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In a tumultuous election year where more than two billion people around the world will go to the polls, the UK’s national vote this week has been decidedly predictable.
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Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party won a crushing victory in the first round of voting for the National Assembly in France — home to luxury giants LVMH, Kering and Chanel — according to exit polls.
The promise of political stability in the UK, and the opposite in France, has the industry closely watching the polls.
This week, Permira pulled Golden Goose’s IPO citing uncertain market conditions, while menswear collections in Milan and Paris continued to play it safe in a softening market.
Sarah Kent is Chief Sustainability Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in London and drives BoF's coverage of critical environmental and labour issues.
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Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
Fashion’s enfant terrible is trading exclusivity for the mass market. Is it the ultimate fashion coup, or the final surrender of prestige?
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