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.
Long a staple of the Paris fashion week calendar, Valentino will remain in Italy for one more season, staging its haute couture collection for a small audience in Venice on July 15.
The Italian brand has been staging livestreamed shows in Rome and Milan to avoid international travel during the pandemic, but plans to return to Paris from September, depending on how coronavirus restrictions evolve, a spokesperson said.
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.