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.
Paris Fashion Week organising body FHCM released its provisional calendar Monday for the Autumn/Winter womenswear shows set to run from Feb. 28 to Mar. 8.
New additions to the schedule include shows by The Row and Vaquera, labels that typically show in New York.
Young French labels set to show for the first time include Ester Manas and Germanier, while Zurich-based Vetements (now creative directed by Guram Gvasalia, Vetements founder Demna’s brother and business partner) will stage the first show for the label’s gender-neutral spinoff line VTMNTS.
Learn more:
ADVERTISEMENT
New York Fashion Week’s Revolving Door
Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs are among the former mainstays not showing
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.
The sharp fall in the yen, combined with a number of premium brands not adjusting their prices to reflect the change, has created a rare opportunity to grab luxe goods at a discount.