The leading global platform for desirable second-hand fashion announces a new €178m (US$ 216m) financing round. Following a strong year that saw the platform’s transaction volume grow over 100% year-on-year, this financing round grants Vestiaire Collective unicorn status and ideally positions it for its next cycle of accelerated growth. Since its inception in … Read more
“Today’s Special” book is a hopeful read about the most exciting up-and-coming chefs who will sustain and recreate the restaurant industry. Phaidon and S.Pellegrino partner to launch new book, Today’s Special. Phaidon, the premier global publisher of the creative arts, and S.Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water have partnered to celebrate Today’s Special: 20 Leading … Read more
McLaren unveiled all-new, next-generation High-Performance Hybrid supercar – the McLaren Artura. The McLaren Artura is the first model built on the new McLaren Carbon Lightweight Architecture (MCLA), which sets new standards for advanced and flexible chassis design and has been optimised for hybrid applications through bespoke battery compartment, domain-based ethernet electrical architecture, as … Read more
Gabriela Hearst is the new Creative Director of Chloé, a major move for the New York-based CFDA member known for her namesake luxury brand of ultra-luxurious clothes and a pioneering business ethos centered on sustainability. According to Gabriela Hearst, quoted by cfda/ The Council of Fashion Designers of America, her aim was to create … Read more
“The growth potential of luxury e-commerce has never been so promising, and the importance of China for the luxury industry is only becoming more obvious every day.” – François-Henri Pinault, Chairman, Artemis (the controlling shareholder of global Luxury group Kering (Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo, … Read more
Opening 23 January 2021, The Bourse de Commerce, the new François Pinault’s $170 Million Art Museum hosting the Pinault Collection, will be a breathtaking cultural space. The inauguration of the Bourse de Commerce—Pinault Collection gallery in Paris, initially due to open in mid-June, has been postponed to January 23, 2021 due to … Read more