Prada to Buy Building Housing Flagship Store on New York’s Fifth Avenue for $425 Million

Prada to Buy Building Housing Flagship Store on New York’s Fifth Avenue for 5 Million

Par Bloomberg Translated by Anne SCHILLING Published on Dec 20 2023 Prada has agreed to buy the building housing its flagship store on New York’s iconic Fifth Avenue – one of the world’s greatest shopping streets – for $425 million, or €387 million, the request of American consumers resisting inflation and high borrowing costs.Prada 724 … Read more

London’s West End Sees Surge in Luxury Boutique Openings as Christmas Approaches

London’s West End Sees Surge in Luxury Boutique Openings as Christmas Approaches

Translated by Clementine Martin Published on Dec 18 2023 In London, as Christmas approaches, several luxury boutiques have opened on Savile Row and adjacent streets. London’s West End confirms its strong comeback. Pineider The Pollen Estate has several commercial premises in the area. According to the property owner, Pineider, Fedro Gaudenzi, Perfumer H, HAX and … Read more

Metropolitan Museum Unveils Blockbuster Exhibition Showcasing Forgotten Female Designers

Metropolitan Museum Unveils Blockbuster Exhibition Showcasing Forgotten Female Designers

Par AFP Translated by Clementine Martin Published on Dec 18 2023 The Metropolitan Museum in New York has just unveiled its new blockbuster exhibition, showcasing seamstresses who have mostly been forgotten until now. AFP One of the main pieces in the exhibition, titled “Women Dressing Women,” is a dress designed by African-American designer Ann Lowe, … Read more

Fifth Avenue in New York remains the most expensive shopping street in the world

Fifth Avenue in New York remains the most expensive shopping street in the world

If the first place in the ranking – occupied by Fifth Avenue in New York – does not change, the podium of the most expensive shopping streets in the world will record a notable evolution in 2023, according to a Cushman & Wakefield study. Via Montenapoleone in Milan, Italy, moved from third to second place … Read more

Balaboosté Expands into Belgium and Overseas – Latest Store Openings and Expansion Plans

Balaboosté Expands into Belgium and Overseas – Latest Store Openings and Expansion Plans

Balaboosté is exported. After starting to build a network of branded boutiques in France six years ago, following the development of corners (Monoprix, Galeries Lafayette, etc.), the costume jewelry and accessories brand is leaving its borders with a first store inaugurated in November in Belgium, in Brussels. Balaboosté/LinkedIn The brand belonging to the Rand group … Read more

39th Annual Hyères Festival: Fashion, Photography & Accessories Competitions 2024 – Registration Open Now!

39th Annual Hyères Festival: Fashion, Photography & Accessories Competitions 2024 – Registration Open Now!

The Hyères Festival, which will be held from October 10 to 13, 2024, opens registrations for the fashion, photography and accessories competitions, in partnership with the Villa Noailles association. For this 39th edition, applications must be submitted until December 12, 2023. 39th edition of the annual Hyères Festival – Hyères Festival In total, ten fashion … Read more

Sephora Names Deborah Yeh as Global Marketing Director

Sephora Names Deborah Yeh as Global Marketing Director

The selective perfumery chain Sephora has just appointed Deborah Yeh to the position of global marketing director. Previously responsible for Sephora’s purpose (chief purpose officer)Deborah Yeh will take up her new role on November 13 and will succeed Steve Lesnard, who is leaving the LVMH group brand. Deborah Yeh – LinkedIn Arriving at Sephora in … Read more

Ferragamo’s Interactive Event in New York Celebrates Latest Campaign and Accessories

Ferragamo’s Interactive Event in New York Celebrates Latest Campaign and Accessories

Translated by Anne SCHILLING Published on 4 nov. 2023 Maximilian Davis, the artistic director of Ferragamo, did not appear at the Ferragamo party organized in New York on the evening of October 26 to celebrate the brand’s latest campaign and its accessories offering. However, his vision of the accessories and advertisements of the Italian luxury … Read more

French Consumers Limit End-of-Year Spending for 2023 Holiday Season, Focus on Small Gifts

French Consumers Limit End-of-Year Spending for 2023 Holiday Season, Focus on Small Gifts

Like last year, French consumers will pay scrupulous attention to their purchases for the holidays (gifts, meals, decorations, etc.): 60% of them indicate that they are limiting their end-of-year spending taking into account inflation, according to a Yougov survey for the Havas Market agency. A figure similar to that of 2022 (59%). Shutterstock What changes … Read more

Navigating the Ethics and Legal Landscape of Generative AI in Fashion: Insights from the 22nd International Fashion Meetings

Navigating the Ethics and Legal Landscape of Generative AI in Fashion: Insights from the 22nd International Fashion Meetings

Should we be afraid of generative AI or not? How to use it ethically? Are the creations generated by this process protectable or not? What about the sources exploited in this process? Invited to the round tables organized on this theme by the Fédération de la haute couture et de la mode (FHCM) during the … Read more