Fashion, Style Guides and News from luxury brands and designers
French malletier (trunkmaker) Goyard (founded in 1853), now currently the oldest trunk maker in existence, released a short visual that pays homage to the brand’s hard-sided trunks, and small accessories. Directors Samuel Rixon & Raphaël Hache have imagined the story of a woman that goes to the Goyard flagship store (on Paris’ Rue Saint Honore). … Read more
Roberto Cavalli‘s detailed exotic prints are now available in Romania. The Italian fashion house unveiled the brand’s first store in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The store is located in the prestigious luxury gallery The Grand Avenue, within the JW Marriott Hotel, the focal point of Romanian fashion and style. The 150 square meters store … Read more
A large portion of affluent Generation Y attains their wealth from their parents—but they may not be on track for it in the future, according to Digitas‘ study “Affluence in America: The Next Generation.” Affluent and Aspiring Children spend between two and four times their own income, due to access to their parents’ wealth.Many of … Read more
China’s most prominent luxury footwear brand opens Parisian flagship Stella Luna, China’s most prominent luxury footwear brand with over two hundred stores in Asia & Middle East, is now looking to Europe. With presence in China, Thailand, Taiwan, Lebanon, Philippines, Kuwait and the UAE, the luxury brad adds Paris to its worldwide map. Stella Luna … Read more
PPR acquires a majority stake in the Chinese fine jewellery brand Qeelin PPR group is increasing its portfolio of luxury brands in the jewellery segment and its presence on the Chinese market by acquiring a majority stake in the Chinese fine jewellery brand Qeelin. The transaction should be finalized in January 2013. Launched in 2004, … Read more
Luxury footwear designer Christian Louboutin unveiled the fourth menswear-only shop in the world, this time in London. After Paris in September 2011, New York in August 2012, and Los Angeles, Christian Louboutin’s men’s boutique arrived on London’s Dover Street, close to the women’s flagship on Mount Street. The first Christian Louboutin store dedicated to men … Read more