HERMÈS EAST SIDE STORY

The story was not over at Hermès, which is offering a new chapter to its fall-winter 2024-2025 collection, the first silhouettes of which showed at Paris Fashion Week last March. However, this time, a new wind has blown across the East Side; type of unblocking of the sitting for the clients of the little banker, inspired by the artistic director Nadège Vanhée.

In fashion, courage is so rare that they had to call in a historian. Thus, like a momentum, that of Antwerp propels the Hermès women in Milady with studded leather and in Harley-Davidson, who “ride” in the “Lower East Side” more precisely, passing from Park Avenue via the Eastern Parkway.

Hermès fall-winter is truly at a crossroads, what if the women of Hermès in Paris played tough? Those of New York appear more open than ever to the unknown, but the New York bourgeoisie is more unbridled, it is well known.

Palette of rich colors, from harsh blue, saffron yellow or roaring red, at the crossroads of new influences before our eyes, with dipped lamb materials for a marriage of skin and canvas offering a certain size to the jackets and jumpsuits, and thus distilling the idea of ​​confident femininity, finally! Because, after Jacquemus, I thought that the woman had disappeared. Continue reading

JACQUEMUS LIKE THE OTHERS

At Villa Malaparte, it is the story of a fashion designer who presents a collection that he did not create. If you go to Capri, usually, Capri is over, but here it continues. Villa Malaparte is an architectural work built between 1938 and 1943, on the side of a cliff on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Capri in Italy. I site for bimbos.

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JACQUEMUS AFTER FOUR SAISONS

The Four Seasons is collaborating with Jacquemus on an exclusive product and summer experience at the Ocean Club resort in Bahamas, starting Friday.

The collaboration includes a customer experience, a 760 square foot pop-up store representing Jacquemus.

Jacquemus handbags and glasses at the Ocean Club Bahamas boutique. But also Jacquemus Towels at the Ocean Club Bahamas the only thing he knows how to sew a square made in China.

Jacquemus handbags and eyewear will also be at the Ocean Club Bahamas boutique. The Jacquemus Brand is the only brand that opens more stores than creations in the store. But as the designer says, I create concepts, we had understood this well for a long time.

BALENSHANGAI UNDER CH’IN SUNG-TZU

Demna’s first show in Shanghai was in pouring rain which only lasted for the duration of the show,like Ch’ih Sung-tzu tears.

When everyone, including celebrities such as Sophie Marceau, Liu Haoran, Chris Lee and Yang Chaoyue, realized that the rain would not stop soon, some continued to play dodge while others simply threw away their umbrellas and adopted their signature wet look. came straight from the track.

As the brand’s third show after New York and Los Angeles, the Spring 2025 mixed collection was presented on an elevated walkway at Shanghai’s Pudong Art Museum, an architectural marvel designed by Jean Nouvel and the latest addition . on the futuristic skyline of Shanghai.

Ultra-oversized fits; the oversized sneakers ridiculous; subversive streetwear; elegant ball gowns with unorthodox details, like the trompe-d’oeil feather made from recycled plastic; a gold foil bubble dress and a ball gown trimmed with earrings, necklaces and locks, which were seen on Ming Xi, the Chinese model-turned-socialite.

THE GRANT PERFUME CATCH

Louis Vuitton has named a new president and chief executive officer of Americas, Megan Grant, who most recently helmed L’Oréal USA’s luxe division. She will be taking the top slot, effective June 3. She will report to David Ponzo, executive vice president of commercial activities.

Grant’s previous role included leadership of brands such as Lancôme, Kiehl’s, Ralph Lauren Fragrances and Giorgio Armani’s beauty business, among others.

KARL FOR EVER

Twenty years ago, Daniel Brühl met Karl Lagerfeld on a photo shoot. With “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld,” a six-part TV series premiering on Hulu on June 7, Brühl hopes to dig a little deeper into the designer’s life. “We wanted to find out who was the person before he became the persona and before he became famous,” he explains.

The film takes place in the 1970s, at the height of Lagerfeld’s rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent. It portrays a very different picture of Lagerfeld, who intentionally muddled many details of his early life, including his birth date, in order to further his career.

Lagerfeld, who at the start of the decade was a designer for hire working with houses including Chloé, is portrayed as envious of Saint Laurent’s reputation as the king of haute couture; stifled by his domineering mother, and struggling to achieve emotional and physical intimacy with Jacques de Bascher, the love of his life. Continue reading

VUITTON MODENA BARCELONA

Nicolas Ghesquière continues his architectural research, and thus introduces us to the crazy heritage of Antoni Gaudí; genius who appropriated an Art Nouveau, which we call here in Spain, “Modernism”. The edges and columns are like organisms, which one might believe, almost alive, and the colors reveal and spread in handfuls the swarm of their perfumes. Continue reading

LVMH WITHOUT INTELLIGENCE

In 2021, LVMH announced a partnership with Google to accelerate innovation and develop new artificial intelligence solutions, it is “generative” AI or “GenIA” which is essential.

Capable of formulating coherent and often accurate sentences, from simple questions or requests formulated by a user, the technology has seen a boost with the free access to ChatGPT from the American pioneer of AI, OpenAI, in which Microsoft invested 13 billion dollars.

At LVMH, some 4,000 to 5,000 people use “MaIA”, an internal AI based on ChatGPT, every day, for example to synthesize documents or translations. This is probably why the group’s lyrics are abstruse. Continue reading

SLIMANE IN METROPOLIS

Hedi Slimane already took inspiration from Coppola’s film Metropolis this year when he filmed his fall 2024 men’s collection.

