“A year after the designer’s suicide shook the fashion industry, the Met gives McQueen the honor of shaping history before the memories get fuzzy.” (Newsweek) “WWD followed a group of Chinese millionaires and billionaires on a shopping trip across the States stopping in New York, Boston, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Much of what...

“Mr. Arnault, France’s richest man and the force behind the vast LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton empire, is eager to put the Galliano affair behind him. For as jarring as this has been for Dior, Mr. Arnault is grasping at another lustrous pearl: Hermès International.” (New York Times) “France’s LVMH will take over Italy’s...

Anna Dello Russo “and her raffish style-world cohort, who populate the mastheads of the fashion magazines, represent a new breed of Web-based reality star.” (New York Times) “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, an exhibition of the fashion of the late British designer, will open at the Costume Institute on May 4, the Metropolitan Museum of...

“Sarah Burton had big boots to fill when she took up Alexander McQueen’s mantle in May but she rose up to the challenge with her first solo collection presented at Paris fashion week on Tuesday.” (ABC) “Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus published its 2010 holiday gift catalog on Tuesday, marking a return to excess after...

“About 1,000 people, some in homage plumes, nearly all in raven black, gathered here on Monday under the soaring dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate the life of the renegade designer Alexander McQueen, whose genius remained resiliently set against the minor and the conventional.” (New York Times) “Saks Fifth Avenue is driving consumers...

“Valentino’s owners plan to build up the Italian fashion house before selling it and are not putting out feelers to potential buyers.” (Reuters) “With a number of companies now being run by equity-market managers, you can bet your bottom dollar that they would love to get their hands on an experienced design maestro —...

“Just as water blankets the Earth’s surface area (and sustains life), social-networking technologies will soon cover 70% of the Web. This will breathe ubiquitous global social connectivity into once solitary experiences. The impact for luxury brands will be dramatic.” (Edelman Digital) “China’s consumer confidence has reached record levels this past quarter. According to a...

“Saks Chief Executive Stephen Sadove raised the possibility of the luxury department store operator closing a handful of underperforming stores as the retailer seeks to lift margins back to 2007 levels.” (Reuters) “Hollywood star Jude Law is to appear in a Guy Ritchie-directed TV ad for luxury brand Christian Dior.” (Marketing) J Brand to...

“Right now on Ralph Lauren’s website, anyone can watch a virtual presentation of the Lauren by Ralph Lauren collection, and — here’s the kicker — buy anything you like straight off the runway.” (NBC New York) “The luxury watch business is committed to offering a deluxe, tactile shopping experience. But as latecomers to Web...

Stella McCartney is the most buzzed about brands in Paris. (WSJ) Bulgari is a brand extension model. (Luxe Chronicles) “Alexander McQueen chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd has said that the label has not begun looking for a successor to the late designer as McQueen’s final collection was shown yesterday at a private showroom in Paris.”...