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Saint Laurent debuts haute jewellery collection

French luxury house Saint Laurent has launched its first fine jewellery collection, expanding its existing accessories and ready-to-wear lines. The collection includes cuffs, bangles, necklaces, and rings made from materials such as yellow and grey gold, and diamonds. The price range varies from 690 euros for a studded earring to 45,000 euros...

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Saint Laurent announces launch of production company

French luxury house Saint Laurent is stepping into a new realm with the launch of its own film production company, set to make its debut during the Cannes Film Festival. According to a release, it is the first luxury brand to implement the production of films into its operations, and comes as the brand looks to mark out a path of its future....

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Video: Saint Laurent FW23

In this video you can see Saint Laurent’s FW23 collection presented at Paris Fashion Week. Video: FF Channel via Youtube

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Dior and Saint Laurent pay homage to strong women in FW23 presentations

Dior and Saint Laurent both combined nostalgia with homages to strong, independent women as the two French fashion giants presented their latest collections in Paris on Tuesday. Under a giant surreal flower made of fluorescent textiles, Dior offered a softer reworking of its classic New Look from the 1950s. A few hours later, Saint Laurent drew...

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Paris brings newness and question marks to Fall 2023 menswear

Paris men’s fashion week took place during another of France’s notorious strikes. This time the protests rallied against the government’s proposal to raise the retirement age from 62, one of the youngest in the world, to 64. The youth-led fashion industry is one of many where older workers struggle to be hired, but some sectors, like France’s...

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Alessandro Michele exits Gucci, Kering confirms

Kering on Wednesday confirmed Alessandro Michele’s exit from Gucci, the latest shakeup in the fashion industry after high profile departures at Burberry, Bottega Veneta and Ferragamo. Mr Michele was a relatively unknown designer when he took the creative reigns at Gucci in 2015 and some saw the appointment by CEO Marco Bizzari as a gamble. Yet...

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Paris packs a punch, as Dior and Saint Laurent kick off fashion week

Powerhouses Dior and Saint Laurent set the bar high at the start of Paris fashion week, showcasing two incredible collections from two of the world’s most successful companies. These uber fashion houses do not waver or do presentations by halves, with expensive sets and production prowess that only come from a storied history and an unrivalled...

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Why luxury brands are partnering with cinema

Luxury brands and the art of cinema have long gone hand in hand, but it is not just the red carpet dressing of Hollywood’s actresses that has luxury executives’ attention. Fashion houses such as Chanel and Saint Laurent are financing or partnering with the film industry’s brightest storytellers and makers to produce content of a more cinematic...

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Kering aims to double Saint Laurent revenue to 5 billion euros

Building a 10 billion euro fashion powerhouse is probably the dream of every conglomerate and luxury brand CEO. Currently only a few have achieved these monumental figures or at least managed to nudge toward to the divine ten bn. These include Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci and Hermès. Kering on Wednesday said it aims to double the sales of Saint...

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Video: Saint Laurent at Paris Fashion Week

In this video, fashion label Saint Laurent has presented its FW22 collection at Paris Fashion Week (PFW). Watch the video below. Video: Saint Laurent via YouTube Photo credit: Image via Saint Laurent on YouTube

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At Paris Fashion Week, Saint Laurent takes an elegant new direction

Anthony Vaccarello took Saint Laurent in a new direction for Autumn 2022 after several seasons of youthful haute glamour. Gone were the paillettes and micro minis best for after hours dressing, gone was the overt sexiness and killer heels underscoring killer bodies. Belgian-born Vaccarello signalled in a new era, one where the body is covered in...

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Unique expo places Saint Laurent among Paris treasures

Tucked away like Easter eggs in the most prestigious Paris museums, a unique commemoration of designer Yves Saint Laurent cements his status among the greats of French cultural history. "I am utterly eclectic," the designer once said, and the point is proven by how easily his clothes fit into museums covering very different eras and artistic...