Considering Kate’s dress, UK retail suffers, Louboutin strikes again, PSFK fashion highlights, Jones’ hats in a line

Kate Middleton and Prince William | Source: Stylelist

Kate’s Dress: Who Will It Be? (WWD) “There are three weeks to go until K-Day, when royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton will, after five months of keeping the public on tenterhooks, reveals her sartorial secret… the secrecy has ignited a flurry of speculation as to which designer is doing The Dress.” Retailers suffer sharp fall in spending (FT) “Sales of clothing… showed the largest decline in any

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BoF Exclusive | At the Heart of Mount Street’s Transformation is a Luxury Community

LONDON, United Kingdom — For years, London’s Bond Street and Sloane Street have been the destinations of choice for luxury brands looking to set up shop in the British capital to serve the wealthy Arabs, Russians, Indians and Asians who call the city home, and more recently, the hundreds of thousands of luxury shoppers that have been descending on London, bolstered by a weaker pound and the depth of riches on offer from every

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Louboutin takes a stand, Macy’s returns to profit, China not a free for all, Luxury lives, Uniqlones invade NYC

Christian Louboutin Destroys Shoes in Web Video (WSJ) "Two weeks ago, luxury footwear designer Christian Louboutin quietly launched a new website that prominently featured a rather unusual video. In it, a truck drives over a pile of what appear to be Mr. Louboutin’s signature red-soled shoes." Macy's reports profit on sales, margin growth (Reuters) "Macy's Inc. posted improved quarterly results on Wednesday as the department store operator benefited from a strong recovery in consumer spending and efforts to cater merchandise to local tastes." Hold Off Being Bullish on China's Luxury Market (WSJ) "China's wealthiest consumers shrugged off the global financial malaise faster than their peers in other parts of the world, but high-end Western brands shouldn't see the Chinese market…

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Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season

LONDON, United Kingdom — The fashion film movement has hit the mainstream, with well-known brands like Prada and Y-3 running integrated, cross-channel campaigns around high-impact digital videos and a dedicated Digital Schedule for fashion films and catwalk streams now in place at London Fashion Week. But there were no signs that the medium was condensing around fixed codes. Quite the opposite. What we saw was the kind of restless innovation and constant evolution that characterises the fluid nature of digital media itself, with an explosion of new films that energised, but also transcended, the seasonal presentation schedule, speaking directly to consumers across the internet as part of in-season digital campaigns. During the Paris menswear collections, Stefano Pilati opened the Yves…

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Googling luxury, Expectations for luxe recovery, Tiffany sparkles again, Lacroix’s fall, Louboutin’s killer heels

Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Detail | Source: Louis Vuitton

Filching a Good Name for Internet Use? (IHT) “A search for ‘Louis Vuitton’ on Google’s British Web site turns up an advertisement for ‘Designer Handbags 70% off’ — to the fury of LVMH, the French luxury goods conglomerate that owns the brand.” Luxury earnings forecasts to rise (Reuters) “Burberry, Richemont and Swatch Group touched a one-year peak on Thursday, but expectations about the

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