“Peter Philips, creative director of beauty for Chanel, is the most influential make-up artist in the world.” (Independent) The FT lunches with Diego Della Valle, Tod’s CEO. (FT) “The recent stock market upheaval reminds high-end retailers of 2008, when the market crash led to deep cuts in spending among the wealthy.” (LA Times) “US...

“Swatch, the world’s biggest watch maker, posted a record set of half-year profits, becoming the latest luxury goods maker to shrug off any concerns about the global economy.” (The Telegraph) “Twenty-three-year-old Parsons grad Gigi Burris is said to have been snapped up by Chanel as their new resident milliner.” (New York Magazine) “Last week...

“Something quite extraordinary is happening across Asia. In the big cities all across the continent, people are shopping as though their lives depended on it, day after day.” (BBC) “Karl Lagerfeld may have a lifetime contract with Chanel, but the high priest of Parisian chic demonstrated at his haute couture show Tuesday that he...

“The fashion cycle is turning yet again, and next spring it’s spinning toward a greater emphasis on other fabrics. Khaki, corduroy and twill pants are expected to knock premium denim off its pedestal and inspire fickle customers to shop.” (Reuters) “Union labor will be used at New York Fashion Week for the next three...

“Retailers have been flailing about a bit in their efforts to get people to shop again, deploying all sorts of gimmicks and promotions to spur customer spending.” (New York Times) “Bottega Veneta Adds Value for the Higher-End Consumer.” (Fashion’s Collective) “Luxury brand and retailer Bally is to launch a bespoke footwear service in its...

“Fashionista lists the most influential street style bloggers.” (Fashionista) “The latest catwalk designs, at affordable prices. That’s Zara’s promise. But to deliver that in India, it will have to tweak its centralized business model.” (Forbes) “Only in the last year or so have notably larger women been released from the fringes, appearing not only...

“As a plus-size fashion model and former eating disorder sufferer, Crystal Renn said she was stunned when a photographer for a charity fashion shoot gave her a digital slim-down that prompted a flurry of questions about her body image.” (Aol News) “Shopping for Chanel handbags? Better get them soon because they are expected to...

“The concept of fast fashion – the hunger for a cheap Saturday night top that gets bought, worn once or twice and swiftly dumped – is fast fading.” (The Guardian) “The Little Black Dress – mainstay of the modern woman’s wardrobe since it was introduced by Coco Chanel in 1926 – could finally be...

Whilst the rest of the fashion industry recovers surely but slowly from the global recession, couture houses are reporting dramatically increased sales.” (Grazia) Clothes and hairstyles are not the only trends born on the catwalk. Designers from young London-based Mark Fast to established luxury house Chanel have used larger or plus-size models in their...

“There are really no other evenings in New York like the Costume Institute Gala, which falls on the first Monday in May and is hosted, as it has been for years, by Vogue.” (WSJ) “Jean-Louis Dumas, who revived the flagging fortunes of Hermès in the late 1970s and in his nearly 30 years as...