TUCSON, United States — It's been a very tough week in the fashion business. First came the unconfirmed (but not denied) news that Scott Sternberg's Band of Outsiders business is on the verge of closing, with the label cancelling orders and laying off staff.

The very next day, Kris Van Assche announced that he was pressing "pause" on his eponymous label to focus on his role as creative director of Dior Homme. "Times are tough for independent labels," Van Assche said to Women's Wear Daily. "This wonderful adventure has reached a point where I feel the need to take a break and some distance to better think about how to develop my brand in the future."

Indeed, several other emerging fashion businesses in London and New York have been facing problems of late — Meadham Kirchhoff, Richard Nicoll, and Peter Som, to name a few.

To add to the glum news, Michael Kors reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since the company went public in 2011, citing the strong U.S. dollar, weak tourism and poor in-store traffic as the key drivers. Investors did not like that one bit. Kors' stock price plummeted and the company lost nearly 25 percent of its market value in one day: about $3 billion was wiped off its market capitalisation.

But this is not just a weekly blip. A headline in the Financial Times read: "Luxury goods lose gloss as consumer enthusiasm begins to wane," and the newspaper noted that "patchy Asian consumer enthusiasm, volatile exchange rates and geopolitical instability has taken its toll on some of the biggest names in this once unstoppable sector."

It's a far cry from Revitalize2015, a conference held just outside Tucson, Arizona, organised by my friend Jason Wachob who runs MindBodyGreen, the health and wellness industry's answer to The Business of Fashion. At the event, Jason has assembled 100 of the leading minds from the burgeoning health and wellness industry. The buzzwords here are meditation and mindfulness, paleo and gluten-free diets, the Microbiome and functional medicine.

The Health & Wellness industry has been called "The Next Trillion Dollar Industry," as more people spend their disposable income on experiences and activities that improve their day-to-day lives. From yoga to meditation to health foods, this industry is growing at an astonishing 50 percent per year, according to Accenture.

Yet another reason to reconsider the formulaic fashion business model.

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