“It’s official. Music’s leading ladies are the new cover stars – knocking any actor/model/First Lady off the front of US Vogue, probably the world’s most influential glossy magazine, not one, but two months running.” (The Independent) “Burberry, the luxury goods brand, is planning to ‘aggressively reinvest’ in London by reconfiguring its store portfolio and...

Trendwatching.com list’s the topconsumer trends for 2011.” (Trendwatching) “Warby Parker, a New York start-up, thinks it can persuade people to shop online for glasses, with a combination of fashion, low prices, technology and old-fashioned customer service.” (New York Times) “Luxury brands have always advertised in the likes of Vogue, Esquire and Architectural Digest and...

“In a deliberate collision between nerds and fashion mavens, Google has created a new e-commerce site that significantly improves how fashion is presented and sold online.” (New York Times) “Nineteen months ago at the time of its launch, The Outnet was better known as Net-a-Porter’s cheap and cheerful younger sister. Now, it seems, the...

“Speculation is mounting that LVMH want to buy Rodarte.” (Elle UK) “Kellwood Co. said Thursday it bought Adam, a New York-based contemporary sportswear collection for men and women, in the “first in a series of aggressive expansion plans for Kellwood.” (Biz Journals) “Clearly not about to let Vogue get all the glory for its...

“If there’s one thing you can say about this year’s September covers, it’s that the good covers are great and the bad ones are truly horrible.” (Fashionista) The hottest accessory at New York fashion week this year may be a bar code. (Wall Street Journal) “Luxury handbag maker Coach Inc. said Wednesday that its...

“With the second installment of Fashion’s Night Out just around the corner — subtitled the Anna Wintour Shop-A-Thon to save retail — readers are being reminded almost hourly by blogs, newspapers and even banners hanging from light posts that it is safe, once again, to spend.” (New York Times) “Vogue’s fall runway trends to...

“American style, on the other hand, is staging a comeback, belaying itself hand-over-hand out of the crevasse it fell into a decade ago, just as spunky Tommy Hilfiger and the sturdy little American dollar seem to have done.” (The New York Times) “Vogue, Elle and American magazine W experienced the nightmare that is turning...

“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...