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Entrepreneurship

For Young Design Businesses, Is Bigger Still Better?

Following early aughts private equity deals, designers now are avoiding traditional investment and growth opportunities in favour of new models.

Entrepreneurship

For Young Design Businesses, Is Bigger Still Better?

Following early aughts private equity deals, designers now are avoiding traditional investment and growth opportunities in favour of new models.


Fashion Week

Derek Lam Goes Riding

Lam played around with an equestrian theme but didn’t take it literally.

Fashion Week

Derek Lam Goes Riding

Lam played around with an equestrian theme but didn’t take it literally.


Fashion Week

Derek Lam's Raw Wanderlust

While Lam’s clothes can often skew uptight, there was a fluidity this time around, echoed in the outdoorsy palette and the raw feel of the designer's faded yet opulent offering.

Fashion Week

Derek Lam's Raw Wanderlust

While Lam’s clothes can often skew uptight, there was a fluidity this time around, echoed in the outdoorsy palette and the raw feel of the designer's faded yet opulent offering.


News & Analysis

Why Younger Designers Are Building Archives

Once the preserve of luxury megabrands with long histories, archives are becoming de rigueur for a handful of fashion labels striding into their second decade.

News & Analysis

Why Younger Designers Are Building Archives

Once the preserve of luxury megabrands with long histories, archives are becoming de rigueur for a handful of fashion labels striding into their second decade.


Fashion Week

Derek Lam: An American Designer Today

Lam's balance of minimalist clothes and bursts of eye-watering colour was polished and concise, though he cherry picked references from the European runways.

Fashion Week

Derek Lam: An American Designer Today

Lam's balance of minimalist clothes and bursts of eye-watering colour was polished and concise, though he cherry picked references from the European runways.


Fashion Week

At Derek Lam, the Spirit of Georgia O'Keefe

Textures lent an ethnic rub to the designer's otherwise raw and austere offer.

Fashion Week

At Derek Lam, the Spirit of Georgia O'Keefe

Textures lent an ethnic rub to the designer's otherwise raw and austere offer.


Fashion Week

A Modernist Proposal

As always, Derek Lam’s customer came first.

Fashion Week

A Modernist Proposal

As always, Derek Lam’s customer came first.


Fashion Week

In New York, the Challenge of Cultivating Desire

Fashion brands are increasingly focused on courting consumers with their shows, but are they succeeding at creating product people actually want to buy?

Fashion Week

In New York, the Challenge of Cultivating Desire

Fashion brands are increasingly focused on courting consumers with their shows, but are they succeeding at creating product people actually want to buy?


News & Analysis

Market Pulse | A Boost in Confidence

The Savigny Luxury Index (“SLI”) leapt by 6.7 percent this month, overperforming the MSCI World Index (“MSCI”) by almost six percentage points, as luxury sector investors seem to have received the reassuring they needed from a number of positive signals, reports Pierre Mallevays of Savigny Partners.

News & Analysis

Market Pulse | A Boost in Confidence

The Savigny Luxury Index (“SLI”) leapt by 6.7 percent this month, overperforming the MSCI World Index (“MSCI”) by almost six percentage points, as luxury sector investors seem to have received the reassuring they needed from a number of positive signals, reports Pierre Mallevays of Savigny Partners.


News & Analysis

Photo Diary | NYFW, Day 4: Victoria Beckam, Derek Lam, DKNY, Thakoon, Band of Outsiders, Patrick Ervell

NEW YORK, United States — Contributing photographer Sonny Vandevelde brings us backstage photo dispatches from Victoria Beckham, Derek Lam, DKNY,

News & Analysis

Photo Diary | NYFW, Day 4: Victoria Beckam, Derek Lam, DKNY, Thakoon, Band of Outsiders, Patrick Ervell

NEW YORK, United States — Contributing photographer Sonny Vandevelde brings us backstage photo dispatches from Victoria Beckham, Derek Lam, DKNY,