CASHMERE AND CULTURE: Loro Piana raised the curtain on Christmas party season with a candlelit dinner at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, marking its new partnership with the academy’s schools, and its holiday takeover of Harrods. It may have felt a little early to be decking the halls, but not for Loro Piana, … Read more
DIAMOND YEAR: Fendi will kick off its centenary year with a coed fashion show during Milan Fashion Week next February, WWD has learned. Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of accessories and menswear collections, is leading the design effort. It is understood Fendi chief executive officer Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou informed teams about the tentpole event earlier this week. … Read more
LONDON — Loro Piana is floating into Harrods on clouds of cashmere and vicuña for a grand-scale holiday takeover marking the Italian brand’s 100th anniversary celebrations. The Workshop of Wonders, which opens Thursday and runs until Jan. 2, is a family affair, an ode to textile craft, and a moment of Christmas whimsy meant to … Read more
SNAKE CHARMER: Six years after making his debut for Dior with a show featuring a 33-foot tall sculpture by Kaws, Kim Jones is reuniting with the U.S. artist for a capsule collection of menswear. Back in 2018, Kaws made a spectacular statement with his towering figure made of 70,000 flowers. He also worked with Jones … Read more
LEADING LIGHT: The America’s Cup may be parting ways with Barcelona for its next edition, but Louis Vuitton wants to extend its love affair with the Catalan capital for a little longer. Having sponsored this year’s edition of the sailing competition, the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-owned fashion house has unveiled its cruise campaign, set … Read more
LION’S GATE: Underscoring its ties to Venice, Dior has announced the completion of the restoration of the Porta Magna gate in Venice. The French fashion house announced in April it was collaborating with the Venetian Heritage Foundation on its charity ball, designed to fund work on the monument as well as the ongoing renovation of … Read more
PARIS – What luxury slowdown? Hermès International continues to buck the trend and outpace its peers, with sales up 11.3 percent at constant currency in the third quarter to 3.7 billion euros. That puts the Birkin bag maker well ahead of other French luxury goods players, such as Kering, which reported sales down 16 percent, … Read more
PARIS – Excellence in craftsmanship will be key to riding out the current turbulence roiling the luxury market, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton chairman and chief executive officer Bernard Arnault said on Thursday. Speaking at an event marking the 10th anniversary of the luxury group’s Institut des Métiers d’Excellence, the vocational training program aimed at … Read more
Kim Jones and Fendi are parting ways after an eventful four-year collaboration that saw the Roman house dabble with collaborations, and destination shows. The British designer, whose title at Fendi was artistic director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections for women, is to continue in his role as artistic director of men’s collections at … Read more
PITCHING UP: Who knew that Paris had a second football team? The French capital’s soccer scene is about to heat up, amid reports that luxury magnate Bernard Arnault’s family holding is poised to buy a majority stake in Paris FC, the second-divison club that lives in the shadow of Paris Saint-Germain. The Arnault family’s holding … Read more
