US Retail Sales Unexpectedly Flat in April
Consumers are focussing spending on essentials and cutting back on luxuries amid higher prices. But sales have held up as a strong labour market helped households navigate the high inflation environment.
Anthony Vaccarello staged a surprise show to launch a collection of gorgeously languid men’s tailoring, writes Tim Blanks.
Rick Owens, Dries Van Noten, Loewe and Lemaire were standouts at a men’s fashion week where the volume was both turned up to ten and kept low, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
On the influential runways of Prada and Gucci, neckties were everywhere, as the return of formal events, dressing for the office and new rule-breaking ways to wear them fuel consumer interest, writes Imran Amed.
Pharrell Williams took Vuitton to the American desert. Visually the show was a feast, but the references were too obvious, resulting in an outing that felt flat despite the bling bling, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
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Tailoring was all over in the latest round of men’s shows, and with it a newfound sense of properness, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Gucci’s new designer offered up a more relatable menswear vision than his predecessor, updating classic wardrobe pieces with discreet contemporary twists. But will covetable coats and shoes be enough to revive excitement in the Italian megabrand?
Gucci’s new designer offered up a more relatable menswear vision than his predecessor, updating classic wardrobe pieces with discreet contemporary twists. But will covetable coats and shoes be enough to revive excitement in the Italian megabrand?
Luca Magliano’s beautiful losers left the strongest impression, while S.S. Daley’s undone formality came with the news of investment from Harry Styles, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
The Paris menswear shows had a postcard-like feel, but there were standouts that proposed a shift in dress as well as a spectacle, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
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The creative polymath’s debut show aimed to cement Louis Vuitton’s positioning as a purveyor not just of fashion, but culture writ large.
Milan men’s fashion week was all about finding new ways of deconstructing manhood, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Fragmentation is, paradoxically, the strongest through line in menswear today, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Consumers are focussing spending on essentials and cutting back on luxuries amid higher prices. But sales have held up as a strong labour market helped households navigate the high inflation environment.
Founder Roksanda Ilinčić, who will stay on as creative director, had filed a notice of intent to appoint an administrator before finding a white knight in TBG.
In its first-quarter results, the Brazilian beauty company’s losses widened and revenue dropped, but grew margins as it continues a turnaround plan that has seen it shed Aesop and The Body Shop.
Nike is undergoing a $2 billion cost-cutting plan that includes slashing 2 percent of its workforce.
During her tenure, Drucker Mann was instrumental in ushering the business into the digital age, said Roger Lynch, Condé Nast’s chief executive.
The miner set out its plans for a potential break-up via a demerger or sale of some of its assets, as it fights off a $43 billion takeover bid from BHP Group.
The company, whose stock soared to a record during the pandemic, has languished as faster inflation and shoppers returning to stores pummelled sales in 2022 and 2023.
Fast-growing DTC sales helped the brand beat Wall Street expectations in the quarter ending March 31.