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 trade show group has announced new dates for its in-person fairs this summer. Pitti Uomo will now take place from June 30 to July 2, two weeks after its previously scheduled dates of June 15-17.
Pitti Bimbo, its childrenswear fair, will be held at the same time. The location for both events remain unchanged: Fortezza da Basso in Florence. Pitti Filati, the organisation’s fair for textiles, is scheduled for June 28-30, while Pitti Fragranze, the cosmetics trade show, will be held Sept. 17-19.
The fairs’ organisers said these new dates will be more convenient for exhibitors as well as visitors, to “avoid overlapping and to build a calendar with a market-oriented rationale,” Pitti Immagine chief executive Raffaello Napoleone added in a statement.
The designer has always been an arch perfectionist, a quality that has been central to his success but which clashes with the demands on creative directors today, writes Imran Amed.
This week, Prada and Miu Miu reported strong sales as LVMH slowed and Kering retreated sharply. In fashion’s so-called “quiet luxury” moment, consumers may care less about whether products have logos and more about what those logos stand for.
The luxury goods maker is seeking pricing harmonisation across the globe, and adjusts prices in different markets to ensure that the company is”fair to all [its] clients everywhere,” CEO Leena Nair said.
Hermes saw Chinese buyers snap up its luxury products as the Kelly bag maker showed its resilience amid a broader slowdown in demand for the sector.