The Covid-19 crisis has crushed fashion retailers, but the pressure could prove a catalyst for change that ultimately makes the sector stronger.
The five-year old label, backed by billionaire Nancy Marks, is shutting its doors due to the ramifications of Covid-19. But independent fashion brands were hurting long before the lockdowns.
The sparse schedule was crushing, as was the lack of new ideas. But if America’s premier fashion showcase has indeed hit bottom, there’s nothing to do but evolve and nowhere to go but up.
In New York, designers reckon with how and where to sell their wares.
This season, there were no extraordinary clothes to speak of. But there was excitement.
Tory Burch and Pyer Moss book-ended the day in Brooklyn. Plus, Laquan Smith and Sies Marjan back in Manhattan from day three of the New York shows.
Emily Bode, Sander Lak and Spencer Phipps are among the handful of American designers showing in Paris this month. One way or another, they arrive on the Paris catwalk garlanded with expectation, Tim Blanks writes.
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After a three-year search, the organisation has found a successor for Diane von Furstenberg.
Fashion is myth-making. You don’t need that coat or that bag, but the best in the business make you believe you do.
Colour and maximalism can be scroll-stopping on social media, but precious few designers can marry bright and shiny with emotional depth.
Young designers are encouraged to raise money to help fuel growth. But finding the right backer isn’t so easy.
He has won over key international stockists and garnered industry attention for his colourful and uplifting collections.
Procter & Gamble raised its annual profit forecast on lower commodity costs and as consumers, particularly in the United States and Europe, kept buying its pricey Tide detergent and Dawn dish soap.
Frédéric Malle announced on Apr. 18 that he will be leaving his brand Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle at the end of June.
The two brothers join older siblings Antoine and Delphine, meaning that 4 out of Arnault’s 5 heirs now serve on the board. Bernard Arnault, age 75, has placed his controlling interest in LVMH in a stock-share partnership aimed at perpetuating family control.
Billionaire Bernard Arnault said he hopes a planned visit to France next month by China’s Xi Jinping will help smooth trade relations between Paris and Beijing.
Alyson Hogg, who founded the luxury tanning brand in 2003, has reacquired it from Crown Laboratories.
Monthly Swiss watch exports suffered their biggest decline since 2020 as demand for premium and luxury timepieces in key markets including China and Hong Kong plunged.
Asos has said it will take “necessary actions” to transform its fortunes after the fast fashion retailer’s first-half losses widened and sales fell by nearly a fifth.
The effort to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd to divest its ownership of the social media platform would quickly become law under a plan outlined Wednesday by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
