Articles by Don-Alvin Adegeest
British luxury brands welcome lucrative coronation business
Mar 29, 2023 - Fashion
British luxury brands are set to benefit from increased sales and exposure of King Charles’ coronation next month. King Charles III, who became the UK’s official monarch after the death of Queen Elizabeth II last September, will be officially crowned in a ceremony steeped in tradition. Historically, British luxury brands have long been...
Bottega Veneta to showcase FW23 in Beijing
Mar 29, 2023 - Fashion
Bottega Veneta is to host a repeat showcase of its Fall 2023 collection with a catwalk presentation in Beijing. The Italian luxury house previously showed the season’s collection during Milan fashion week in February. The brand said it will add new dedicated looks to avoid it being a carbon copy of the Milan show. It is unclear if the...
Gucci strengthens metaverse presence with Yuga Labs collab
Mar 28, 2023 - Fashion
Gucci is continuing its metaverse activities, having signed a multi-year partnership with NFT giant Yuga Labs, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks. Spanning fashion and digital entertainment, Kering-owned Gucci is building its presence in the metaverse and Web3 domain. The luxury house is investing to further establish itself...
Burberry invests in supply chain and acquires Italian outerwear manufacturer
Mar 28, 2023 - Business
Burberry is aiming to strengthen its supply chain with the acquisition of an Italian outerwear manufacturer. The British luxury brand acquired the technical outerwear facility from Pattern SpA, a longtime supplier whose business activities include engineering and production of luxury garments. Burberry acquired the company for 21 million euros...
Customer refunds cost small UK fashion businesses 48 million pounds
Mar 27, 2023 - Retail
The rate of returns has increased exponentially since online shopping became the norm. New data from Paymentsense’s annual Serial Refunder Report shows UK fashion businesses have lost an estimated 48 million pounds in revenue in customer refunds. Apparel and clothing businesses ranked 7th in the top 10 for the highest value of refunds made per...
Julien Dossena to design next Jean Paul Gaultier couture collection
Mar 27, 2023 - Fashion
Jean Paul Gaultier has announced the next guest designer for the brand’s haute couture collection, which will be shown in Paris in July. Julien Dossena, the creative director of Paco Rabanne, will be the fifth guest designer for the brand, after a stellar collaboration with Haider Ackermann last season, as well as earlier couture collections by...
Balenciaga unarchives its Instagram posts
Mar 25, 2023 - Fashion
Balenciaga is back. On Instagram. The original executor of the Instagram fashion tabula rasa, or blank slate, Balenciaga has removed images and posts from its official account nearly every season, or at best after every launch, or anything newsworthy, over the past two years. Balenciaga first deleted all of its Instagram posts 15th July 2021....
Balmain and Beyoncé debut Renaissance haute couture collaboration
Mar 25, 2023 - Fashion
Balmain has launched an haute couture collaboration with Beyoncé. The French luxury house said it is the first collaboration with and exclusively for a Balmain muse. Creative director Olivier Rousteing found inspiration in the singer’s Renaissance album, together creating 16 designs, one for each track. It is the first haute couture collection...
Should fashion quit TikTok?
Mar 24, 2023 - Fashion
TikTok, the short-form video platform best known for its funny videos and user-generated content, is currently in a state of flux. In fact, if western governments have their way, the popular app will either be severely restricted to those in Europe and the US, or banned altogether. Last week government employees in the UK were banned from...
Adidas and Beyoncé terminate Ivy Park partnership after lacklustre sales
Mar 24, 2023 - Fashion
It was perhaps only a matter of time before Adidas and Beyoncé shuttered their Ivy Park collaboration. In February stories of revenue falling 50 percent began circulating, with sales in 2022 thought to be just 40 million dollars, a loss of 200 million dollars for the sporting giant. When Beyoncé’s pay package is rumoured to be 20 million dollars...