After months of rumors, Hedi Slimane is leaving his role as creative director of Saint Laurent. Kering, the luxury group that owns the brand, announced the news today (April 1).
As Syrian refugees continue to pour into Turkey, desperate for any source of income, many are taking jobs in Turkey’s garment industry.
As a color, “nude” is often loaded with prejudice. In theory, it matches the wearer’s skin color, which makes it easy to pair with just about anything. It’s a wardrobe staple, and therefore a commercial staple for most shoe brands. But in practice, it commonly describes variations of beige with pinkish undertones, which is only “nude” for a certain sliver of the world’s population.
The perfect sneakers for stomping aliens are coming to market.
For a few years now, yoga-pants peddler Lululemon has had its eye on a big expansion into Asia and Europe. As it began opening stores, the spending put pressure on the company’s margins, which were also squeezed by growing competition in the athleisure market, as well as some product and PR mistakes: See the see-through yoga pants debacle. Investors have been watching warily.
For more than a year, a small, Paris-based label has been rapidly bubbling up in the talk of fashion insiders. Now, Vetements—the name simply means “clothes” in French—is no longer a secret. Just a few seasons old, it already sells to 135 stores around the world.
Among sneaker designers, Tinker Hatfield is a legend. After joining up with Nike in 1981, he went on to create some of the Swoosh’s most iconic shoes, including the Air Max 1, which introduced a visible air bubble in the sole, and numerous editions of the iconic Jordan sneaker.
Facebook’s Safety Check encourages people to let friends and family know they’re safe after a dangerous incident, such as a natural disaster or terrorist bombing. It should request check-ins from people near the incident, but right now, it seems to be alerting people around the world.
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In Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican today (March 27), Pope Francis delivered the traditional Easter benediction. The spiritual leader of Roman Catholic christians around the world spoke of social and political unrest, including recent terror attacks, and the need to address the problems with “weapons of love.”
In 1909, Condé Montrose Nast bought then 17-year-old Vogue magazine and established Condé Nast Publications. A few years later, it began publishing Dress & Vanity Fair (quickly shortened to its current title). In the roughly hundred years since, photographers have been snapping away for these and other Condé Nast titles, capturing politicians, celebrities, fashion, cultural icons, and moments of daily life.
Yesterday (March 23), Hermès CEO Axel Dumas spoke to reporters in Paris about the company’s 2015 results. Sales were good, but he had to confront a grim reality facing European businesses, even makers of high-priced luxury goods. Terrorism, in particular the attacks in Paris in Nov. 2015, had strained sales, and after the new attacks in Brussels on March 22, it was something Hermès had to note when considering the year ahead.
To say that Brioni makes suits is like saying that Ferrari makes cars. A pair of pants and a jacket by the Italian label, in fibers such as vicuña, pashmina, and Qiviuk—the fine undercoat of the muskox— can reach as high as $43,000. More common, though, is suiting in wool and silk, which will still cost you $7,000 or so.
Nike is a business built on sneakers (paywall). It doesn’t want competitors muscling in on its turf, and Under Armour—with a lot of help from its signature line with NBA star Stephen Curry—has been doing just that.
For years now, Nike has been working to make self-lacing shoes a reality. In October it announced that it would release the futuristic sneakers with “power laces” Michael J. Fox wore in 1989’s Back to the Future 2. Now, they’re here.
I don’t remember exactly when I got my first pair of Vans. I skateboarded a little, growing up in Northern New Jersey, and the sneakers seemed to have always been on my radar. Later, when I got interested in the small but healthy local punk scene, all the kids seemed to only wear two kinds of shoes: Converse and Vans. For as long as I can recall, they were the sneakers of skater kids, weirdo kids, and lots of kids who just didn’t quite identify with the mainstream.
Shopping isn’t just about trading cash or credit for goods. Plenty of people do it purely for enjoyment. Since there’s a screen and an internet connection just about everywhere you look, Americans are turning online shopping into a national pastime.
Caitlyn Jenner will be the face of a new ad campaign from one of the world’s biggest fashion chains. The former athlete and reality TV star—who made headlines last year when she transitioned from male to female—posted a picture to her social media accounts yesterday (March 10) of herself in an ad for H&M’s athletic line, H&M Sport. A few hours later, H&M posted the same image, saying more are still to come.
Until a few years ago, Cotton On shied away from publicly revealing its size. The Australian fashion chain, which sells low-cost, casual clothes that reflect its Aussie roots—think denim and t-shirt dresses—preferred to grow quietly. It was a “defensive mechanism,” Ashley Hardwick, who co-owns the brand, told the Sydney Morning Herald last year.
Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was formally accused Wednesday (Mar. 9) of charges related to Brazil’s sweeping corruption probe.
Inditex, the owner of Zara that vies with H&M as the world’s top clothing company, is only getting bigger.
Amazon is taking a page from HSN and QVC to debut a streaming video show touting its selection of fashion and beauty products.
Sponsors are already beginning to distance themselves from Maria Sharapova after the tennis star announced at the Australian Open yesterday (Mar. 7) that she had tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug.
There’s an episode of I Love Lucy, probably the most popular American TV show of the 1950s, where Lucy, Ricky (her husband), and their best friends, Fred and Ethel, go to a movie. The men want to wear jeans, and their wives are scandalized at the thought. “Just a suit and a tie” will do, Lucy says.
