LVMH’s Stella McCartney deal highlights the growing importance of sustainability Only a year after splitting with French luxury conglomerate Kering, Stella McCartney is now joining up with one of Kering’s main rivals: LVMH.
‘Trends end’: Fashion brands are working to move sustainability efforts beyond PR Sustainability is about more than just materials. While making a pair of shoes out of plastic bottles is good PR, it’s the behind-the-scenes supply chain changes across a company's inventory that really move the needle on reducing its carbon impact.
‘Sustainability is an abused term’: Atelier and Repair’s Maurizio Donadi on the brand’s new recycled collection Atelier & Repairs, the brainchild of former Levi’s designer Maurizio Donadi, has made a name for itself taking old and worn out clothes and giving them a new life. Donadi has always been infatuated with workwear, which lead him to seek out the classic men’s chino brand Dockers for a...
Stadium Goods looks to solidify the streetwear-luxury relationship with new Sotheby’s collaboration Less than a year after its big acquisition by luxury platform Farfetch, Stadium Goods is partnering with another huge name in the world of high-end luxury: Sotheby’s.
20 years in, luxury fashion brand The Danes expands focus to digital The Danes, a high-end womenswear brand created by designer Robert Danes, has been sold on the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman, along with spots in Saks and Nordstrom, for 20 years. And while Danes said he has had a healthy business, one weakness that has routinely come up when he's asked people...
With Fashionphile, Neiman Marcus enters resale In April, luxury retailer Neiman Marcus became one of the first luxury retailers to get involved in the resale market when it acquired a minority stake in resale platform Fashionphile.
Vestiaire Collective’s Max Bittner: ‘Customers are looking beyond traditional e-commerce’ At the end of June, luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective announced a funding round to the tune of $45 million, along with a new CEO, Max Bittner.
How Grailed used Apple Airdrop to build buzz at Paris Men’s Fashion Week At Paris Men’s Fashion Week, attendees at the Louis Vuitton show, along with a few other shows, were greeted to a strange notification on their phones: an Airdropped invitation to a Grailed pop-up showroom nearby.
‘Flexibility is everything’: Ken Downing sheds light on the fluid design strategy behind new retail location American Dream American Dream has been in development since the early 2000s with numerous delays and setbacks since it was first proposed, but now the opening is imminent.