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Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The all-denim collection celebrates styles sourced from the Levi’s archive, including men’s 501 straight-leg jeans and trucker jackets, re-fashioned and customised by Miu Miu.
It will launch at Selfridges in London and IAPM in Shanghai mid-May, and will be available online from May 24 in Miu Miu boutiques and online.
The collections style mixes masculine and feminine silhouettes, seen on Miu Miu muses actor Emma Corrin and models Lila Moss and Georgia Palmer.
The collaboration comes after Miu Miu debuted its first Upcycled Collection in October last year. It is the latest in a long-term strategy pivot towards sustainable materials for the brand — sister brand Prada’s regenerative nylon project Prada Re-Nylon launched in 2019.
This week, more luxury brands will report first-quarter results, offering clues as to how broad and how deep the downturn is going to get.
Fashion brands are edging in on the world’s largest gathering of design professionals and their wealthy clients, but design companies still dominate the sector, which is ripe for further consolidation, reports Imran Amed.
Blocking the deal would set a new precedent for fashion M&A in the US and leave Capri Holdings in a precarious position as it attempts to turn around its Michael Kors brand.
After preserving his fashion empire’s independence for decades, the 89 year-old designer is taking a more open stance to M&A.