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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.
Companies will be able to simulate and confidentially record environmentally-sensitive decisions for their Paris Fashion Week events through the use of a new platform commissioned by the event’s FHCM organising body from consultancy PwC.
The aim is for the tool to provide a comprehensive view of a fashion show and designer collection’s impact on climate and the environment, including from transportation, servers for video streaming, materials, or set design.
While individual brands’ results will remain private, FHCM says it will use the system to report aggregated information on Paris Fashion Week’s environmental impact going forward.
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.