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Rebelle to merge with Vinted as parent firm seeks broader price and item profile
Secondhand luxury fashion platform Rebelle is closing and merging with its parent company Vinted’s own platform, 18 months after Vinted acquired the business.
Fashion
Lacoste and Highsnobiety team up for first time, more launches planned
Lacoste has linked for the first time with cultural, media and lifestyle brand Highsnobiety on a “super limited” L003 2K24 co-branded sneaker and apparel collection. More launches are also planned.
Fashion
Paris menswear Thursday: Yohji Yamamoto Homme and Dries Van Noten
Two exemplary designers and independent thinkers staged consecutive menswear runway shows Thursday evening in Paris, in powerful reminders of how this is turning out to be a vintage season for men’s fashion.
Fashion
Richemont Q3 sales rise 4%; Alaïa, Delvaux, Dunhill and Peter Millar are strong
Chloé, Alaïa and Dunhill owner Richemont has reported its results for Q3 — the all-important ‘Golden Quarter’ — with sales up by 4% on a reported basis to €5.593 billion, or 8% at constant exchange rates (CER).
Fashion
Wales Bonner: Homage to Howard University
Grace Wales Bonner looked to America this season in a collection inspired by time spent researching in Howard University in Washington, staged in the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.
Fashion
Radley has strong Christmas period
Premium bags brand Radley London shrugged off the spending woes of the Christmas period and has reported like-for-like sales up 4% in the key nine-week season.
Fashion
Rag & Bone names new men's design head
New York-based Rag & Bone announced on Tuesday the appointment of Robert Geller as head of menswear design.
Luxury
Louis Vuitton: Pharrell Williams’ Wild West wardrobe
Go west young man, go west. Pharrell Williams did Tuesday - inventing a modern Wild West wardrobe in his latest collection for Louis Vuitton, staged in weather conditions worthy of Montana in winter.
Luxury
Hugo Boss reports surging sales in Q4 and 2023
Hugo Boss’s Q4 results on Tuesday showed just how well the company was doing last year as its revitalised brands went from strength to strength.
Fashion
Emmys fashion: Red, black and purple all the rage
Television's top stars sparkled on the Emmys red carpet Monday, embracing the trends that have emerged in a hectic week of awards shows in Hollywood -- red gowns, sumptuous purple frocks and lots of basic, sexy black.
Luxury
BrandAlley buys control of The Edit LDN
Acquisition activity is continuing in the UK fashion sector with off-price specialist BrandAlley acquiring a majority stake in sneaker reseller The Edit LDN, the new owner saying the buy will support its eco aims.
Fashion
Vivienne Westwood sales and profits rise
2022 was a landmark period for Vivienne Westwood Limited with the label’s founder’s sad death that year. But in its accounts for the 12 months to the end of December 2022, the company stressed its growing strength.
Luxury
Vivobarefoot and Balena create 3D printed shoe from compostable materials
Eco footwear specialist Vivobarefoot has revealed what it says is a “ground-breaking collaboration” with material science specialist Balena on a 3D-printed shoe made entirely from compostable materials.
Fashion
Lorenzo Boglione on building a global brand with K-Way
K-Way staged its latest runway collection on Sunday, a techy sporty collection presented inside its HQ in BasicVillage. We met with its driving CEO Lorenzo Boglione to learn how his group made the brand such a success.
Fashion
Prada men: Office and garden
Man’s relationship with nature was the theme of the latest Prada menswear collection shown Sunday in Milan, the artistic highlight of the Italian menswear season so far.
Fashion
Milan: A counterblast to AI at Brioni, Corneliani and Philippe Model
Milano Moda Uomo announced a counterblast to AI this season, as houses like Brioni and Corneliani presented their collections with mock-ups of ateliers, while Philippe Model focused on contemporary French cool.
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