Fishing tackle, tights and Dynasty shoulders: style trends for AW19

Familiarise yourself with gypsophila and grey, know your grouper from your guppy and try to keep up with the new rugby look. Here’s our cheat sheet to the best – and most unexpected – of the season’s fashion

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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

Gucci, Saint Laurent and Other Houses all posted encouraging revenue growth for Kering Luxury Group

  Kering luxury group reports good performance in the first quarter of the year. The luxury group announced it has delivered remarkable growth in consolidated revenue in the first quarter of 2019, up 21.9% as reported and 17.5% on a comparable basis to €3,785.3 million. Online sales continued to climb, and revenue from the wholesale … Read more

Alexander McQueen Fall Winter 2019: Sarah Burton is keeping the brand alive and vibrant

  By man and machine: Alexander McQueen Fall Winter 2019-2020 evokes an industrial feel. For Fall-Winter 2019 collection, Alexander McQueen‘s Creative Designer Sarah Burton went home back to where she grew up in the North of England, surrounded by mill towns and wild countryside. A mix of glass stones, faceted beads and tiny silver chains … Read more

Gucci and Saint Laurent continue to deliver growth for Kering luxury group

  2018 was an excellent year for Kering and its Houses especially for Gucci and Saint Laurent. The luxury group also announced a strong momentum at Kering’s Other Houses (up 32.1% on a comparable basis), powered by Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen. Consolidated 2018 revenue amounted to €13,665.2 million, up 26.3% as reported and 29.4% on a … Read more

First look inside Dior at the V&A: haute couture with a very British twist

Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri talks about aligning the fashion house with modern feminism ahead of the exhibition opening