Spotify for fashion: does renting clothes signal the end for our wardrobes?

The walk-in closet – once seen as an ultimate lifestyle trophy – could soon become obsolete, as rental and subscription services offer sustainable and more affordable access to brands such as Dior and Prada

eBay Authenticate service to help buyers shop with confidence for luxury handbags

Industry experts authenticate your handbag so buyers shop with confidence. A woman’s handbag is purchased every 13 seconds on eBay in the US. 88% of items sold on eBay are Buy It Now – no bidding necessary. The New Authentication Service Verifies, Lists and Sells Luxury Handbags for 12 High-End Brands on Behalf of Sellers … Read more

Created for deficient skin: La Micro-Huile de Rose Dior Prestige

A few weeks ago Maison Dior unveiled the two new Rouge Dior revisited by Peter Philips: Double Rouge and Rouge Liquid. The color reflects the excitement and avant-garde daring of a fashion shoot. The color is also associated with the powerful forces of the rose, now used in the new La Micro-Huile de Rose Dior Prestige. … Read more

Sense and sensuality: Dior embraces female artists while Saint Laurent sparkles

Maria Grazia Chiuri doffs Dior’s beret to ‘revolutionary women’, with feminist essays and a nod to artist Niki de Saint Phalle, and Anthony Vaccarello takes a more sensual tack for his Saint Laurent show

La Constellation Dior taking over Galeries Lafayette

As part of Dior’s seventy-year celebrations, the luxury Maison is taking over the windows and the famous dome of the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris until October 10th. To mark the event La Constellation Dior at Galeries Lafayette, blue, the key color of the Dior ready-to-wear autumn-winter 2017-2018 show by Artistic Director Maria Grazia Chiuri, has … Read more

Welcome to the House of Dior: from the New Look to Miranda Kerr’s wedding dress

Seven decades of voluminous tulle – and a hat costing more than a small car –come together in a celebration of haute couture that’s also a coup for the NGV