The weekend wasn’t quite the knockout retailers hoped for because of frigid weather, snow and ice storms in the country. The key question was whether the last-minute rush over the weekend will be enough for stores to hit their holiday targets of 3 to 4 percent growth and at what price to margins those sales will come.
Saturday was actually pretty busy. It was almost the equivalent to last year’s final Saturday. Although we were slightly behind in traffic, the malls had been lagging, mostly because the holiday selling season has been spread out, beginning before Black Friday and extending out due to the extra shopping weekend this year.
Typically for Black Friday, 50 percent off is almost always planned promotions. This past weekend, maybe a few were planned promotions. I would venture that because promotions were deeper, the management teams did not think this was a successful holiday. Continue reading
Tradition states to do the Christmas tree on the 8th of December, but who can wait two weeks? I make no mistake, I did it three weeks ago. I started to see the decorations around the shops and I could not resist! You can smell the scent of gifts since then, but how to create the perfect gift packaging?
ON AURA TOUT VU loves to distort Couture, fashion and glam, everyday accessories, bags, glasses, jewels…
The history of fashion is studded with a host of iconic inventions: rhinegraves, the robe volante, the robe chemise, the chemise à la grecque, women’s trousers, skirts for men, the female tuxedo, the miniskirt, the “baggy” look and jeans, to list only a few.
Born December 3, 1985, she is an American actress. She began her career as a model when she was 11, then her acting career at 15 with recurring parts on the soap operas “As the World Turns” and “All My Children”.
The National Gallery of Victoria will stage a Christian Dior retrospective next year to commemorate Dior’s 70th anniversary. Christian Dior designed under his own name for only a decade, but his influence is everlasting.
When Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld took over the Ritz Paris and sent beauties like Mariacarla Boscono striding across the thick carpets in sophisticated French fashions, the Italian model in a sultry, fluted dress with a skirt composed of golden eyelash tinsel.
The pre-seasons have become about two things: the clothes themselves and, in this age of Instagram, insta-access, insta-everything, how and when designers sanction their unveiling. 
Ferrari and Hublot, the Swiss watchmaker controlled by LVMH, unveiled the result of their latest collaboration at the Italian luxury car manufacturer’s factory in Maranello.
Jonathan Simkhai is a New York based women’s wear designer. Since launching his eponymous label in 2010, he has designed unique pieces capturing a balance between masculine strength and feminine sensuality.
“I wanted to create the image of a very feminine and free woman who is free to choose her own way of moving through life, susceptible to change but also still staying true to herself, and free to use romanticism to reflect her own feelings all seasons”
Vera Wang will not be presenting her collection at the New York Fashion Week next season ?
On 6th December, the first Fashion Forum will be held at La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris.
Today a photographer is an Artist. Christer Strömholm is one of the great personalities of Swedish photography. Born in Stockholm, he discovered photography via graphic art in the late 1940s. His photographs from this period are hard black-and-white compositions featuring walls, shadows and minimalist settings.
Stella McCartney invited to talk at London College of Fashion. The designer, who last week unveiled her first men’s range at Abbey Road Studios, spoke at a talk hosted by Kering and the Centre for Sustainable Fashion on Monday.
Before the Fashion Show in February, designers present a short preview of their collections. Givenchy has presented the Givenchy Resort 2017. Givenchy was known for his glamour dresses weared by Audrey Hepburn. What is going on with the Fashion industry in France!
George Shaghahsvili established his own company and brand in both Georgia and Denmark. The brand has very fast established George Shaghashvili as one of Georgia’s best known and most distinctive contemporary Georgian Fashion Designers.