Building Ermanno Scervino
BAGNO A RIPOLI, Italy — At present, Milan’s fashion scene is largely split between established luxury mega-brands rich in heritage and youthful upstart labels like MSGM. But is there space for an...
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The Humanity of Hermès
PARIS, France — A Greek shepherd’s staff hangs by the door in the office of Pierre-Alexis Dumas. The artistic director of Hermès enjoys showing it to visitors and explaining how it is hand-crafted to...
View ArticlePradasphere Lands at Harrods, Bringing Miuccia Prada’s ‘Obsessions’ to Life
LONDON, United Kingdom — London department store Harrods and Prada are set to unveil a month-long exhibition and pop-up shop celebrating the world of designer Miuccia Prada and the recurring and...
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Constructing Rick Owens’ Creative Bubble
PARIS, France — Rick Owens is a brand apart and it may not be too much to say that the designer and his wife and collaborator, Michèle Lamy, similarly exist in an alternate reality, a world of their...
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Rebooting Elle
LONDON, United Kingdom — “I’ve got one word for you today: buffering,” says Lorraine Candy, editor-in-chief of Elle (UK), to her staff at their Monday morning news conference, as she reminds them to...
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John Lobb, Scaling a Craft-Based Business
NORTHAMPTON, United Kingdom — No fewer than eleven rivers dissect the countryside surrounding Northampton. From the river Avon’s tortuous upper-course, habitually prone to breaking its banks, to Rains...
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Zeus + Dione, Rising from the Ashes of the Greek Crisis
ATHENS, Greece — Fourteen years at Deutsche Bank gave Mareva Grabowski a keen sense for business. But the Harvard MBA, who had gone on to found her own an asset management firm, was searching for...
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Louis Vuitton and the Business of Globe-Trotting Cruise Collections
MONTE CARLO, Monaco — So much for a bit of intra-fashion week respite. For some members of the fashion flock, the past few weeks have been a glamorous blur of large-scale international events,...
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Market Pulse | Upbeat Results
LONDON, United Kingdom — The Savigny Luxury Index (“SLI”) leaped by 3.5 percent last month, outperforming the MSCI World Index (“MSCI”) by five percentage points. Most of the SLI components have had...
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French Fashion Awards Come of Age
PARIS, France — Quite the quadrille has been taking place around France’s most prestigious awards for young fashion designers. This year, Chanel has become one of the principal sponsors of the Festival...
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Matteo Marzotto Joins with Not Just a Label to Unite Fashion and Jewellery
VICENZA, Italy — At a time when fashion brands specialising in ‘soft’ luxury have been diversifying their offerings and expanding into ‘hard’ luxury items, like jewellery — a category which has...
View ArticleThe Trouble with Flash Sales
LONDON, United Kingdom — Last week, Arcadia Group CEO Sir Philip Green announced that he had taken a 25 percent stake in Mysale.com, an Australian flash sales site aiming to reach revenues of about...
View ArticleColoured Gemstones Have Got Their Sparkle Back
LONDON, United Kingdom — In 1946, while working on the De Beers account for the New York agency N.W. Ayer & Son, copywriter Frances Gerety came up with what would be one of the most enduring...
View ArticleBrands Invest in ‘New Generation of Materials’
PALO ALTO, United States — When Patagonia was in search of an eco-conscious alternative to neoprene, it considered wool. But then the outdoor apparel company came across Yulex, an Arizona-based...
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In Age of Online Inspiration, Fashion Creatives Still Love Beautiful Books
LONDON, United Kingdom — “I’m always on the lookout for interesting books,” says designer Giles Deacon. “It’s a continual hunt – from looking through the stock in a Marie Curie charity shop to junk...
View ArticleIs Activewear the New Denim?
NEW YORK, United States — Gap Inc chief executive Glenn Murphy is awfully bullish on the company’s activewear brand Athleta. “I think the trends in the marketplace, when it comes to women and, then,...
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Market Pulse | More of a Good Thing
LONDON, United Kingdom — The Savigny Luxury Index (“SLI”) continued its upward ascent gaining over two percent this month, albeit under performing the MSCI World Index (“MSCI”) by one and a half...
View ArticleIn London, From Emerging Designers to Emerging Businesses?
LONDON, United Kingdom — In recent years, several of London’s leading young womenswear designers have built formidable emerging businesses, defying the British capital’s long-standing reputation as a...
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No Signs of Slowing in the Global Menswear Market
LONDON, United Kingdom — In 1994, journalist Mark Simpson coined the term ‘metrosexual’ to describe contemporary, city-dwelling men who placed increased emphasis on personal grooming and fashion. At...
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Menswear’s New Staples
NEW YORK, United States — The wardrobe of a well-dressed man has long contained a set of must-have staples, from a charcoal suit to a blue blazer to a pair of brown brogues. But in recent years, driven...
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