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SS21 Menswear fashion week highlights

In a season unlike any other, the international Fashion Weeks were still able to bring a host of designer collections to an expanded global audience. This challenging yet exciting time for designers has seen new levels of experimentation and exploration with new formats and concepts, paving the way for a hybrid digital/physical future. Dior...

18 hours ago

Management

Prada H1 revenue drops 40 percent following store closures

Prada saw its revenue drop 40 percent at constant exchange rates to 938 million euros in the first half of the year as global store closures took their toll on the Italian luxury label. For the six months to 30 June, the group swung to a 180 million euro loss compared to profits of 155 million euros in the same period last year. The company was...

Jul 30, 2020

People

Prada names new group communications director

prada has a new man at its communications helm. the company appointed christopher bugg their group director. came on board in january as marketing and director for asia.> In his new role Bugg will be overseeing communications strategies across all of Prada's brands. Prior to joining Prada, Bugg was global digital communications director for...

Jul 17, 2020

Video

Video: Prada presents SS21 film for Milan digital fashion week

Prada presented its menswear offering during Milan fashion week men's Spring/Summer 2020 this week via a 12-minute film. The minimalist setting, black and white outfits and suspenseful music set an ominous tone to the short film presented by Willy Vanderperre. The models cast only dark shadows as they walk towards the camera with a bright white...

Jul 15, 2020

Fashion

Prada teams up with five creatives for SS21 showcase

Prada wanted to bring into focus the clothes for its spring/summer 2021 digital presentation by replacing a singular statement with the “perspectives of many”, by teaming up with five creatives, Terence Nance, Joanna Piotrowska, Martine Syms, Juergen Teller and Willy Vanderperre to interpret the Italian fashion house’s latest collection shown...

Jul 15, 2020

Fashion

Raf Simons to release 100 piece archive collection to celebrate 25th anniversary

Belgian designer Raf Simons is to release 100 of its iconic archive designs from the label’s collections in the run-up to its 25th anniversary. The collection is called Raf Simons Archive Redux and will be available at retail from December. Described as a “reexamination and recontextualisation of the past, for and within the present”, Simons...

Jul 7, 2020

Business

Prada says May sales are up 10 percent in China

Prada is seeing a rebound in sales as it saw an increase of more than 10 percent in China this month. But while the Chinese market is rebounding, sales in Europe are lagging, specifically in the luxury sector which depends on visitors. In a television interview with Bloomberg, Prada’s chief executive Patrizio Bertelli said: “The European market...

May 29, 2020

Business

PETA US Urges Prada to Drop Exotic Skins Ahead of Annual Meeting, Citing WIldlife Trade Pandemic Risk

London – As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives, PETA US has written to Prada ahead of its annual meeting, held virtually on Tuesday, to urge the company to stop selling accessories made with the skins of wild animals. Conservation experts warn that theexotic-skins industryfuels the risk of further epidemics – because as at wet...

May 26, 2020

Business

Prada sees signs of recover post lockdown

Prada is seeing signs of recovery as markets in Asia signal confidence. The Milan-based luxury brand said it reopened stores in China, Korea and Taiwan where it saw double-digit growth in April. In Hong Kong and Macao, activity is slower due to a lack of tourists and ongoing protests. In Europe Prada reopened some stores in Germany, Austria and...

May 5, 2020

Business

Prada begins resuming production

As Italy begins to ease its coronavirus lockdown restrictions, workers are beginning to return to their jobs. Beginning April 20, Prada began reopening their workshop in Tuscany, recalling 300 workers back to the job site. The following week, Prada began reopening factories in Umbria, Marche and Veneto. The collections and sample-making...

May 1, 2020

Fashion

Prada funds Italian Covid-19 research

In an attempt to decrease the spread of Covid-19, Prada Group is financially supporting ‘Proteggimi’, a research project on male susceptibility to the virus. As data suggests that Covid-19 affects men more than women, the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan will investigate whether male sex hormones play a factor in this imbalance. The Italian luxury...

Apr 29, 2020

Fashion

Catwalk to kitchen, fashion brands diversify into hospitality sector

From catwalk to kitchen, fashion businesses are launching restaurants, bars and eateries, as brand extenders and not just in their own boutiques. In-store cafes have long been de rigeur, with Nicole Fahri’s infamous 202 restaurant in Notting Hill one of the earliest to attract the style-set and merge the bridge between food and fashion. It was a...

Mar 24, 2020