Luxury skincare RéVive and Laura Mercier enter Shiseido portfolio

Shiseido Americas announced agreement to acquire Gurwitch Products, a marketer of global prestige cosmetics and skincare brands. Annual net sales for Gurwitch totaled $175 million in the fiscal year ending 2015. Under the terms of the agreement, Shiseido Americas will acquire 100% of the membership interests in Gurwitch, including Gurwitch’s portfolio of leading prestige brands: … Read more

Kering Parsons ‘Empowering Imagination’ competition winners

Kering and Parsons School of Fashion for 5th “Empowering Imagination” contest. For the fifth year in a row, Kering luxury group, the French luxury goods holding company owner of Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Gucci, Puma, Volcom, Saint Laurent and other high-end brands,  and Parsons School of Fashion rolled out the ‘Empowering Imagination’ design competition. The competition … Read more

Dior at Blenheim Palace: English countryside meets Parisian style

Despite the lack of a starry designer, the fashion house revisited this historic venue with a mix of Anglophilia, Alexa Chung and equestrian jackets

Which is the world’s most stylish city?

Does real style come from a city with a rich manufacturing history (Milan), high-end designers (Paris), the avant garde (Tokyo) … or more unlikely places?

Giorgio Armani revenues hit by China slowdown

Italian fashion house is latest luxury brand to suffer from economic slump in emerging markets and tourists’ terrorism fears

Zenith for Cohiba: El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Cohiba Edition

Fulfil your wanderlust with the sleek El Primero Chronomaster Cohiba Edition. A true reflection of status and class, the El Primero Chronomaster Cohiba Edition timepiece by the LVMH-owned Swiss watch brand Zenith is a treat for the eyes. Zenith celebrates the 50th anniversary of the world’s most prestigious cigar brand with El Primero Chronomaster 1969 … Read more