A rare interview with Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo

High-concept, high-fashion and radical, designer Kawakubo is considered the queen of fashion. Jess Cartner-Morley meets the designer at her headquarters in Paris

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Luxury is the new Top Growing Sector (42%), replacing Retail in the 2018 Best Global Brands Report

  We live in a world where consumers have more power than ever, curating their own personal brands like we’ve never seen before. Brands such as Amazon, Spotify, and Netflix lead in this era by improving our lives in very personal ways. Interbrand announced Apple, Google, and Amazon are the three most valuable brands in … Read more

Pink: the History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Colour at FIT

  The Museum at FIT (the Fashion Institute of Technology) in New York, regarded as one of the most important museums in the world, hosts Pink: the History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Colour, an exhibition exploring the changeable meaning of the colour pink over the last three centuries.   In its two sections (one … Read more

The bright side: why women fell out of love with black

For decades it has been synonymous with timeless chic – but now joyful, attention-grabbing colours are pushing it out of the wardrobe

mini-me: Gucci Kidswear – the picture-perfect pop-up is now open

  Net-A-Porter Unveils Gucci Kidswear Pop-up Store. Alessandro Michele’s whimsical imagination lends itself so well to designing kidswear. Net-A-Porter unveils the first kidswear pop-up shop with Gucci, marking the e-commerce site’s inaugural venture into the category. On Net-A-Porter for six weeks only, Gucci’s romantic yet light-hearted styles will be available for babies and Girls & … Read more

Paris honours savoir-faire of fashion favourite Sonia Rykiel

The 50th anniversary show distills the late designer’s style, artistic heir Julie de Libran says