Milan fashion week: Gucci embraces its brilliant absurdity with fluid show
Alessandro Michele’s collections, celebrating diversity and gender fluidity and featuring a fabulously mixed cast arrayed in geek chic, have the fans flocking
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Cava producers take a pop at champagne with top-end classification
Spain hopes new category will put fizz back into the reputation of a sparkling wine often overshadowed by its French cousin
Hard times for luxury Swiss watches as sales drop 10%
Swiss watch federation reports huge drop in exports to China as official crackdown on bribery makes it worst year for industry since 2009
Frankfurt prepares for Brexit bankers: ‘Maybe our city will change them’
‘Boring’ Frankfurt is set to attract financial businesses from London with its accessibility, low property costs and family-friendly facilities. ‘Maybe these play hard, work hard people will start to enjoy the slower pace,’ hopes one resident
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
Chanel haute couture show proposes a new catwalk silhouette
Karl Lagerfeld finds beauty beyond the thin with iconoclastic collection that features ovoid-shaped skirts and padded-out hips