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.
The French luxury label is the latest brand to join the burgeoning resale market, launching Isabel Marant Vintage Friday. The site will take donations of second-hand Isabel Marant garments in exchange for vouchers and will also sell deadstock garments, shoes and accessories from previous collections.
At launch, the label will offer a bundle of five surprise pieces for €145 ($172). Proceeds will be used to fund the Isabel Marant Endowment Fund, which was created this year to support women’s education and artisan craftsmanship in indigenous communities.
The Rome-based couture house’s bet on Rome’s most bankable design talent could help it punch above its weight.
The duo behind Skims are taking a minority stake in the luxury cashmere label, with an eye on scaling the cult brand.
After headline pieces — sometimes formerly owned by celebrities or featured on TV — sell for blockbuster prices, they can end up pretty much anywhere, from museums to collectors’ closets.
Serre, who grew sales by 20 percent in 2023, has been named Pitti Uomo’s next guest designer. She’s using the opportunity to show her men’s collection for the first time.