‘Freedom Day’, when England completely opens up on 19 July, can’t come quick enough. That’s because there was a mixture of both good and not-so-good news on the UK retail footfall front on Thursday.
As the pandemic caused major disruption in 2020 and early 2021, out of stock messages were frequent. But while they’ve become rarer recently, non-availability of the goods that customers want to buy is still a problem.
French couturier Alexis Mabille presented his latest haute couture collection which, brimming with voluptuous, structured, and colourful silhouettes, transformed his models into flowers in a striking winter garden.
Charles de Vilmorin is the hottest wunderkind in Paris and his latest couture video suggests that he has such abundant fantasy in his repertoire to have a great career.
Back at its busiest and performing in line with management expectations. That’s the good news from events specialist Hyve Group in its trading update for the third quarter spanning 1 April-30 June.
Major central London landlord Great Portland Estates (GPE) issued a trading update on Thursday and said that “momentum is building”. It also confirmed that Superdry is exiting its Regent Street flagship.
In September, the Italian luxury label will launch its first-ever eyeglasses and sunglasses collection, produced in Italy by Oliver Peoples, the Californian brand owned by the Luxottica group.
Watches of Switzerland issued an ambitious strategy update on Thursday and aims to accelerate its growth by strengthening its UK luxury watch leadership, as well as becoming market leader in the US and entering the EU.
Harrods is the latest major name to enter the rental space and, like others, the company is teaming up with a fashion rental specialist in order to do it. The company is linking with My Wardrobe HQ on the move.
Carven’s ex-creative director has launched his own shoes and sunglasses brand with Émilie Faure, a former journalist with Le Figaro. The first collection will be unveiled in October at Paris Fashion Week.
A month after the Italian luxury brand revealed that it was in negotiations with the international perfume manufacturer about a fragrance license, the two companies have signed an agreement.
Few management jobs anywhere are more high profile that being CEO of Christian Dior. The brand is a sacred institution in France, and quite probably the most famous French name of all time.
Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men. The marriage of Jean Paul Gaultier and Chitose Abe of Sacai should have been a blockbuster collection. But after Wednesday’s debut it’s probably best there's a quickie divorce.
The silence was intense at Balenciaga, for a show held without any soundtrack as Balenciaga returned to haute couture after half a century. The applause, however, was resounding for creative director Demna Gvasalia.
The Westfield name is going to be much better known in Europe from September with malls giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) set to rebrand six of its locations in four markets on the continent as Westfield only.
