Fashion

Hyères Festival makes a new start with its 36th edition

Hyères (France) - On Thursday evening, for the 36th consecutive year, the International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories took place in the Villa Noailles, in the town of Hyères in the South East of France. A little over a week after Paris Fashion Week, the fashion world gathers again under the sun of the Côte d’Azur to attend...

Oct 15, 2021

Fashion |Opinion

Why sustainable packaging must be the starting point to fashion's waste problem

Let’s consider for a moment the packaging journey of a garment prior to it arriving in one’s wardrobe. Most garments are packaged several times over before it reaches the customer, seeing multiple variants of discarded single-use packaging. More than 80 billion garments are produced annually across the world, many of which are shipped and packed...

Oct 15, 2021

People

Del Toro CEO Andrew Roberts plots out the brand's future

Del Toro Shoes have a storied history of heritage and luxury for their Italian velvet slippers. In 2019, the company began to get a subtle face lift though. Andrew Roberts a 31-year-old entrepreneur from New York’s Upper West Side, bought the company and became their new CEO. This year, the brand officially relaunched after weathering the storm...

Oct 15, 2021

Fashion

Global Warning: Botter alerts on the climate emergency

Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter, artistic directors of Nina Ricci and founders of the Botter brand, are what we call emerging designers. With this status comes a lot of media attention, which they are using to confront the fashion world with climate change. Their spring/summer 2022 Botter collection, ‘Global Warning’, was no exception to this...

Oct 15, 2021

Management

Hugo Boss posts strong Q3 results, raises forecast

On a preliminary basis, currency adjusted sales at Hugo Boss Ag increased 40 percent compared to the prior-year period. In Group currency, revenues were up 42 percent to 755 million euros in the three-month period. Compared to the third quarter of 2019, the company said in a release, currency-adjusted group sales increased 7 percent, driven by a...

Oct 15, 2021

Fashion

Coach sales plummeted 44% after viral video exposed destruction of goods

Demand for Coach online fell by 44% overnight after it emerged on Saturday via a viral TikTok video that the brand was slashing unsold merchandise. Searches for ‘Coach bags’ also dropped by 49% compared to the previous 24 hours according to data from Lovethesales.com, a global fashion marketplace which tracks demand and sales data from over 10...

Oct 14, 2021

Fashion

Sneaker prices are rising at the fastest rate of inflation in 20 years

Everything from supermarkets to fuel to fashion seems to be getting more expensive. Footwear is the latest category to see an increase in prices, as inflation surges at the fastest rate in 20 years. In the U.S., consumer prices have risen 5.4 percent in September alone, with further increases expected throughout the remained of 2021 and the...

Oct 14, 2021

Business

Saks Off Fifth increases minimum wage to 15 dollars for hourly employees

Luxury off-price retailer, Saks Off Fifth, has announced it will be increasing its minimum wage to 15 dollars for its US-based hourly workers, effective immediately, as well as its plan to implement bonus opportunities and competitive benefit offerings. “The past 18 months have been like nothing we have seen before in retail and this increase in...

Oct 14, 2021

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Fashion

Chanel staging Metiers d'Art collection in Paris

The Métiers d’Art show must go on. Chanel’s upcoming Métiers d’Art show, slated for December 7, will be taking place in their home city of Paris. The venue selected is the Le 19 M, a new craftsmanship hub in Porte d’Aubervillers which is home eleven resident masions d’art and six hundred artisans and experts working for Chanel and other luxury...

Oct 15, 2021

Business

Lulu's files for IPO

Fast-fashion brand Lulu’s has filed for an IPO. The California-based company is profitable generating between 104 million and 106 million dollars in net revenue and 50 million dollars in gross profit for the three months ending October 3. The news was reported by Business of Fashion. Lulu’s was originally a vintage boutique, but became an...

Oct 15, 2021

People

Asics names CEO of North America

Richard Sullivan has been promoted to chief executive officer and executive officer of Asics North America. He was previously president and chief operating officer of the same region. He will retain his title as president. The news was reported by WWD. Asics North America has been without a CEO since Koichiro Kodama was promoted to managing...

Oct 15, 2021

Fashion

Yoox collaborates with les girls les boys

Yoox and les girls les boys have collaborated for a capsule collection, created jointly with Serena Rees, founder and creative director of the lingerie and genderless streetwear brand based in London. The exclusive collection consists of a wide selection of casual styles that follow a gender-fluid and inclusive approach. Sizes range from XS to...

Oct 15, 2021