The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Balanced on Fashion's Wobbly Pedestal (NY Times)
"In total, Mr. Pilati has been a designer for nearly 30 years, during which time he has had highs and lows, wrestled with drug abuse, and constantly questioned his place in fashion and whether the pressures are worth it.'I have worked and worked and worked hard again... I have been a monk here.'"
It's Hard to Be Sexy (NY Times)
"Of course, all this is a big fat cliché; women, including Ms. McCartney, are much more complex than that. But it was interesting for Ms. McCartney, who isn't known for straying far from her brand comfort zone, to take these sexual identities to such extremes. As a trying three-week run of shows winds down, you realize how difficult it is for designers to make new statements with sexy clothes."
Cut from a different cloth (FT)
"There are, at most, just 300 Intha people who know how to harvest the wild lotus flower stems... About 200 others know how to extract the filaments and process these to skeins, which must be done within 24 hours of picking to prevent deterioration. When Loro Piana first came to Burma... he guaranteed to purchase all the fabric."
Prada Shuns Milan for Hong Kong Signals Economic Shift (Bloomberg)
"Losing Prada highlights the struggles facing Borsa Italiana to gain new listings, said investor... The Italian exchange lost half its value in the past three years amid a dearth of IPOs and the drop in stock prices since 2007... 'The Borsa's troubles mirror sluggish economic growth and an exchange that isn't as visible as others on a global scale... Companies that have a global market are looking elsewhere for success.'"
Nuturing by a Style 'Angel' (IHT)
"One woman in particular was overwhelmed with emotion at the Ackermann show: Anne Chapelle, the Belgian investor who believed in the designer and supported him, just as she has Ann Demeulemeester and has brought the Josephus Thimister brand back to life. Ms. Chapelle's approach to designers is different from the big-bucks, big-brand style.... 'My designers have to have their feet on the ground.'"
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