Miu Miu, Mytheresa Team on Exclusive Ski Wear for Slopes, and Street

Miu Miu, Mytheresa Team on Exclusive Ski Wear for Slopes, and Street

LONDON — Mytheresa is adding to the Miu Miu momentum with an exclusive collection of skiwear that blends fashion and function, and technical fabrics with high-performance wool knitwear. On Friday, the online multibrand retailer will launch the Miu Miu Ski collection, which will be available exclusively through Mytheresa and Miu Miu. Mytheresa said the pieces, … Read more

Miu Miu, Chloé and Bottega Veneta Top Tagwalk’s Spring 2025 Search Trends, As Buyers Seek Softer Colors, Boudoir Looks

Miu Miu, Chloé and Bottega Veneta Top Tagwalk’s Spring 2025 Search Trends, As Buyers Seek Softer Colors, Boudoir Looks

PARIS — Miu Miu, Chloé and Bottega Veneta were the most searched for brands, according to data by fashion search engine Tagwalk, with Alaïa and Ralph Lauren’s location shows making an impact. The number of shows for spring collections was down across the four cities, to 213 from the 243 that showed in 2023. The … Read more

Art Basel CEO Noah Horowitz on Growing the Brand in Challenging Times

Art Basel CEO Noah Horowitz on Growing the Brand in Challenging Times

PARIS — Art Basel is back in Paris with a new venue and brand extensions into retail, food and fragrance, as it broadens its reach amid a challenging art market. For its third edition, which opens to the public from Friday to Sunday, the art fair will move to the recently renovated Grand Palais and … Read more

New Paris Auction House Penelope’s Aims to Corner the Market for Fashion

New Paris Auction House Penelope’s Aims to Corner the Market for Fashion

PARIS – For all the major luxury brands based in Paris, the French capital has so far lacked an auction house specializing in fashion.  Enter Pénélope Blanckaert, a vintage and contemporary fashion expert with 18 years of experience working with auctioneers including Artcurial, Piasa and Millon.  Her eponymous platform, Penelope’s, wrapped up its inaugural sale … Read more

Dior Hires Miu Miu CEO Benedetta Petruzzo as Managing Director

Dior Hires Miu Miu CEO Benedetta Petruzzo as Managing Director

In a surprise move that underlines the gravitational pull of today’s luxury behemoths, Miu Miu‘s chief executive officer Benedetta Petruzzo is joining Christian Dior Couture as managing director, WWD has learned. Delphine Arnault, chairman and CEO of Christian Dior Couture, confirmed Petruzzo’s arrival exclusively to WWD. She starts on Oct. 15. “I am convinced that … Read more

Miu Miu Women’s Tales Returns to Venice Film Festival

Miu Miu Women’s Tales Returns to Venice Film Festival

MILAN — Miuccia Prada continues to fuel the conversation with women on women through her Miu Miu Women’s Tales. The latest short film, “El Affair Miu Miu” directed by Argentine film director and producer Laura Citarella, is the 28th commissioned from a female director under the brand’s series. It will be premiered at the Venice … Read more

Where Did the Smile in Fashion Go?

Where Did the Smile in Fashion Go?

LONDON — Is fashion in a great depression? Judging by the fall 2024 campaigns across billboards and advertising pages in magazines, there seems to be a missing human element — a smile. A blank stare into the camera has become contagious in recent campaign images: An eeriness in Sean McGirr’s first campaign for Alexander McQueen; … Read more

How Much Is a Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Dress Worth?

How Much Is a Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Dress Worth?

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s enduring style has become a cottage industry unto itself with fans and followers still copying some of her signature looks, and authors like Elizabeth Beller and Sunita Kumar Nair referencing her fashion choices in their books. Never mind the revival of the slipdress — the unexpected choice that she had decided on with … Read more