Asking the question is Transformers Foundation, a platform representing the denim supply chain, which in a recent study comes to very peremptory conclusions. Like this: ‘Not only are suppliers expected to do…
A number of enquiries nail Boohoo, the British fast fashion retailer, which suffers heavy accusations (and ‘substantially true’) of fomenting practices of ‘modern slavery’ by throttling suppliers. But it is not the…
In September, it was Richemont chairman Johann Rupert who put everyone on notice: luxury is in the throes of a contraction. Two months later, this slowdown has become a ‘normalisation’ which, it…
The women’s catwalks in September expressed not only a probably timely creative change of pace in a challenging market phase for luxury. From the emergence of quiet luxury to De Sarno’s debut…
The fashion system has been eagerly awaiting her return since 2018 when she left Celine. In 2021, she announced it with an eponymous brand, with LVMH as a minority partner. Now everything…
First New York and London, then Milan and Paris: September fashion shows closed under the banner of quiet elegance and wearability. Which represents a remarkable change of pace from the recent past.…
The second edition of the IFM (Institut Français de la Mode) – Première Vision study on the sustainability of the fashion system reveals that something is improving. More clarity on the sale,…
In 2020, the European Commission found that 53% of environmental claims were misleading or unfounded and that 40% were “unsubstantiated”. Three years later, with a proposal for a directive, it goes head…
Inflation chokes consumer budgets worldwide, and fashion consumption suffers a peremptory tsunami. Many European chains are closing while they are looking for ways to stay alive in the United States. Not saved…
The new generation multiculturalism of new Affluent consumers is forcing fashion and luxury to rewrite its creative and marketing paradigms. The new socio-cultural melting pots, differently distributed locally, are upsetting not only…