The brand’s monogrammed blanket ponchos that have really hit home, not only with street style photographers but also with customers.
That particular success was part of a solid, if geographically patchy, third quarter. For the three months leading up to December 31, Burberry brought in £604 million (about $917 million) in revenue, a 15 percent increase from the year before.
Its double-digit growth in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Africa was tempered somewhat by low single-digit gains in Hong Kong, which accounts for about 10 percent of global sales Burberry CFO Carol Fairweather said on the company’s quarterly earnings call.
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Dean and Dan Caten (born Dean and Dan Catenacci) are twin brothers, fashion designers, founders and owners of DSQUARED2. In 1983, they moved to New York to study fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, but stayed for only one semester before returning to Toronto. Finding a financial backer in 1986, they launched their first signature womenswear collection, DEanDAN.
To celebrate its 165th anniversary, the Parisian leather goods house Moynat has opened a boutique in the heart of Hong Kong’s most famous mall, the Landmark shopping center, which houses 200 luxury brands.
In the Bois de Boulogne, in the outskirts of Paris, Bernard Arnault, the Luxury French tycoon has asked Frank Gehry, the 85 year old American-Canadian architect to conceive a new Art and music place which will mark the LVMH empire.
Gucci has recruited the Polish actress and model, Malgosia Bela for its Spring-Summer 2015 campaign. In a refined, minimalist style, the campaign presents looks from the new collection against a grey background. Two celebrity models pose for the famous fashion photography duo Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott: Malgosia Bela for the women’s line, and Danish model Mathias Lauridsen for the menswear collection.
The Administrative Court of Paris has again Monday stoped the building site of the Samaritaine department store confirming the cancellation of the building agrement. LVMH, the owner of the store says surprised … and bring the matter before the Council of State as might be expected.
Yiqing Yin created the costumes for the ballet « Tristan and Isolde», embodied by star dancers of the Opéra Garnier ,Dorothée Gilbert and Mathieu Ganio in a choreography by Giorgio Mancini, based on Wagner’s original work. The world premiere took place on December 28th at the Opera of Florence where the show will last until January 4th 2015.
A few weeks ago, there was a rumor about the creation of a new Federation of Fashion Designers which would compete with the French Chambre Syndicale of Couture in France!
Yves Saint Laurent Beauté launches its latest innovation in lip color: Volupté Tint-In-Oil. In a new British campaign with the supermodel Cara Delevingne, she wears this new makeup item, a moisturizing lip oil that delivers bright, saturated color. Is it the year of the hybrid makeup revolution? Yves Saint Laurent Beauty could take things in that direction with its Volupté Tint-In-Oil, a lip color that combines intense color with nourishing ingredients.
Yesterday, we discovered this picture; a black & white ambiance which is the quintessence of the BALMAIN brand. On the photo we can see the most famous couple and most controversed on the planet : Kim Kardashian and Kanye West! The couple dressed in black is kissing.
Peter Copping has officially begun his fashion work as creative director for the collection Oscar de la Renta before his death last October. An amazing tribute to such a fashion master!! But the question is: will Peter be the next designer choosen by Madame Wintour ?
The Parisian shoe designer has teamed up with American burlesque star Dita Von Teese on a new capsule collection. The seven-piece line includes a bra, bodice and suspenders, all featuring black lace and an all-over print designed by Louboutin, and also decorated with red Swarovski crystals.