at the 40 outfits created by Prada & Miu Miu for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, the upcoming cinematic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel of the same name, a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton. The … Read more