De Beers Makes Sweeping Cuts to Its Elite Diamond-Buying Club
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
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Fashion Week
Anya's Alpine Dream
Hindmarch is surely London fashion’s greatest impresario, making a mountain out of the portable version of a molehill.
Anya's Alpine Dream
Hindmarch is surely London fashion’s greatest impresario, making a mountain out of the portable version of a molehill.
Fashion Week
Mary's Magical Kingdom
Mary Katrantzou may be doomed to be dogged by her early success. But here, at least, there were clothes whose peculiar beauty stood on their own.
Mary's Magical Kingdom
Mary Katrantzou may be doomed to be dogged by her early success. But here, at least, there were clothes whose peculiar beauty stood on their own.
Fashion Week
At Topshop: Utility vs Femininity
Call it elevated festival dressing, the collection’s garish pizzazz was tempered by baggy knits, soft trench coats and teddy furs.
At Topshop: Utility vs Femininity
Call it elevated festival dressing, the collection’s garish pizzazz was tempered by baggy knits, soft trench coats and teddy furs.
Fashion Week
New Interest at Margaret Howell
Amongst the wash of neutral hued cotton and cashmere basics, Howell layered gardening aprons and bright citrus-y scarves, providing welcome fashion weight to her sober wardrobe.
New Interest at Margaret Howell
Amongst the wash of neutral hued cotton and cashmere basics, Howell layered gardening aprons and bright citrus-y scarves, providing welcome fashion weight to her sober wardrobe.
Fashion Week
Preen’s Restrictive Choice
The designers were inspired by the 1990s London art scene and the suffragette movement — apt, but the latter reference came across too literally at times.
Preen’s Restrictive Choice
The designers were inspired by the 1990s London art scene and the suffragette movement — apt, but the latter reference came across too literally at times.
News & Analysis
British Fashion Industry Steels Itself for Brexit
At the London womenswear shows, Brexit looms large over the British fashion industry.
British Fashion Industry Steels Itself for Brexit
At the London womenswear shows, Brexit looms large over the British fashion industry.
Fashion Week
Marching Roses at Simone Rocha
It’s not the first time Rocha has plumbed such depths of emotion. But her balance of dark and light has never been more acute.
Marching Roses at Simone Rocha
It’s not the first time Rocha has plumbed such depths of emotion. But her balance of dark and light has never been more acute.
Fashion Week
Gareth Pugh’s Macabre Cabaret
The show felt unsettling in a good way — bleak in its outlook and sharply in tune with how many of us feel about the near future, it struck a chord close to home.
Gareth Pugh’s Macabre Cabaret
The show felt unsettling in a good way — bleak in its outlook and sharply in tune with how many of us feel about the near future, it struck a chord close to home.
Fashion Week
Versus’ New Generation
Donatella Versace injected the hard rock’n’roll edge of the Versus of old with a transfusion of high performance sportswear to create a successful contemporary hybrid.
Versus’ New Generation
Donatella Versace injected the hard rock’n’roll edge of the Versus of old with a transfusion of high performance sportswear to create a successful contemporary hybrid.
Fashion Week
At Fashion East: Bright Young Things’ Dystopian Future
Distressed textiles took centre stage at the Fashion East show — a somatisation of a dystopian landscape.
At Fashion East: Bright Young Things’ Dystopian Future
Distressed textiles took centre stage at the Fashion East show — a somatisation of a dystopian landscape.
Fashion Week
J.W. Anderson’s Style Odyssey
“Ease and coolness,” said Jonathan Anderson of his collection, “It’s more digestible. I wasn’t trying to provoke myself.”
J.W. Anderson’s Style Odyssey
“Ease and coolness,” said Jonathan Anderson of his collection, “It’s more digestible. I wasn’t trying to provoke myself.”
Fashion Week
The End of Irony at CSM’s MA Show
Gabriele Skucas and Stefan Cooke won the top prizes at Central Saint Martins' annual MA graduate show.
The End of Irony at CSM’s MA Show
Gabriele Skucas and Stefan Cooke won the top prizes at Central Saint Martins' annual MA graduate show.
The News in Brief
L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist
L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.
Zegna Chairman Says War Has Clouded Visibility of Demand in Middle East
The Italian fashion house cautioned the war is reducing visibility on demand in the Middle East, which accounts for 7 percent of its sales, though all stores are currently open in the region.
Glossier Appoints New CMO
Nicole Solorzano, who joins from Ouai, is the Millennial beauty brand’s latest hire.
Macy’s CEO Points to E-Shaped Economy, Signalling Consumer Shift
The mention of a forked economy by the head of America’s largest department store signals a heightened wariness that middle-income Americans will continue to spend at the same pace.
France’s Bid to Suspend Shein’s Marketplace Rejected by Appeals Court
The decision from Paris’ Court of Appeal marked a win for the fast-fashion giant after a scandal over sex dolls resembling children for sale on its site.
Coty Announces Board Revamp
The embattled Covergirl owner has appointed five new independent directors amidst a wider leadership and company shakeup.
Zimmermann Names Roberto Eggs CEO
The Moncler Group executive will succeed longtime CEO Chris Olliver, who is staying on as executive chairman.