Wang scores for Balenciaga as fashion house takes game to rival at Vuitton

Alexander Wang’s show at Paris label signals moves into Nicolas Ghesquière’s territory with avant-garde collection

Progressive driving: Louis Vuitton’s forward-looking carbon fibre travel bags for plug-in hybrid

The tailor-made Louis Vuitton luggage set for the BMW i8 made from carbon fibre. Inspired by the visionary design of the BMW i8, luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton, “the pioneer of the art of travel“, created tailor-made luggage for the plug-in hybrid vehicle, a line which will be available only upon request in a selection … Read more

Why black models are rarely in fashion

The women we see on the cover of magazines and striding down catwalks are still overwhelmingly white, but the fashion industry needs to wake up to the diversity of its customers

LVMH luxury group – 8 percent rise in like-for-like full-year sales

As consumer demand for logo-embossed luxury products has waned, LVMH declares it is is well-equipped to continue its growth momentum. After Tod’s disappointing figures released last week, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group, recorded revenue of €29.1 billion in 2013, an increase of 4% over the previous year. The luxury … Read more

The preferences of China’s luxury consumers

  Chinese consumers still love luxury goods, love Burberry and prefer to buy their items abroad, according to “Luxury Purchase Power” survey by Chinese news site iFeng quoted by jingdaily. This year, Burberry topped the list of favorite brands and was followed closely by Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Dior. This reflects overall trends … Read more

Marc Jacobs’s legacy celebrated in Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2014 visuals

Catherine Deneuve, Sofia Coppola, Gisele Bündchen, and Fan Bingbing in one place   Louis Vuitton’s outgoing creative director Marc Jacobs was celebrated by the luxury brand with a star-studded Spring-Summer 2014 campaign. American designer’s muses, like actresses Catherine Deneuve and Fan Bingbing, director Sofia Coppola, and models Gisele Bündchen, Caroline de Maigret and Edie Campbell, … Read more