Recession Dressing (Newsweek)
In these troubled economic times, people may dress according to who they really are rather than who they want to be.

Analysis: What’s in a name? (Drapers)
Collaborations between designer brands and celebrities with high-street labels are still generating profits.

Middle market loses out to niche players (Drapers)
Upmarket retailers are taking up more share of the overall womenswear market from the middle market stores.

In Rare Move, Luxury-Goods Makers Trim Their Prices in U.S. (WSJ)
In this tough economic environment, “luxury companies from Chanel S.A. to Versace SpA, Christian Louboutin and Chloé are reversing the industry’s maxim that luxury prices only move up.”

Diane Pernet, photo by Miguel Villalobos, courtesy of Diane Pernet.