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Maison Margiela launches MetaTabi collection in the metaverse
Parisian haute couture house, Maison Margiela, announced on Wednesday the debut of their iconic Tabi shoe's in the metaverse.
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Burberry opens new store in Austin, Texas
Burberry unveiled this month a new store in Austin, Texas, reflecting the luxury fashion giant's new creative vision under chief creative officer Daniel Lee.
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Ferragamo sales improve in February after weak start to year
Sales at Salvatore Ferragamo continued to weaken year-on-year in January after dragging operating profit down 44% profit in 2023, but stabilised in February, the chief executive of the Italian luxury goods group said.
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Louis Vuitton closes Paris Fashion Week by going into orbit
Bernard Arnault, the patron of Louis Vuitton, loves a big show, and he got an immense one Tuesday night as designer Nicolas Ghesquière closed out the official Paris runway season with a mammoth display before 4,000.
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Off the runways: Roger Vivier, Delvaux, Christian Louboutin present Fall/Winter 2024/2025 collections with a unique mise en scène.
Luxury accessories brands each stage elaborate presentations for their latest offerings.
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Miu Miu: Classic has rarely looked better
It’s hard to underestimate the importance in fashion of Miuccia Prada, who stages Prada power shows for men and women in Milan four times year, and bookends the Paris women’s wear season with Miu Miu.
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Burberry launches Classics offer, opens South Coast Plaza pop-up
Burberry is having a busy time at the moment. As well as recently showing its AW24 collection and opening a big new store in Paris, it has launched a core classics products offer, an arts sponsorship and a new pop-up.
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Vestiaire Collective links with Carine Roitfield as famed editor talks love of vintage
Tuesday sees Vestiaire Collective, one of the world’s largest resale platforms, linking up with some who was an influencer before that term was even coined — Carine Roitfeld.
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Monday in Paris: Pierre Cardin and Coperni
On the 8th day of Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024, French brand Pierre Cardin took his signature space-girls underwater, while the duo behind Coperni made theirs trace a pathway to the stardust.
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Paris on Monday looks East with Sacai and Rokh
One looked east on Monday in Paris with two powerful statements by much-admired brands Sacai and Rokh, one by Chitose Abe of Japan, the other by Rok Hwang from Korea.
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Paris: Valentino and Akris in reflective moods
A brisk, breezy Sunday saw thousands of fans crowd around the entrance to shows by two of the classiest brands in fashion, Valentino and Akris, where dark reflection was the unifying theme.
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Balenciaga: From Alpine beauty to nomadic cyber punk
Now that’s what we call a great fashion show. A dramatic reworking of Balenciaga’s canon in the thoroughly modern collection staged inside a truly stunning set.
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Sean McGirr debuts experimentally at Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen once staged a show in a garbage incinerator plant along the Thames. Sean McGirr staged his impressive debut for the house on Saturday night inside a scruffy former railway depot in Paris’ Chinatown.
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Paris Fashion Saturday: Vivienne Westwood, Hermès and Elie Saab
In a day of teaming rain, protests marches and traffic, Paris witnessed three shows by designers determined to think out of the box when it came to their brand’s DNA - Vivienne Westwood, Hermès and Elie Saab.
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Friday in Paris: Yohji Yamamoto, Victoria Beckham and Vêtements
Cubist cool in City Hall with Yohji Yamamoto; Picasso and PETA at Victoria Beckham; Cher and confusion at Vêtements, in a jam-packed day of shows in Paris Fashion Week on Friday
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Matches COO exits to take up DHL role
Luxury fashion e-tailer matches has had a new owner since December and now it may be on the hunt for a new COO too with news that Stuart Hill is leaving the firm.
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