LONDON, United Kingdom — Covid-19 has thrown the global retail sector into a state of chaos from which it might take months, if not years, to recover. It also worsened tensions between the world’s two biggest superpowers as President Trump adopted a ‘blame China’ strategy. This month, an internal Chinese government dossier reportedly informed leaders […]
Kering to Provide 3 Million Surgical Masks to France, Gucci Prepping to Make 1.1 Million For Italy
A worker packs protective facemasks at a production facility | Source: Getty Images PARIS, France — French luxury group Kering is purchasing three million surgical masks from China to donate to the French health service, which is running low on some critical medical supplies in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Kering-owned Gucci is also […]
The BoF Podcast: A Fashion Month Unlike Any Other
LONDON, United Kingdom — By the last two weeks of fashion month, the world had changed, with the coronavirus Covid-19 spreading quickly across the globe. This week on the BoF Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Imran Amed and Editor-at-Large and renowned fashion critic Tim Blanks give their verdict on a fashion month unlike any other. In uncertain times, […]
Tiffany Under the Microscope
THE CHEAT SHEET Tiffany Under The Microscope Tiffany & Co. Fifth Avenue Store | Source: Shutterstock Last week, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE reached a $16.2 billion deal to buy Tiffany & Co. The American jewellery giant will report what is likely to be its last financial results as an independent company on December […]
The Return of Ready-to-Wear
PARIS, France — At the Paris women’s shows which wrapped on Tuesday night, the offering was polarized. You either got stylistic mismatch à la Louis Vuitton, or the strictness of pure silhouettes à la Maison Margiela. Each approach came in a wide range of variations from a wide range of labels, but for the moment, tertium […]