SYDNEY — Fashion designers Alexander Enticknap and Sean McCallum, and creative director Blake Sutherland, are the winners of the 15th edition of the Australian Fashion Foundation’s scholarship awards. Announced at an event at Sydney’s Old Clare Hotel on Monday evening Sydney time, the trio — who are recent graduates of the University of Technology Sydney, … Read more
Independent denim brand Still Here has opened its second store in New York City. Following the opening of the brand’s first store at 268 Elizabeth Street, in the Nolita neighborhood, downtown Manhattan last spring, Still Here opened the doors of its new flagship store. Situated on the Upper East Side, at 905 Madison Avenue right … Read more
Just as museums have wised up to the advantages of having an editorial edge, so too have auction houses with their content, catalogues and marketing. In line with that ideology is the addition of Kristina O’Neill to Sotheby’s roster of full-time employees. The former editor in chief of the Wall Street Journal’s luxury lifestyle publication … Read more
Farfetch has been rescued after it found a buyer in Coupang, a South Korean multi-industry retail giant that has scooped the luxury fashion e-tailer up from its speculated financial crisis. As part of the agreement, Coupang, a NYSE-listed firm, will provide Farfetch with access to 500 million dollars of capital to continue its operations, both … Read more
PARIS — Capping off a busy January will be the spring 2024 couture season, whose provisional calendar was also released Monday by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. There will be 30 shows on the four-day schedule slated to run between Jan. 22 and 25, with Schiaparelli opening proceedings on the … Read more
Mango is strengthening its US retail footprint, as the Spanish fashion retailer is set to open its first stores in Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania in 2024. Part of the retailer’s broader aim to operate 40 stores across the country by the end of 2024, Mango aims for the country to become one of its top … Read more
PARIS — There will be no time for Blue Monday this January if the provisional men’s schedule released by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode is anything to go by. A total of 74 houses are slated to unveil their fall 2024 collections through 42 shows and 32 presentations. The season … Read more
The clothing retailer Bonprix, which belongs to the Hamburg-based retail conglomerate Otto Group, is getting a new CEO. Torben Hansen will take over the helm position from 1 April, the Otto Group, as announced on Monday. He will also take over the sales division from his predecessor Richard Gottwald, who is retiring at the end … Read more
LONDON — In light of the 10th anniversary of the Max Mara Teddy Bear coat, the brand unveiled another immersive experience of the Fluffy Residence on Saturday night, this time in London’s Covent Garden. With Christmas around the corner, the space was festive-ready; cue the Christmas tree decorated in fuzzy baubles, surrounded by fluff-wrapped presents. … Read more
French luxury fashion house Saint Laurent has opened a new ‘Centre of Excellence’ for the development and production of the brand’s accessories and leather goods in Scandicci, Florence. The L’Atelier Maroquinerie spans almost 309,000 square feet and will employ more than 500 skilled artisans and technicians as Saint Laurent looks to elevate and develop its … Read more
