Uncategorized

Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published July 8, 2025 LVMH has announced the nine finalists for the third edition of its Maestri d’Eccellenza awards, which recognize outstanding talent across craftsmanship, innovation, and emerging design. Winners will be revealed during a dedicated event at Milan Fashion Week this September. Ferzan Ozpetek  In the Master Craftsman of […]

Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published July 8, 2025 LVMH is accelerating its executive shake-up with a fresh round of leadership changes. After naming Ludovic Pauchard to head its new Industrial and Crafts Division, the group is now reorganizing its brand, retail & strategy division. Jean-Baptiste Voisin, LVMH’s current strategy director, will now lead the

Coco Chanel’s love of nature was the leitmotif of this season’s couture collection from the house, unveiled with poise and precision inside the newly renovated Grand Palais on a cloudy Tuesday morning. Chanel’s take on structured evening sensuality. – FNW The collection marked the last of seven created by the brand’s in-house studio, and it

Another UK fashion success story has turned into a failure with maternity brand Seraphine having entered administration. Seraphine The once-hot brand scored a number of publicity coups, including the Princess of Wales wearing it during her pregnancies (leading to item sell-outs), but it has now ceased trading with consultancy firm Interpath acting as administrators and

Recent reports have suggested that online sales have been the saving grace of weak UK retail sales overall in the past few months. But Adobe Digital Insights data on Tuesday seems to contradict that. Photo: Pexels Its online spending report for June also shows e-spending reached £49.7 billion in the first half of the year

Tradebyte, an independent Zalando subsidiary that’s also a major European integrator for fashion and lifestyle brands, has unveiled an upgrade that it says improves its analytics suite. Zalando The company currently works with over 1,000 brands (including Asics and Adidas) and the aim of the TB.360 Pro upgrade is to give retailers and brands “total

LuxExperience’s Net-A-Porter and Mr Porter e-tailers are going physical next week as they host a special pop-up event at the Wyeth in Sagaponack,  the Hamptons. Retailers and brands are increasingly choosing to go where their customers are at any given time and in the summer that often means resort, beach and hotel takeovers by individual

By Reuters Published July 8, 2025 China-founded fast-fashion retailer Shein has filed for an IPO in Hong Kong to accelerate the listing process and pressure Britain’s regulators to approve its planned London debut, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Shein moves ahead with Hong Kong IPO, keeps London hopes alive. – Reuters The company privately

Consumers want more sustainable products, but a big ‘say-do gap’ remains in terms of their actual buying behaviour. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the British Standards Institution (BSI). Photo: Pexels BSI’s 2025 Global Circularity study, The Tipping Point: Building Trust in the Circularity Economy, was developed in partnership with experts from the Cambridge Institute

The Mallorcan firm specializing in footwear is committed to a Japanese-inspired collaboration. Camper has united its legacy of craftsmanship with the avant-garde vision of Issey Miyake for the launch of “Peu Form”, an original capsule designed by the creative director of the iconic Japanese house, Satoshi Kondo. The new capsule will be on sale from