Céline’s artistic and image director has created a breathtaking and melancholy 14-minute film shot mainly in the Mojave Desert, where the plane(s) stored to die. Continue reading

AN INFLUENCER AT 50 YEAR OLD

After 20 years together, Dior and Charlize Theron are taking their relationship to the next level, with Newly come the Man from Toledo, more mad than max.

The French fashion house Dior, When the Kering group taking on influencer Lupa, Dior is asking a 50-year-old woman to do its advertising.

This is the latest reshuffle in Dior’s ambassador ranks, following the recent appointment of Spanish singer Rosalía as global ambassador and face of its new Lady Dior handbag campaign.

Theron will be the first Dior fine jewelry ambassador and is expected to present the most exclusive pieces designed by Victoire de Castellane, artistic director of Dior Joaillerie for 25 years.

 

RICHEMONT SALE NET A POSTER

Pitching investors on a buyout that would take the company private, and looking at acquiring Net-a-porter. This buyout would let the Munich-based Mytheresa rev up its operations away from the glare of Wall Street.
And acquiring Net-a-porter, a possibility first reported by The Financial Times, would bolster the company’s operations significantly as it currently ships out of Germany, while Net-a-porter has a complementary distribution system in the U.S. and Asia.

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A FISH CALLED PHARRELL

Greek god of the seas, son of Cronos and Rhea. Its name was already known in the Mycenaean era, where its attributions also extended to earthquakes, horses, bulls and winds. Husband of Amphitrite, he fathered various evil creatures, all an agenda for Little Pharrell.

The multi-hyphenate designer, who is also men’s creative director at Louis Vuitton, unveiled a jewelry collection inspired by Poseidon’s mythological trident, but he’s going to drown in spit again. Continue reading

KIKO MILANO MEETS LVMH

LVMH-backed private equity fund Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has targeted beauty powerhouse Kiko Milano.

After months of speculation, L Catterton announced on Friday that it had acquired a majority stake in the company. So the lord wants to get his hands on the world’s beauty.

Created in 1997 by entrepreneurs Antonio and Stefano Percassi, Kiko Milano is controlled by Percassi’s Odissea Srl holding company and generated revenue of €798 million in 2023, up 19% year-on-year. previous year and ranking 49th in the annual ranking of the world’s largest beauty companies by sales. The company has more than 1,100 stores worldwide and sells its products in more than 66 markets.

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RELUXURY ANOTHER LIFE

ReLuxury, the first show dedicated to the second life of luxury products and then the circular economy is nestling even in prestigious houses, a new idea to further promote their heritage and their exceptional know-how. “Luxury is what can be repaired,”said Jean-Louis Dumas, emblematic President of Hermès, used to say.

Luxury is indeed meant to be timeless, a beautiful watch, a bag or a piece of jewelry is passed down from generation to generation. This is why the economic model of reselling luxury items is a virtuous circle, for the seller, for the buyer, but also for the brand, because the planet and humanity! all need to be cuddled.

Bringing a repair cycle into this environment turns out to be a relevant response to the phenomenon of “köpskam”, the shame of buying. A neologism which is gradually emerging in Nordic society and which mainly targets the fashion industry. Recommerce is in fact a weapon of massive reconstruction to combat waste. This perfectly meets the new expectations and aspirations of today’s luxury customers.

However, luxury brands still remain perplexed about investing in this new second life market. However, the market for the resale of timepieces and jewelry is estimated at some 21 billion euros per year, with growth expected to be around 8% per year.

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DIOR AT BROOKLYN MUSEUM

It is in the atmosphere of a winter night that the very evidence of the locker room, which was intended to be both classic and powerful, stigmatizes the woman as a man. The idiom of lines to find the language of the stars, for a subtle dosage of the masculine fly jacket which plays with the feminine, very gently and in control; a sculptural “Zaraïfié” collection with cuts celebrating Parisian chic for New York.

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TILBURY PROFUMO DI DONNA

Celebrity makeup artist  Charlotte Tilbury is set to launch her first perfume collection. Charlotte Tilbury said this launch aims to evoke a range of emotions, vibrations, actions and reactions, through a collaboration with International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) and their revolutionary proprietary technology.

It is specified that this collection is dedicated to neuroscents. And as Charlotte Tilbury looks to expand her brand into a billion-euro makeup, skincare and fragrance business, the introduction marks a major milestone for the company, which has already established itself as the UK’s leading prestige combination makeup brand.

The six scents in the collection are called Love Frequency, More Sex, Cosmic Power, Magic Energy, Calm Bliss and Joyphoria. In collaboration with IFF, a pioneer in research on perfumes and the impact of perfume on the brain, there may also be sex shops in the Soho district, you understood the message charlotte wants more sex.

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CHOPARD ARTISAN OF EMOTION

Since 1860, Chopard has been an artisan of emotion. And In 2013, Caroline and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-presidents at Chopard, launched the “Journey to Sustainable Luxury” and in 2018, the Maison committed to using 100 percent ethical gold when producing all its watches and jewelry.

The latest collection features the new L.U.C XPS Forest Green model, which embodies understated elegance and exclusively uses Chopard’s proprietary steel, Lucent Steel™. With a recycling rate of at least 80 percent, the steel aids the Maison’s goal to reduce its carbon footprint.

Standouts from the latest collection include the more vibrantly hued blue Happy Sport, a limited-edition with only 250 pieces available. The women’s watch celebrates Chopard’s “Joie de Vivre” with its legendary “dancing diamonds” on the dial and is powered by mechanical movement.

This year, they expanding portfolio with timepieces featuring colored dials, appealing to individuals who seek a touch of uniqueness.

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