As part of Phillip Lim’s ongoing efforts to amplify the talents of the AAPI creative community, he is showcasing the work of artists and designers. In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, which is next month, and NYCxDesign Week, the New York-based designer will showcase the work of Asian American creatives in “Crafting Selfhood,” a special … Read more
Price increases on high-end handbags have become public fodder that rivals the latest celebrity divorce scandal. PurseBop, an online forum for luxury collectors, has been publishing like-for-like data on bag prices for 11 years, but those articles have seen a “huge surge in readership lately,” said founder Monika Arora. “Everyone wants to know what they’re … Read more
KOTA KINABALU: Police in Sabah’s east coast Sandakan district are on the hunt for a man who was seen in a viral video opening a car door to snatch a handbag of a elderly woman who just parked the car. The man, whose car was parked alongside the woman’s car, was seen driving away while … Read more
HIGHER LOVE: Fashion and retail maverick Rei Kawakubo — whose mindset for her latest Comme des Garçons fashion show was “anger against everything in the world, especially against myself” — is not the sort to talk about luxury, brand elevation or leather goods merchandising. And yet, later this week, the Comme des Garçons flagship store … Read more
British accessories brand Kurt Geiger continues to expand its international reach. The brand opened a 2,916-square-foot store on Oxford Street last year, and an additional four to five units are set to debut in North America by the end of the year. Now Kurt Geiger is making a splash at Galeries Lafayette, with a pop-up … Read more
PARIS — They come from different design worlds, but it’s a match made in handbags for Aurélia Stouls and India Mahdavi. Fashion designer Stouls is known for her body-hugging stretch leather ready-to-wear line, while Mahdavi designs interior worlds with her furnishings and spaces. The two are friends and neighbors — they live on the same … Read more
TO DALLAS WITH LOVE: In the era of hyper-customization, Golden Goose is dropping its latest handbag collection taking its co-creation concept to Neiman Marcus in Dallas. Mounting a pop-up space it calls “bag lab” inside the luxury department store’s North Park location, the shoe label will offer its customers a chance to customize the new … Read more
