Fashion

Balenciaga unveils collaboration with Adidas on the New York Stock Exchange

Balenciaga has gone public in New York and showed its spring collection for 2023 on Sunday between screens with flickering share prices. The fashion house also has the German sports giant Adidas in its baggage, which is currently very popular for luxury collaborations, and here, at the most recent, the boundaries between the fashion hypes and...

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Fashion

Stella McCartney to launch first commercial luxury bag crafted from mycelium

British fashion brand Stella McCartney is to launch the world’s first-ever luxury bag crafted from mycelium, the root-like structure of fungi at a commercial level this summer. The Stella McCartney ‘Frayme Mylo’ will be available from July 1 and marks a milestone for the British conscious brand and a significant progression in vegan material...

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Retail

Luxury brands call for tax-free shopping in the UK

Luxury trade body Walpole, which includes Burberry, Harrods, and Claridge’s among its members, is calling for the reintroduction of the VAT RES scheme, which it states could result in direct retail sales of at least 1.2 billion pounds. 250 luxury brands are calling on the government to reintroduce tax-free shopping to ensure that the UK’s...

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Business |In Pictures

Vestiaire Collective opens new Paris headquarters

Luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective has opened its new headquarters in Paris featuring an innovative, eco-designed space that puts employee wellbeing at the forefront and offers a new flex-office approach to a hybrid model between the office and remote working. The B Corp certified company has transformed a historical Parisian building...

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Management

Gymshark FY revenue up 54 percent as profits widen

Gymshark Group has reported a 54 percent increase in revenue in the year to July 31 2021. The sportswear giant made net revenue of 401.9 million pounds, up from 260.7 million pounds a year earlier, according to filings at Companies House. The Solihull-based group’s profit before tax increased to 45.4 million pounds from 30.4 million pounds a...

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Fashion |OPINION

Marketing fever pitch: Dolce & Gabbana host Kardashian wedding in Portofino

There was little surprise in what Kourtney Kardashian, the California-based reality persona taking Portofino by storm, was to wear on her big day. In a highly publicised wedding cum marketing campaign, the Kardashian-Jenner clan and entourage have been clothed in Italian fashion duo Dolce & Gabbana from arrival to departure. From the cushions...

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Fashion

The power of data for digital fashion design

As much as we think of fashion as something intuitive, it has always required a great deal of knowledge and information. From the trickle-down and bubble up of fashion trends, to market statistics, and customers sizing details, it is all data which needs to be ethically and fairly processed to adhere to issues concerning privacy. What is the...

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Fashion

Gucci and Adidas receive backlash for selling 1,300 pound sun umbrella

As far as collaborations go, the latest Gucci and adidas partnership is meant to evoke a sense of modern nostalgia, mixing the retro stripes of the sportswear giant with silhouettes and quirky design ethos of Gucci. The result is mix of products ranging from a studded clog to colourful co-branded bags and accessories to high-end outerwear. One...

May 20, 2022

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Retail

At The Venue provides a space for emerging designer

Finding support as a young designer can be rough. Design schools might teach you all the technical crafts of the trade, but they rarely teach the business side of things. Retail concept At The Venue has been a platform and guiding light for up-and-coming and fresh out of fashion school designers and carrying on knitwear technique traditions....

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Fashion

Mr Porter launches second Small World collection

Mr Porter has launched its second Small World collection, showcasing a “carefully curated” selection of global brands that demonstrate a commitment to the luxury website’s Craftsmanship Code and champion responsible style. The Small World capsule collection spans ready-to-wear, swimwear, underwear, accessories, fine jewellery, and homeware and...

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Ted Baker selects potential buyer, Sycamore steps down

Ted Baker has announced in an update of its ongoing formal sales process that its board has selected a potential buyer. While the process may take several weeks and the retailer reinforced that an offer may not be made, it did say it would be going into a process of confirmatory due diligence with the unnamed firm. The selection comes over a...

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Fashion

PrettyLittleThing announces design competition with Teyana Taylor

Online retailer PrettyLittleThing is working with its US creative director Teyana Taylor to find their next ‘Designer of the Year’. The fast-fashion brand is calling on aspiring fashion designers to submit a maximum of four designs, one of which must be a design for Taylor’s upcoming tour, to win the chance to dress the award-winning singer, as...

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