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Fashion Week

At Paris Fashion Week, Bigger Was Rarely Better

Julian Klausner’s Dries Van Noten was the winner of a Paris men’s season where grand statements risked overpowering the fashion, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

At Paris Fashion Week, Bigger Was Rarely Better

Julian Klausner’s Dries Van Noten was the winner of a Paris men’s season where grand statements risked overpowering the fashion, reports Angelo Flaccavento.


Retail

How the Streetwear Customer Is Evolving

Streetwear is by no means dead, but its customers are changing. Today they're embracing a diverse wardrobe that mixes logo T-shirts with heritage brands and traditional menswear or luxury.

Retail

How the Streetwear Customer Is Evolving

Streetwear is by no means dead, but its customers are changing. Today they're embracing a diverse wardrobe that mixes logo T-shirts with heritage brands and traditional menswear or luxury.


Retail

How Adidas Sambas Took Over the World

The humble trainer, once the reserve of football fans, Britpop kids and the odd skateboarder, has become as ubiquitous as battered Converse All Stars in the 00s indie sleaze years.

Retail

How Adidas Sambas Took Over the World

The humble trainer, once the reserve of football fans, Britpop kids and the odd skateboarder, has become as ubiquitous as battered Converse All Stars in the 00s indie sleaze years.


Fashion Week

In Paris, a Battle Between Loud and Soft

Rick Owens, Dries Van Noten, Loewe and Lemaire were standouts at a men’s fashion week where the volume was both turned up to ten and kept low, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

In Paris, a Battle Between Loud and Soft

Rick Owens, Dries Van Noten, Loewe and Lemaire were standouts at a men’s fashion week where the volume was both turned up to ten and kept low, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

At Men’s Fashion Week, Postcards From Paris

The Paris menswear shows had a postcard-like feel, but there were standouts that proposed a shift in dress as well as a spectacle, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

At Men’s Fashion Week, Postcards From Paris

The Paris menswear shows had a postcard-like feel, but there were standouts that proposed a shift in dress as well as a spectacle, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Retail

How Fashion and Beauty Can Better Engage with Black Businesses

Four months after renewed demands for racial justice hit the fashion and beauty industries, what — beyond symbolic gestures — has been done, and what will it take to make initiatives like the 15 Percent Pledge work?

Retail

How Fashion and Beauty Can Better Engage with Black Businesses

Four months after renewed demands for racial justice hit the fashion and beauty industries, what — beyond symbolic gestures — has been done, and what will it take to make initiatives like the 15 Percent Pledge work?


Luxury

Trouble Brewing for America’s Luxury Sector

Covid-19 has exacerbated pre-existing weaknesses for America’s big luxury players, while US President Donald Trump’s gross mismanagement of the pandemic is only deepening the damage.

Luxury

Trouble Brewing for America’s Luxury Sector

Covid-19 has exacerbated pre-existing weaknesses for America’s big luxury players, while US President Donald Trump’s gross mismanagement of the pandemic is only deepening the damage.


Retail

Matchesfashion Doubles Down on Emerging Labels

The retailer, facing growing pains of its own, is launching a new 'Innovators Programme' to bolster the fledgling labels that help set it apart from competitors in a crowded luxury e-commerce market.

Retail

Matchesfashion Doubles Down on Emerging Labels

The retailer, facing growing pains of its own, is launching a new 'Innovators Programme' to bolster the fledgling labels that help set it apart from competitors in a crowded luxury e-commerce market.


Fashion Week

Jonathan Anderson: 'I Don’t Care What the Industry Thinks Anymore'

'If you’re a brand now and you have no humility, no honesty, you’re completely screwed,' the designer tells Tim Blanks as they discuss Loewe's Spring 2020/2021 collection.

Fashion Week

Jonathan Anderson: 'I Don’t Care What the Industry Thinks Anymore'

'If you’re a brand now and you have no humility, no honesty, you’re completely screwed,' the designer tells Tim Blanks as they discuss Loewe's Spring 2020/2021 collection.


Retail

How the Wholesale Crisis Could Benefit Independent Fashion Brands

Post-pandemic, a further shift away from wholesale by bigger labels could benefit emerging brands. But there will be a sting in the tail for some.

Retail

How the Wholesale Crisis Could Benefit Independent Fashion Brands

Post-pandemic, a further shift away from wholesale by bigger labels could benefit emerging brands. But there will be a sting in the tail for some.