Kering x Maison Cartier launch eyewear

Kering Eyewear will integrate the Manufacture Cartier Lunettes plant in Sucy-en-Brie, France. Kering Eyewear, part of Kering global Luxury group, and the Maison Cartier, owned by Compagnie Financière Richemont, announced a joint project in the eyewear segment. The partnership will create a platform for the development, manufacturing and worldwide distribution of the Cartier eyewear collection. Founded … Read more

Ex-Agent Provocateur Fabrizio Malverdi is the new CEO of Italy’s Brioni

Brioni has a new CEO. Kering luxury group announced the appointment of Fabrizio Malverdi as the CEO of Brioni, effective 18 April 2017. Fabrizio Malverdi will report to Jean-François Palus, Kering’s Group managing director. Fabrizio Malverdi has held management positions in luxury companies including Dior Homme, Givenchy and John Galliano. From 2016, he was CEO … Read more

Vaccarello in Paris: a ‘radical fantasy’ of Saint Laurent’s rich heritage

Fashion designer’s confident sexuality works for Saint Laurent, even in the rainy courtyard of the new HQ

For a fashion world beyond next season: Making sustainability fashionable

KERING X GLOBAL FASHION AGENDA. Kering, the global luxury group and owner of Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, and Global Fashion Agenda are on a mission to mobilise the international fashion industry. See how we can transform the way we produce and consume fashion. The three trillion-dollar fashion industry is also one of … Read more

Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm

Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts

Balenciaga sitting pretty with work ethic inspiration at Paris show

Demna Gvasalia plays with proportions of clothes in surprising ways in trademark that recalls work of house’s founder