Gucci owner pledges to stop using underage models

The luxury fashion group Kering, which also owns Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen, makes commitments on model welfare and the environment at the Copenhagen fashion summit

World’s best performing luxury department stores. What makes them so successful? Report

Top ranking luxury department stores in the world – a window into what retail reinvention should look like. Sybarite and analyst GlobalData have partnered again to identify the most unique and productive luxury department stores inthe world. Harrods named as world’s best performing luxury department store, says the 2019 research. Harrods, SKP, Le Bon Marché, … Read more

Kering luxury group sold its US sports and lifestyle brand Volcom

  Volcom, the skate, swim, and snowboarding lifestyle brand that creates durable, stylish clothing and accessories, was sold to Authentic Brands Group (ABG). Kering luxury group, the owner of some of the biggest luxury powerhouses such as Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, and Ulysse Nardin, sold its US sports and lifestyle brand Volcom. The lifestyle … Read more

Cape crusade: stars lead comeback of statement outerwear

No longer just a superhero staple, celebrities have been wearing this season’s must-have item

Tom Ford succeeds CFDA’s current Chairwoman Diane von Furstenberg

    Tom Ford to further the voice of American Fashion and its designers as the Chairman of The Council of Fashion Designers Of America. The Council of Fashion Designers of America announced that award-winning fashion designer, film director, screenwriter, and film producer Tom Ford will be the next Chairman of the CFDA, effective June, … Read more

Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri delved into British culture for next fall-winter season

    In the garden of the Rodin Museum, Dior Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri presented her Fall-Winter 2019-2020 ready-to-wear collection for the French luxury House. Chiuri delved into British culture, a frequent source of inspiration for Christian Dior, to create a thoroughly modern women’s wardrobe for next fall-winter season. For the Dior Women’s Fall-Winter … Read more