Week in Review | Fashion-Tech Bubble, Democracy that Destroyed Fashion, Wings of Céline
Source: ShutterstockBoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.
Source: ShutterstockIs There a Fashion-Tech Bubble?
Source: ShutterstockAs money pours into fashion-tech start-ups, at sky high valuations, BoF talks to leading investors to assess the existence of a bubble and understand what separates winning investments from those that are failing.
Branding Dita, Radical LVMH rumours, Reinventing retail, Couture maestro, Androgynous models
Dita Von Teese by Emily Berl | Source: NY TimesThe Branding of Dita Von Teese (NY Times) “Certainly she has bewitched the fashion world, gathering admirers like Christian Louboutin, Marc Jacobs (whose front row she has graced) and Jean Paul Gaultier, on whose runway she once performed an exotically elegant strip tease. She has appeared in a MAC cosmetics Viva Glam campaign. Her act, provocative in an airbrushed sort of way, has emboldened Cointreau, the upscale spirits
Halston anew, Made in Italy, Gilt looks to IPO, Prada’s honesty, PPR’s Laurent Claquin
Halston Autumn/Winter 2012 campaign | Source: HalstonHalston design house gets major alteration under new owner (LA Times) “The storied New York design house Halston once dressed celebrities the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Bianca Jagger andLiza Minnelli. Its founder, Roy Halston, partied with Andy Warhol at Studio 54 and designed Jackie Kennedy’s famous pillbox hat. But after decades of corporate turmoil, the label that once epitomized 1970s glamour in the Big Apple is
Mixed emotions at Prada, Lululemon stalls, Gilt doubles down, Pinault in conversation, Kors chat
Prada's flagship store in Milan | Source: LA TimesPrada frets about tourist stayaways (Reuters) “First-quarter profit doubled at the Milan-based maker of colored Miu Miu dresses, outpacing revenue growth, but the company is not immune from concerns about the euro zone, a sluggish U.S. recovery and a possible slowdown in Asia.” Lululemon CEO Eyes Holidays After Sales Miss (Bloomberg) “Chief Executive Officer Christine Day was unapologetic after projections for
