In a year of fashion collaborations between top luxury houses, there just might have emerged a clear winner: the Fendi by Versace/Versace by Fendi – or Fendace, if you will – collection which debuted at the Milan Fashion Week on Sunday, was nothing short of brilliant, and might just be called the…
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Revamp your Home with Interior Design Lines From Luxury Fashion Brands
Maybe you are looking for decorative accents to brighten up your home. Or you are embarking on an interior design project for a client. Whatever your home decor needs are, these recently-released collections from the interior design lines of luxury fashion houses will give you some of the best op…
Luxury Companies Are Consolidating but Still Offering Diversity
According to a new report from Baker McKenzie, Michael Kors’ Versace takeover, Richemont’s move for complete Yoox Net-A-Porter Group control and LVMH’s Belmond buy show that luxury brands are diversifying their holdings into new markets and territories. As consumers’ interests continue to grow, t…
Versace Recreates Iconic Red Carpet Dresses for First-Ever Pre-Fall Show
On what would have been the late Gianni Versace’s 72nd birthday, the Italian fashion house ventured across seas to New York for its first-ever Pre-Fall show. Held at the American Stock Exchange Building, the runway was a conglomeration of New York-inspired looks doused with revivals of some…
How Streetwear Is Influencing a New Era of Luxury Fashion
Streetwear, though not a new phenomenon, has been around for decades. Rooted in skate and hip-hop culture, it has given way to an underground market of logo-heavy athletic wear, establishing the personas of “sneakerheads” and “hypebeasts” alike. Ever since Virgil Abloh, streetwear designer slash …
Luxury Brands Pick Risky Celebrity Ambassadors
Celebrity endorsements can boost a brand’s image among consumers, but new research finds that luxury marketers frequently choose the wrong faces to represent them. More than three-quarters of endorsement deals in the industry are made with individuals who have low approval ratings, reflecting neg…
Chanel Is Rated the Most Emotionally Intelligent Luxury Women’s Brand
The New York-based Luxury Institute recently released its innovative 2018 Emotionally Intelligent Brand Index, featuring annual rankings and ratings for leading luxury women’s fashion brands by affluent U.S. consumers. The Emotionally Intelligent Brand Index methodology was developed using 10 yea…
Does Luxury Fashion Have a Plus Size Problem?
Despite the fact that the plus-size apparel market was worth an estimated $21.4 billion in 2016 — representing a growth of 6 percent — and the fact that two-thirds of American women are above a size 14, there remain huge gaps in the retail space for plus-size consumers looking to get involved in …
Trend Alert! Luxury Brands Broaden Definition of Love in Valentine’s Promotions
Luxury brands are creating original content and product offerings for their Valentine’s Day promotions that celebrate love in its many diverse forms in a bid to appear more modern and approachable to consumers. Taking the theme of Valentine’s Day beyond the romantic, luxury brands are using the h…
ASPIRE Top Picks: Met Gala 2017
The 2017 MET Gala with the theme “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” honored Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo. Known for pushing boundaries in the fashion world, the A-list stars at the event did the theme justice. See our top picks! Source: Vogue UK, Getty Images
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