NET-A-PORTER news and archive

Net-A-Porter teams up with The Seam to offer repair service

Luxury online retail group Yoox Net-A-Porter is launching its first dedicated customer care and repair service in partnership with clothing repairs and alterations service The Seam. The ‘Repair & Rewear’ scheme will offer clothing alterations and repairs, bespoke customisations, and care and repair for handbags, footwear, and jewellery, as the...

Feb 1, 2023

Fashion

Yoox Net-a-Porter expands resale to additional markets

Net-a-Porter, Mr Porter and The Outnet have confirmed that they are expanding their resale offering to additional markets, as part of its continued collaboration with start-up Reflaunt to “reduce waste by keeping luxury fashion in circulation for longer”. In a statement, Yoox Net-a-Porter said that customers in Italy and France will be able to...

Oct 19, 2022

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Net-A-Porter announces inaugural Vanguard Education Fund recipients

Luxury online retailer Net-A-Porter is expanding its The Vanguard mentorship and business-support programme for womenswear designers to include a new Education Fund to provide financial support and dedicated mentoring to final-year students. The inaugural Vanguard Education Fund for 2022 has been awarded to four final-year university students in...

Sep 12, 2022

Fashion

Eyewear brand Kimeze launches on Net-A-Porter

British inclusive eyewear brand Kimeze, which designs sunglasses and opticals for black and brown faces, has launched on luxury e-tailer Net-A-Porter. Kimeze was founded in 2021 by sisters Clare and Christina Kimeze after they realised that more than a billion people were not being catered for when designing the fit of sunglasses and opticals,...

Aug 10, 2022

Fashion

Net-a-Porter to sell lab-grown diamonds with Kimai

Traceable fine jewellery brand Kimai is to become the first lab-grown diamond brand to be stocked on Net-a-Porter. Kimai, worn by the Duchess of Sussex and actress Emma Watson, creates high-quality jewellery with low impacts on people and the planet using lab diamonds grown using solar energy. Lab-grown diamonds are chemically and physically...

May 27, 2022

Fashion

Yoox unveils first collaboration in responsible fashion series

The Yoox Net-a-porter group has revealed a new Yooxygen project that will see it collaborate with international designers and stakeholders on a specialised edit through its e-commerce platform. Entitled ‘Rethink with <3’, the initiative focuses on responsible fashion and hopes to allow customers to discover unique pieces and collections, each...

Mar 22, 2022

News

Net-a-Porter launches new mentorship scheme with the British Fashion Council

Online retailer Net-a-Porter has launched a new mentorship scheme with the British Fashion Council (BFC) entitled The Vanguard Education Fund. The partnership was devised so that BFC’s network of universities could engage with Net-a-Porter to support final year bachelor students with their future careers in the fashion industry. Four winners...

Feb 3, 2022

Business

Yoox debuts new Marketplace site in Europe

Yoox, a division of Yoox Net-a-porter, has announced the launch of its Marketplace in Europe, offering customers access to a wider assortment of products and providing brand partners with more flexible operations. The Marketplace will be home to over 700 brands across ready-to-wear, accessories and footwear, and will be available to nearly 30...

Jan 20, 2022

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Richemont and Farfetch in ‘advanced’ talks to further partnership

Luxury fashion and lifestyle conglomerate Richemont has announced that “further progress” has been made in the development of an enhanced partnership with the online retail platform, Farfetch. Richemont, whose portfolio consists of the likes of Chloé, Net-a-Porter and Cartier, stated in the announcement that the advancement puts the two...

Nov 12, 2021

Fashion

In Pictures: Net-a-Porter unveils exclusive capsule by Loewe

Luxury multi-brand retailer Net-a-porter has introduced its ‘Net-a-porter x Loewe: The Crafted Collection’, in what is now Loewe’s first exclusive capsule created for a retail partner. Only available through Net-a-porter, the 25 piece collection features pieces that look to encapsulate Loewe’s concept and appeal. Among the selection, pieces...

Nov 9, 2021

News

Yoox and The Prince’s Foundation unveil new trainee artisans for The Modern Artisan launch

Fashion retailer Yoox Net-a-Porter, together with The Prince’s Foundation, has announced the new artisans taking part in its responsible luxury training programme, The Modern Artisan project. Eight artisans have been selected to participate from a pool of applications, including four British fashion and textiles graduates and four Italian...

Oct 5, 2021

BusinessFeatured

YNAP links with Reflaunt for resale service

Italian luxury group Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) is the latest fashion player to make a move in the second-hand fashion space through a tie-up with resale tech company Reflaunt. YNAP, which owns retailers Net-a-Porter, Mr Porter and The Outnet, said Friday it is launching its “most extensive resale pilot to date”, which will allow customers to sell...

Oct 1, 2021