SHIFTING SCHEDULES: The last day of the upcoming Paris Couture Week just lightened up: WWD has learned that Fendi will sit out this season. “As part of a rescheduling of its shows, Fendi will not be present this year for haute couture in Paris,” the Roman house said in a statement, without elaborating. It is … Read more
The future always seems to be a good look — especially when the present is tense and uncertain. “Perhaps it is our wish to envision some type of utopian world, where the precision of numbers is realized as a visual purity,” Matthew Yokobosky, senior curator of fashion and material culture at the Brooklyn Museum, responded … Read more
MOSS PAIRING: Kate Moss and her daughter Lila Grace are for the first time fronting Fendi’s 2024 Peekaboo campaign, breaking globally this month and photographed by Craig McDean. Kate and Lila Grace Moss are friends of the house and appeared for the first time together on Fendi’s runway in February 2021 when Kim Jones unveiled his first … Read more
Quiet luxury fashion is taking a ladylike turn, influenced by the ’50s and ’60s, underscored by styles from Dior, Carolina Herrera and more that walked the runways for fall 2024. “Quiet luxury is undergoing a transformation toward something more refined and elevated,” said Victoria Dartigues, merchandising director fashion and accessories at Samaritaine Paris, adding that … Read more
MILAN — According to Albert Einstein, “imagination is more important than knowledge.” To be sure, geopolitical tensions and global macroeconomic issues are putting top executives to the test, and creativity, flexibility and inventiveness are edging out spreadsheets, cookie-cutter strategies, case studies and time-honed master plans. “Luxury must always reinvent itself, with innovation at the center … Read more
For WWD Weekend’s February issue, spring 2024 couture walked straight from the runways into our pages. The day following haute couture week, WWD photographed the creme de la creme of the season, including some of the most prominent trends, including quiet luxury and centering the waist (literally). The looks for the couture cover shoot for … Read more
What better way to break in a new flagship than with a New York Fashion Week presentation? That was Dennis Basso’s thinking for this season’s “gallery-style” set-up inside his Madison Avenue boutique, which opened in October opposite Fendi. “Forty-one years ago when I started, Fendi set the bar for furs, and here I am,” he … Read more
Who knew Silvia Venturini Fendi has a country house where she tends chickens, and produces her own pecorino romano, ricotta cheese and also sheep’s milk mozzarella? And who knew she considers Princess Anne something of a fashion idol with her classic, outdoorsy style built on a lot of masculine clothing archetypes? Cue a fall Fendi … Read more
On Sunday, Hollywood returned to the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globes in fashion that will set the trends for awards season, worn by a fresh crop of up-and-coming stars and new power couples to watch all the way through the Oscars in March. The WWD Style Awards singled out “Killers of the Flower … Read more
For the Year of the Dragon — the only imaginary animal in the 12 Chinese zodiac signs, as well as one of the most auspicious creatures — luxury and fashion brands let their imagination roam free with holiday collections that reflect brand value and showcase localization know-how. “From the consumer’s point of view, Chinese New … Read more
