Dolce & Gabbana launches luxury hijab collection
High-end fashion range targeting Muslim shoppers features hijabs printed with daisies, lemons and red roses
Luxury Industry
Harvey Nichols plans serious rethink as profits plunge 30%
Sales at luxury department store chain flatline prompting management to expand growing website operation and further revamp stores
Luxury brands are failing in their storytelling
Luxury has a rich heritage to draw on – why aren’t brands telling stories better? There are lessons to be learned from new players
JW Anderson: ‘The minute your brand can be predicted, you’ve got a problem’
Loewe designer and head of his own label, Anderson has bold ambitions and a fierce competitive instinct forged during his youth in 1990s Northern Ireland. Here he talks alter egos, gender fluidity and Instagram
What does the rise of digital marketing mean for luxury brands?
As the influence of print diminishes as an advertising medium, how can firms that sell high-end products communicate with their customers in a way that doesn’t compromise their core values?
Luxury brands: higher standards or just a higher mark-up?
Research challenges assumption that there is a link between the cost of clothing and the way it is produced, explains Tansy Hoskins