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.
It’s a newly created role for the global buying director and is the latest in a series of C-suite appointments made by MatchesFashion’s new chief executive Ajay Kavan. Von der Goltz spent 14 years at Neiman Marcus Group-owned Bergdorf Goodman before moving to London to join Net-a-Porter in 2017.
“Elizabeth has a breadth of experience and commercial acumen that will help us continue to drive growth by inspiring our customers,” Kavan said in a statement.
Other recent appointments include Sean Glithero, who was named chief financial officer in September, and Amazon exec Jason Weston, who was named chief operating officer a month later.
Kavan, a longtime Amazon exec himself, has been tasked with cementing and scaling MatchesFashion’s position in the fast-growing, but volatile, luxury e-commerce space. In the year ending January 31, 2019, the company’s sales grew 27 percent to £372 million, but profits sunk 89 percent to £2.4 million, due to investments in infrastructure and marketing.
The former Gucci designer is a fashion storyteller whose maximalist aesthetic helped triple sales at the Kering-owned megabrand.
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.