The PPR Group and Christopher Kane enter into a partnership The Scottish young designer, Christopher Kane has seen French luxury group PPR (owner of Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Saint Laurent and Italian brand Gucci) invest in his label. PPR acquires 51% of the luxury designer brand. PPR will enable the Christopher Kane brand to … Read more
PPR luxury group selling its American plus-size clothing business PPR announces that Redcats has entered into a definitive agreement to sell OneStopPlus Group, its plus-size business in the United States, to Charlesbank Capital Partners and Webster Capital for an enterprise value of USD 525 million. OneStopPlus Group consists of the OneStopPlus.com, Woman Within, Roaman’s, … Read more
Kylie Minogue’s K25 celebrations Twenty-five years ago Australian pop star Kylie Minogue burst onto the music scene with The Locomotion and I Should Be So Lucky. Kylie celebrates 25 years in the music industry with a …book. Published by Thames & Hudson and launched exclusively at London’s Harrods luxury department store, ‘Kylie/Fashion’ tome features … Read more
PPR luxury group third-quarter 2012 revenue PPR continue to boast strong performances even as growth cools in the luxury and high-end market PPR posted third-quarter 2012 revenue of €2.6 billion, up 6.6% versus the same 2011 period on a comparable basis. PPR’s Luxury division posted an 11.9% leap in revenue in the third quarter of the … Read more
Chloe fragrance campaign fall winter 2012 Fabien Baron‘s black and white portrait of Finnish model Suvi Kopoenen is the center of the new Chloe’s fragrance campaign. Suvi is also the face of the Chloe’s Fall 2012 advertising. Her latest appearances include: Azzedine Alaia F/W 12 Lookbook, Alexander McQueen F/W 12 Campaign, New Noir British Vogue, … Read more
Thinking of future sun and summer, Gucci unveiled a set o images from its 2013 Gucci Resort collection. Top models Karmen Pedaru and Joan Smalls are photographed for Gucci’s resort 2013 campaign photographed by Mert & Marcus (Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott). Mert (from Turkey) and Marcus (Welsh from the UK) are one of the … Read more