G7 and fashion houses join forces to make clothes more sustainable

Climate crisis pushes retailers to reduce their impact on the environment

Kate Hudson launches Happy x Nature at Selfridges London

      Happy x Nature: 50% of the fall collection is made using recycled materials. Happy x Nature, Kate Hudson’s ready-to-wear fashion brand, landed Selfridges London. Selfridges is the exclusive retailer in Europe that will carry the Happy x Nature sustainable fashion label. To celebrate the launch, Kate Hudson visited Selfridges London to meet … Read more

COURBET : The ‘disruptive’ French Sustainable Jewellery brand that even refuses ‘fairmined’ gold and diamonds

    By Philippe Mihailovich & Caroline Taylor In line with 21st Century youth who are now demanding vegan leathers be used by luxury brands, we are now witnessing the emergence of a ‘sustainable’ high-end jewellery house on the famous Place Vendôme*, for whom anything mined is considered harmful to the environment and thereby unacceptable. … Read more

Are crystals the new blood diamonds?

Gwyneth loves them, Adele can’t sing without them and Kim Kardashian uses them to deal with stress. Many of us are lured by their beauty and promise of mystical powers, but are ‘healing’ crystals connecting us to the earth – or harming it?

In the Name of Beauty: Angelina Jolie, the Bee University, and Guerlain

      Different facets of femininity: Angelina Jolie for Guerlain. Mon Guerlain, the House’s new fragrance, is a tribute to today’s femininity a strong, free and sensual femininity, inspired by Angelina Jolie. Guerlain welcomed Angelina Jolie, the muse of its Mon Guerlain fragrance, in Paris on July 8-9. During her visit, the beauty powerhouse revealed … Read more

Bankruptcy for Barneys? Symbol of New York luxe faces uncertain future

Management ‘actively evaluating opportunities’ as collapse of the store would be a significant, symbolic blow to retail