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Stella McCartney partners with Thélios for eyewear collections

British designer Stella McCartney has signed a long-term partnership with Thélios, the eyewear division of LVMH, to create sustainable eyewear collections starting with the spring/summer 2021 season. The first collection will debut in November 2020 and will offer consumers eyewear products made of alternative raw materials, as part of Stella...

Aug 3, 2020

Report

Stella McCartney mulls job cuts and store closures

Stella McCartney could be the latest British fashion company to cut jobs and close stores in a bid to soften the financial impact of Covid-19. According to an internal note written by CEO Gabriele Maggio, seen by WWD, the company is planning a number of measures to cut costs. These include job cuts, asking remaining staff to accept salary cuts...

Jul 23, 2020

People

Two designers on Covid, one leads while the other grieves

“I am in a process of grief right now, for how I used to do things, for the process I knew,” Marc Jacobs told Edward Enninful during the first of theVogueGlobal Conversations this week. Quarantined in a suite at Manhattan’s Mercer Hotel, he admitted that the future makes him fearful and while reliving the past certainly isn’t the answer, he’s...

Apr 16, 2020

Fashion

Urgent: Save the Fashion Industry, an open letter from Jefferson Hack

Jefferson Hack, the CEO and co-founder of Dazed Media has written an open letter to save the fashion industry. “In fashion, miracles can happen. I never thought that the fashion industry would be one of the world’s first responders to a global health crisis. An entire industry whose future is in question has put the needs of others first – it’s...

Apr 13, 2020

Fashion

Eight finalists of LVMH Prize announced

LVMH has announced the eight fashion brands to be nominated for the LVMH Prize final, which will take place on 5 June at Fondation Louis Vuitton. The finalists, who were narrowed down from an original list of 20 hopefuls, are Ahluwalia , Casablanca, Chopova Lowena, Nicholas Daley, Peter Do, Sindiso Khumalo, Supriya Lele, and Tomotoka Koizumi....

Mar 10, 2020

Report

Stella McCartney swings to 11 million pounds loss

For the year to December 31, 2018, British fashion house Stella McCartney reported loss before tax of 11 million pounds compared to 9 million pounds profit in the previous year. The company’s sales rose by marginal 0.2 percent to 42.6 million pounds. The company said in the accounts filed with Companies House UK that the 67 percent rise in...

Mar 9, 2020

Fashion

Fall/Winter 2020-21 Paris fashion week overview

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a first look at the event highlights of Paris Fashion Week. Despite challenging conditions and some cancelled shows, Paris Fashion Week still provided attendees with a spectacle worthy of a major fashion capital. As the industry continues to tackle issues around the topics of the environment and diversity,...

Mar 6, 2020

Fashion INTERVIEW

Stella McCartney on transforming LVMH from within

Stella McCartney pledged Monday to try to change the world's biggest luxury fashion group from within after LVMH took a stake in her label, one of the most sustainable in the world. The British designer made a spirited defence of her decision to become "personal sustainability adviser" to LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, who regularly swaps places...

Mar 2, 2020

Fashion

Is fashion greenwashing to distract from its not-so-sustainable practices?

Paris fashion fortnight began last week with an apocalyptic warning. "Our Mother Earth will not be able to support life, we will not be able to breathe... If we don't open our hearts and our minds, it's the End," a disembodied voice intoned as hot Hollywood label Rhude made its Paris debut. The very next show, Phipps' "Treehugger, Tales of the...

Jan 22, 2020

Fashion

Stella McCartney introduces biodegradable stretch denim

Stella McCartney is continuing to push forward with its commitment to sustainable fabric innovation with the introduction of the world’s first biodegradable, stretch denim, created using plant-based yarns into its collections. The innovative denim created by Italian manufacturer Candiani will be introduced in the British designer label’s...

Jan 14, 2020

Fashion

As Pitti Uomo closes, menswear moves to Milan

As Pitti Uomo rounds up its 97th edition, menswear moves to Milan on Friday where the Italian capital will host 27 fashion shows and over 30 presentations. With Gucci and Prada back on the official schedule, the week will commence with the DSquared2’s 25th anniversary event followed by Ermenegildo Zegna’s catwalk presentation. British menswear...

Jan 10, 2020

Fashion

Joaquin Phoenix to wear same Stella McCartney suit throughout award season

Every award season is rife with Hollywood celebrities vocal about the deteriorating state of the world. But as climate change and sustainability remain hot topics on stage, red carpet dressing and award season is still largely a business pairing between luxury brands and leading actors, with ‘who wore what’ campaigns advertised across social...

Jan 7, 2020