With a record-breaking 2.45 million viewers, last week’s WNBA Draft delivered global recognition for the professional league’s leading players. Breakout stars like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Nika Mühl, Kamilla Cardoso and Paige Bueckers were toasted as much for their red carpet choices as their on-court agility. A few of the designers who dressed them have … Read more
Miu Miu’s rapid revenue climb may come as little surprise to those who understand the brand’s celebrity alignment in Asia, its most significant market. In the first quarter of 2024, retail sales at Miu Miu were up 89 percent, lifting the performance of the Prada Group, which posted an 11 percent total company sales increase to 1.18 billion euros. … Read more
Luxury handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for illegally importing merchandise from Colombia to the U.S. that was made with skins from protected wildlife. Gonzalez had pled guilty in November, as had her company, Gzuniga Ltd., and an associate Mauricio Giraldo. Gonzalez was sentenced to 18 months in prison … 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
Caitlin Clark brought luxury branding to the WNBA draft on Monday night in Brooklyn. The Iowa Hawkeyes star and overall draft pick wore a Prada white double satin shirt and skirt, embroidered rhinestone mesh top, black brushed leather slingback pumps, black Galleria handbag, and acetate sunglasses, with no less than five of the Italian house’s triangle … Read more
Men arrive hauling overstuffed blue plastic bags, from which emerge Gucci baseball hats, Fendi wallets, Hermès belts and bright orange Louis Vuitton shoeboxes, sold from rickety tables at a fraction of the price of their originals. An officer of the Guardia di Finanza, the Italian police in charge of financial crime and smuggling, checks trucks … Read more
As living proof that a designer’s grainy dream can be crystallized with a high-flying career, Marni’s creative director Francesco Risso visited Pratt’s Brooklyn campus. In advance of being honored with the 2024 Pratt Fashion Visionary Award on May 3, the Italian designer reviewed collections from outgoing seniors’ collections — one of whom will received the … Read more
LONDON — Prada is back at the Selfridges Corner Shop after its last stint six months ago. The Italian luxury brand is starting off the English spring with a green garden with interiors that resemble a meadow with wooden furnishings. The special project with Selfridges is titled “Prada En Plein Air” as part of ongoing … Read more
Various fan accounts – @gallianoarchive, @prada.archive, @mcqueen_vault – pay nostalgic tribute to fashion houses. Third-party accounts can act as de facto voices for some brands – @newbottega for Bottega Veneta, for example, because creative director Mathieu Blazy has chosen not to have an official Instagram account as part of the label’s marketing strategy. These are … Read more
MILAN — Prada Frames is going home. The third iteration of the symposium exploring the complex relationship between the natural environment and design is hitting the private space, becoming even more layered because of that. Titled “Being Home,” the three-day symposium — conceived by Milan and Rotterdam, Netherlands-based design studio Formafantasma and backed by Prada — is to be … Read more
