Week in Review: Pharrell’s new vision for Louis Vuitton, Christopher Kane’s troubles, Vans’ upscale collection This week, we take a deep dive into Pharrell Williams’ first collection for Louis Vuitton and its accompanying, extravagant Paris show. Later, we talk about the potential shutdown of Christopher Kane and the new premium line by Vans.
Fashion brands are relying on flashy impact reports to communicate sustainability Even as consumers are spending less, more than 70% of companies are increasing sustainability spending this year.
Frank and Oak’s Elisabeth de Gramont: ‘It’s important to actually quantify our sustainability’ Elisabeth de Gramont has been chief brand officer at the Canadian sustainable apparel brand Frank and Oak for more than two years. In that time, under her leadership, the brand's become more transparent and more communicative about its sustainable efforts than ever.
Faherty launches resale to solve the problem of overproduction Kerry Docherty, co-founder and chief impact officer of Faherty, said resale fits perfectly with the brand's ethos of creating clothes that are meant to last. The primary goal for the new channel is to keep Faherty’s products out of landfills.
Weekend Briefing: The fruits of cost-cutting Last week, we started to see some of the results of the cost-cutting frenzy that many fashion brands have engaged in over the last year.
- Week in Review: Talking high-end jewelry news with Sotheby’s Frank Everett
On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi breaks down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, he's joined by special guest co-host Frank Everett, vice chairman of jewels in the Americas for Sotheby's.
Luxury Briefing: Inside 119-year-old Parisian brand Maison Ernest’s US expansion Maison Ernest has big plans under president Ludovic Dedieu-Wallerand, who joined the brand as president three years ago. The company’s next target is the U.S. market. It’s currently planning a major U.S. expansion over the next few years, including wholesale partnerships with U.S. retailers, new products designed to appeal to...
Aureum Collective founder Cass DiMicco: ‘You don’t need a million followers to launch a brand’ When Cass DiMicco founded her jewelry brand Aureum Collective in 2019, she became the face of the brand. An influencer in her own right with nearly 500,000 followers on Instagram, DiMicco models all the product and features heavily in the brand’s advertising, in addition to founding and designing for the...
J.Crew’s new app gives shoppers a 48-hour headstart on launches The J.Crew app, launched on Monday, was inspired by the shopping behavior of the retailer's customers, said CMO Derek Yarbrough. More than two-thirds of J.Crew’s online store traffic in the last fiscal year came from mobile devices.