Gender imbalance, Rising prices, DLF exits luxury, Bloomingdale’s in Canada, Helmut Lang

| Daily Digest

Diane von Furstenberg, Nadja Swarovski and the Swarovski award winners | Source: Style.com

Where Are the Women? (Style.com) “On the eve of the Costume Institute’s exhibition celebrating two pioneering female talents—Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada—Nicole Phelps asks why there aren’t more successful young women designers in New York.” LVMH Skips European Austerity Raising Prices for Chinese (Bloomberg) “Chinese tourists traveling to Europe to take advantage of savings as much as 50

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Leather forever, China momentum, Adidas profits to rise, Curator wears Prada, ‘It’ brand again

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Hermès winged saddle bag | Source: Glam

Wings of desire: 175 years of Hermès (Telegraph) “Fast-forward to now, and Hermès is the world’s best-regarded luxury company. The regard is reflected in its performance: last year, its profits rose 41 per cent to £495 million. Its exquisitely printed silk scarves are lusted after, but the cult of Hermès is predicated primarily on its handbags.” Slowdown in China? Not for luxury brands (CNN) “China’s

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Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season

| Fashion 2.0

NEW YORK, United States — What makes a successful fashion film? Is it a strong visual concept? Content that can be quickly parsed? A savvy distribution strategy? Humour? Provocation? A famous model or a catchy soundtrack? Creating compelling fashion videos has always been more art than science. But as we set about compiling our ranking of this season’s best films, we saw some interesting commonalities. While Cartier’s 3-minute CGI

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Market Pulse | Status Quo

| Market Pulse

Savigny Luxury Index March 2012 | Source: Savigny Partners

LONDON, United Kingdom — The Savigny Luxury Index (SLI) traded in a relatively narrow bandwidth this month, slipping 0.3 percent, whilst the benchmark MSCI World Index (MSCI) edged up 0.2 percent. Worries over a slowdown in China were offset by yet another string of exceptional results announcements, resulting in a status quo for the month of March. Big news The sector has been awash with strong results announcements with Prada,

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Amazon ups the ante, Italian optimism, One man show, Eastern promises, Arizona Muse rules the runway

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Amazon.com/fashion screen shot | Source: Amazon.com

Amazon.com Raises Fashion Ante (Apparel News) “Best known for selling books and electronics, as well as itsKindle e-reader, Amazon.com Inc. has placed its focus on becoming a bigger player in the fashion business. The Seattle-headquartered Fortune 500 company recently placed ad campaigns in glossy consumer magazines and hired seasoned fashion veterans as buyers for the apparel offerings sold in its Amazon Clothing

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