Laurent Cathala was promoted to the position of president of the Greater China fashion business, continuing Gucci’s increased focus on the fashion sector. In addition to being based in Shanghai, he will report directly to Marco Bizzarri, Gucci’s president and CEO. Cathala will be the leader of the Greater China leadership team.
Despite never having met Alber Elbaz, Thebe Magugu was enchanted by his gripping runway shows for Lanvin, soigné cocktail dresses and charismatic personality, discovered via ‘Fashion Television’ once his family in Kimberley, South Africa, had saved up enough to get satellite TV.
Valérie Lebérichel has been appointed global vice president of communication at Givenchy. As of April 4, she will assume the duties previously held by Youssef Marquis, who moved to Louis Vuitton as fashion communication director last January.
Native from the city of Dinan in BrItany France, to swell the long list of BrItany women of Rance Valley as Catherine Le Yaouanc, CEO of the Franco-British Chamber of commerce in Paris and Anne-Marie Idriac former Minister of transport, and many others.
Lebérichel joins Givenchy from the Prada Group, where she was worldwide communication Director for Miu Miu since 2013. She also assumed the role of head of communications for Prada France in 2019.
At Givenchy, she reports to Renaud de Lesquen, president and CEO, who has lauded Lebérichel as a widely respected fashion professional and a natural fit for overseeing the many aspects of communication during this exciting period of development at the house. Continue reading
The most famous clock of the world placed on Big Ben is going to be changed to become a digital clock. Indeed the French luxury group LVMH has just bought the right to put instead its new digital watch for brand TAG.
The online platform for the Paris Fashion Week that ended on March 8, showcasing womenswear collections for fall 2022, registered a 90 percent increase in unique visitors to 456,000; a 72 percent gain in page views to 1.4 million, and a 97 percent jump in media impact value to $260 million, according to data released by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.
But can we believe people who don’t even know how to buy their dot com and who have had their name stolen three times?
For nearly eight years now, Minju Kim has been quietly making frothy tulle dresses, plush quilted coats, and other whimsically feminine designs that rank among Seoul’s finest creations. Continue reading
Fearsome grace, barely veiling the radiance of an angel! Abundance of outfits, which makes the passion of the profession vibrate. Like a silk thread that splits the moment, Dgena takes us between the shadow of the Black Widow and the sun of Josué, his Afro-European model Rapper of his state.
Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Jilin and Hebei provinces, which are manufacturing powerhouses, logged thousands of cases over the weekend.
Even with no seats, no front rows and no guest hierarchy, Burberry’s very democratic show featured actors, models, artists and musicians. At the drinks party ahead of the show on Friday at Methodist Central Hall Westminster, some of them had a quiet chat with designer Riccardo Tisci backstage. Continue reading
One of the most defining runway looks of spring 2022 was Miu Miu’s midriff-baring miniskirt and super-crop top in a postage stamp-sized style.
The Aughts throwback became a viral hit, generating its own Instagram account, and becoming as recognizable to the public as the stars who wore it. Adding a touch of neo-preppy chic to girlishness, this fall’s look takes on a school-uniform flavor, with leather-clad misfits thrown in to keep things interesting.
Swedish artists Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg created beach chairs made of canvas for the show. What was on the runway also had a sense of transgression, with scandalously short skirts, shirts and the briefest of HotPants for those who do crunches, not lunches.
Since July, Etro, controlled by the giant private equity firm L Catterton, has named Iacopo Martini as its chief financial officer. The position had been vacant since last June and was previously held by Michele Manzari. Company famous for its signature paisley motif and bold travel-inspired patterns.
They will report to Etro’s chief executive officer Fabrizio Cardinali, who, according to reports, took on the role of spearheading its global brand expansion in November 2021.
Martini graduated from Rome’s Luiss Guido Carli university and began his career at Procter & Gamble in 1995. He was the consumer goods giant’s CFO for its Italian subsidiary until he was promoted. Most recently, he was CFO of the beauty company Kiko Milano.
Chanel celebrates tweed throughout the event, from the fabric covering the walls, the floor, and the seats, to Virginie Viard’s tweed jacket in the battle of the tweed jackets.
A woman wearing a pink tweed jacket paired her leggings fastened with bows and rhinestone-covered shoes with a soft white dog in the peoples.
Viard’s color palette is influenced by images of the River Tweed in Scotland shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
She used the full gamut of shades, from psychedelic pinks, purples and greens, to earthy tones fit for country walks at Balmoral Castle.
There’s an English spirit running through the collection, from ‘Spencer’ who drew on images of Coco Chanel wearing the duke’s oversize tweed jackets. Continue reading
After a heavy week dealing with the news, Zendaya’s bold look, which is just one of the elements of the simply joyful fashion show of Pierpaolo Piccioli, offered a glimmer of hope. The Spider-Man star posed for the Valentino fall-winter collection of the Italian house yesterday at the “careau du temple” during fashion week, and she looked simply stunning. Continue reading
After water on the ground a snowstorm in a cup of water. Guests arriving at the giant exhibition hall on the fringes of Paris discovered oversized T-shirts the colors of the Ukrainian flag on every seat, and a note card from Demna, whose family fled the civil war in Georgia in 1993. “And I became a forever refugee.
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a raft of new sanctions and travel restrictions have forced European brands to walk a tightrope balancing their moral obligation to help the suffering with their responsibilities to run their businesses.