Jil Sander, a prolific German designer known for her innovative looks in the 70s, is returning to the label she created 40 years ago, fuelling industry speculation about the possibility that outgoing creative director Raf Simons could wind up at Dior. Japanese fashion conglomerate Onward Holdings, who owns Jil Sander fashion brand since 2008, said … Read more
Lolli-pop is the latest conceptual still life project by Italian born photographer Massimo Gammacurta. His lollies are edible icons. The brands are as sweet as candy for the palate and the eye. The brand association has in fact been replaced by a new meaning through the materiality and the abstract action painting dynamic gestures. When … Read more
World’s Top 100 Most Valuable Luxury Brands World Luxury Association’s official report on 2012 shows that China has become the world’s largest consumer of luxury goods. The report predicts: With the phenomenon of RMB appreciation and depreciation of the Euro and the number of Chinese traveling to Europe in 2012, total consumption of luxury goods … Read more
Chinese baijiu brand Moutai is now World’s Fourth Most Valuable Luxury Brand worth US$12 billion after Louis Vuitton, Hermes and BMW, but ahead of Mercedes-Benz and Chanel. (Hurun Best of the Best Awards, Beijing, 11 January 2012) The Hurun Research Institute today released the Top Ten Gifts for the Chinese Luxury Consumer 2012, a ranking … Read more
Dolce & Gabbana go Olympic for debut sports scent Dolce & Gabbana enters into the arena of sports fragrance following other major fashion houses such as Burberry, Chanel and Dior, certifying that the sport segment as the fastest-growing category in the male fragrance industry. One Sport, first Dolce & Gabbana men’s sports fragrance, which goes … Read more
Louis Vuitton Announces the Arrival of a New Fragrance Louis Vuitton announced a brand new fragrance project. In the 20s and 30s existed 3 Louis Vuitton fragrances, all of which were soon discontinued. Luxury giant Louis Vuitton had hired third generation perfumer Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud, that is likely to journey the world on search of rare … Read more