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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Floral Fantasia at Fendi Haute Fourrure
The Fendi ateliers worked their usual fiendish magic so the suffering of a million tiny creatures was transmuted into works of artisanal art.
Floral Fantasia at Fendi Haute Fourrure
The Fendi ateliers worked their usual fiendish magic so the suffering of a million tiny creatures was transmuted into works of artisanal art.
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Confusion Reigns at Paris Couture
At a disjointed couture week invaded by ready-to-wear brands, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered the most touching show of the season.
Confusion Reigns at Paris Couture
At a disjointed couture week invaded by ready-to-wear brands, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered the most touching show of the season.
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Alaïa's Return: A Spectacularly Modern Incarnation of Power
Six years after the designer's last couture show, Alaïa's peculiar fashion voodoo was tougher but still as irresistible as ever.
Alaïa's Return: A Spectacularly Modern Incarnation of Power
Six years after the designer's last couture show, Alaïa's peculiar fashion voodoo was tougher but still as irresistible as ever.
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Piccioli’s Contemporary Couture
The rituals of haute couture tapped into Pierpaolo Piccioli’s innate spirituality, resulting in a collection that was paradoxically stately and casual.
Piccioli’s Contemporary Couture
The rituals of haute couture tapped into Pierpaolo Piccioli’s innate spirituality, resulting in a collection that was paradoxically stately and casual.
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Infinite Inspirations at Jean Paul Gaultier
From Paris in the 1940s to snow queens, cartoon warriors, draped divas and India, the collection spared no inspiration but was too much and too long to digest.
Infinite Inspirations at Jean Paul Gaultier
From Paris in the 1940s to snow queens, cartoon warriors, draped divas and India, the collection spared no inspiration but was too much and too long to digest.
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Margiela's New Glamour
Galliano has osmosed Margiela’s essence to produce a unique fashion hybrid that is defiant and eerily beautiful.
Margiela's New Glamour
Galliano has osmosed Margiela’s essence to produce a unique fashion hybrid that is defiant and eerily beautiful.
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Alien Queens at Versace
The sense of occasion that permeated Donatella Versace’s new couture collection transcended the banalities of red carpet cliché.
Alien Queens at Versace
The sense of occasion that permeated Donatella Versace’s new couture collection transcended the banalities of red carpet cliché.
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A Conceptual Haunting at Armani Privé
Giorgio Armani's nod to the late Franca Sozzani was largely conceptual, present more in the restraint that permeated than in the collection itself.
A Conceptual Haunting at Armani Privé
Giorgio Armani's nod to the late Franca Sozzani was largely conceptual, present more in the restraint that permeated than in the collection itself.
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Karl's Homage to Paris
Paris is on a post-Macron high, but the chord Lagerfeld struck at Chanel was all things must pass.
Karl's Homage to Paris
Paris is on a post-Macron high, but the chord Lagerfeld struck at Chanel was all things must pass.
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Signposting Schiaparelli
It was the red carpet flou that ultimately carried this collection, with gowns floating in contrasting tiers and ribbons of crèpe or tulle that nodded not only to Elsa’s wicked way with colour but to Guyon’s Valentino past.
Signposting Schiaparelli
It was the red carpet flou that ultimately carried this collection, with gowns floating in contrasting tiers and ribbons of crèpe or tulle that nodded not only to Elsa’s wicked way with colour but to Guyon’s Valentino past.
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Fragile, Ethereal Beauty at Iris van Herpen
Only colour seems to remain an unconquered territory here. As one of few designers genuinely looking to the future to be inspired, let’s hope Van Herpen will programme the full spectrum into haute couture’s uncertain tomorrow.
Fragile, Ethereal Beauty at Iris van Herpen
Only colour seems to remain an unconquered territory here. As one of few designers genuinely looking to the future to be inspired, let’s hope Van Herpen will programme the full spectrum into haute couture’s uncertain tomorrow.
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A Personal Quest
In its single-mindedness, Maria Grazia Chiuri's collection scarcely seemed to address her critics. But there was grandeur in her monomania.
A Personal Quest
In its single-mindedness, Maria Grazia Chiuri's collection scarcely seemed to address her critics. But there was grandeur in her monomania.
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.