Fashion
Hermès Birkin handbag sells for £162,500 at Christie’s auction
Monday, June 18, 2018Handbag investors are the new art collectors, a leading auction house has said, after a diamond-encrusted Hermès Birkin bag broke records as it sold for £162,000 on Tuesday. The decade-old crocodile skin Himalaya Birkin bag, which features an 18-carat, white gold, diamond-encrusted lock, achieved the European record for a handbag sold at auction. Rachel Koffsky, handbag and accessories… Untitled
Gucci Launches Street Style Capsule Collection In Collaboration With Isabella Cotier
Thursday, June 14, 2018Alessandro Michele was announced as Gucci’s new creative director in January 2015. With the strong support of Marco Bizzarri, the label’s CEO and president, Michele was given free reign to bring his idiosyncratic sense of vintage style to the Italian fashion house, leading to a period of impressive growth at the house. In March 2017 the house reported… Untitled
Gucci to present spring/summer 2019 collection in Paris
Tuesday, May 29, 2018Gucci will present its spring/summer 2019 collection in Paris. The move, under creative director Alessandro Michele, is the final act of a three-part homage to France. The new collection will be shown in Paris on September 24, 2018. Gucci began its creative tribute to France starting with the pre-fall 2018 campaign, which recreated the May… Untitled
Ultimate Guide: Women’s Summer Dresses
Monday, May 28, 2018Here’s our ultimate guide to the Summer Fashion 2018 Catwalk. A mix of uplifting and colorful collection with OTT texture and fringing galore. The man this house is built upon was a pioneer who left his country and built a legend through artistry, ingenuity, and grit. To cite some of his most defining clients—Garbo, Bardot,… Untitled
Gosha Rubchinskiy to Stop Label, Launch New Venture
Thursday, April 5, 2018Business of fashion–The Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy is stopping his Comme des Garçons-backed namesake label “as you’ve known it” and launching a new project, he announced via Instagram today. According to a spokesperson for Comme des Garçons, the Gosha Rubchinskiy brand as currently conceived will cease to exist following the Autumn-Winter 2018 season. As a… Untitled
British Vogue makes history featuring hijab-wearing model on cover
Sunday, April 1, 2018When stylist Edward Enninful assumed the helm of British Vogue as its first-ever Black and male editor-in-chief, a lot of promises were made; the biggest being an improvement — nay, a total revamp — of how the magazine features diversity. From its staff to its covers, most of what stood stale and pale under former… Untitled
Honda launches its10th generation Accord
Sunday, March 25, 2018The 2018 Accord is the 10th generation of Honda’s perennially best-selling midsize sedan. All new from the ground up, the new Accord is built on a new platform with a lower, wider stance, a lighter and more rigid unibody structure; a lighter and more sophisticated chassis; two advanced new power units, including Accord’s first-ever turbocharged… Untitled
Lacoste swaps its crocodile for logos of endangered species (Video)
Saturday, March 3, 2018The National — French fashion brand Lacoste on Wednesday swapped the crocodile logo on its shirts for the first time in its history for 10 of the most endangered species on the planet. The green Lacoste crocodile – one of the world’s best-known logos – was replaced by the Sumatran tiger, the Javan rhino and… Untitled
The five craziest things we saw at Milan Fashion Week
Friday, March 2, 2018Fashion week always throws up something crazy… that is, after all, the whole point. In a packed schedule that has countless designers all competing to grab the most attention, the setting is ripe to present things that are controversial, Insta-worthy or even downright ridiculous. In a bid to score precious column inches, anything goes, and… Untitled
Chinese Fashion Group Fosun Becomes Majority Shareholder of French Luxury Brand Lanvin
Thursday, February 22, 2018Fosun International Limited (SEHK stock code: 00656) (“Fosun International”) and its subsidiaries (together “Fosun”) announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in Jeanne Lanvin SAS (d/b/a “Lanvin”), the oldest luxury couture house in France still in existence. The luxury fashion house, Lanvin, was founded by Jeanne Lanvin in 1889. In 2001, Taiwan-based businesswoman Shaw-Lan Wang saw the potential of the brand in Asia and acquired a majority… Untitled
