Alibaba Group Holding’s Lazada is courting top European fashion and design brands to help fend off Asian rivals and eventually reach its goal of US$100 billion in e-commerce volume by 2030. Executives met this week in Milan with founders and managers of more than a hundred Italian brands interested in tapping Southeast Asia through LazMall … Read more
Inevitably, every fashion week seems to yield at least one collection related to ballet. In London, Simone Rocha had tutus galore, and at Ferragamo in Milan, Maximilian Davis paraded practice uniforms – tights, bodysuits, wrap tops and the like – and tucked a Hug bag into each off-duty look. It turns out the Florentine house … Read more
MILAN — Runway fireworks are not only fashion-related: The alchemy that brings to life what’s essentially a performance has to do with many elements that contribute to the spectacle, be it a gargantuan production or a demure affair. As Milan Fashion Week is underway, WWD sat down with Etienne Russo, the mastermind behind international creative … Read more
In a move to spark discussion around female empowerment for its Chinese audience, Salvatore Ferragamo has decided to spotlight five Chinese “heroines” in its latest local campaign. The campaign, titled “Ferragamo Women Leading Their Own Ways,” features five Chinese creatives from various backgrounds, including Chinese fashion photographer Chen Man; Shen Li, cofounder of the L’Oréal-backed Chinese fragrance label To … Read more
TUSCAN CHEERS: Ferruccio Ferragamo and his family’s Il Borro Toscana is further expanding through the acquisition of a Tuscan winemaking estate called Pinino. Based in the renowned Montalcino area, Pinino comprises 21 hectares of land, of which 16.24 hectares are vineyards, and produces Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino and S. Antimo Sangiovese. Pinino’s yearly production … Read more
Maria Sole Ferragamo’s So-le Studio has taken its nature-inspired, organic-shaped and eco-minded jewels to Rome, continuing her retail water tests via a pop-up at tony Hotel de Russie. Running through the end of October, the pop-up space marks the second such retail activation for the brand, which ran a similar outpost at Paris’ Le Bon … Read more
Red, red and more red dominated the runways again for fall and buyers from around the world remain hot for the color. “Red continued to energize as a key color,” said Neiman Marcus’ Jodi Khan. Laura Larbalestier, fashion director at Harvey Nichols, agreed, saying “red has to be the predominant color of the season and was … Read more
The keynote is luxury, but variety is the byword, with booths selling everything from new trends in athleisure to masterwork examples of the not-yet-dead tie and business suit. Men’s fashion is celebrated in Florence at Pitti Uomo, the semi-annual trade show that is almost as much theatre as it is business. Well-dressed men are a … Read more
A grim, wartime mood permeated Ferragamo’s fall show, reinforced by the dim venue with its spare wooden seating, the stirring, processional music, and in the collection, which opened with military green officer coats and then cycled through belted leather trenches and tall, crepe-soled boots. Thick, trapunto-stitched belts were the dominant and memorable detail, sagging off … Read more
MILAN – Ferragamo is ready to officially reopen its women’s Via Montenapoleone flagship on Saturday with an event that will follow the unveiling of the brand’s fall collection. The boutique was extensively refurbished, according to a blueprint by architect Vincent Van Duysen, introducing a new concept under the creative lead of Maximilian Davis and chief … Read more
