Interparfums reports 10.7% revenue growth in Q1

By Reuters Published April 25, 2025 French fragrance specialist Interparfums has announced an 8.8% revenue rise at constant exchange rates in Q1 2025, citing a positive start to the year and welcoming the prospect of new licensing agreements. Lacoste Parfums The company, whose portfolio includes the Jimmy Choo, Montblanc, Moncler and Karl Lagerfeld perfume licenses, […]

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Chanel appoints Kendrick Lamar as brand ambassador for eyewear

Chanel has tapped Grammy-winning rapper and entrepreneur Kendrick Lamar as the face of its upcoming eyewear campaign, set to launch on April 22, 2025. The appointment marks a bold move by the French luxury house to deepen its cultural footprint through collaborations that blend fashion, music and storytelling. Kendrick Lamar fronts Chanel’s latest eyewear campaign […]

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Jean Paul Gaultier names Duran Lantink new permanent creative chief for RTW, couture

Jean Paul Gaultier is gearing up to make a bigger impact on both ready-to-wear and couture with owner Puig naming Duran Lantink as its permanent creative director. Duran Lantink. Photo by Walter Pfeiffer – DR The new creative chief’s first RTW collection for the label will be for SS26, showing in September. The equivalent couture […]

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Little Tags Luxury opens children’s wear stores in Kolkata, Bengaluru

Premium children’s wear retailer Little Tags Luxury has expanded its brick-and-mortar retail presence with the launch of new stores in Kolkata and Bengaluru. The openings mark the brand’s continued expansion into high-end children’s fashion spaces across India’s metropolitan cities. Little Tags Luxury caters to premium children’s wear shoppers – Little Tags Luxury Located in premium […]

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LVMH Prize 2025 names eight finalists

The LVMH Prize has revealed the names of eight finalists in this year’s edition, as three UK-based designers enter the final round of the prestigious award. This year’s finalists in the LVMH Prize 2025, with the final in Paris on September 3 – Prix LVMH  The eight were selected from a group of 20 semi-finalists […]

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Duran Lantink wins 2025 Woolmark Prize

Dutch designer Duran Lantink has been named the winner of the 2025 International Woolmark Prize. Duran Lantink wins 2025 Woolmark Prize. – 2025 Woolmark Prize Lantink will receive AU$300,000 to invest in the growth of his business, along with ongoing mentorship from the industry and Woolmark Prize retail partners. The Amsterdam and Paris-based designer, whose […]

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Karl Lagerfeld unveils exclusive Borsalino collab hats

The house of Karl Lagerfeld, Maison Karl Lagerfeld, has unveiled its latest link-up, a collaboration with Borsalino, the famed Italian brand known for its iconic hats and millinery. Borsalino X Karl Lagerfeld collection – Courtesy In his brilliant career, Karl Lagerfeld practically invented the fashion collab with his legendary linkup with H&M back in 2004, […]

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LVMH Prize 2024 reveals names of 20 semi-finalists

Translated by Nicola Mira Published Feb 12, 2024 The LVMH Prize, one of fashion’s most important emerging designer competitions, is staging its 11th edition, having been first organised by the world’s number-one luxury group in 2014. This year, it received over 2,500 applications from around the world, compared to 2,400 last year, and has selected […]

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Devoid of many global brands but boasting a new generation of black talent

New York Fashion Week opens this Thursday denuded of many powerhouse and influential designers, though with a new generation of talent, many of them people of color, poised to take up the baton of style in America’s fashion capital. See catwalkSergio Hudson – Spring-Summer2024 – Womenswear – New York – © Launchmetrics The season will […]

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Paris, capital of multicultural fashion with Winnie, Kolor, White Mountaineering and Wooyoungmi

Paris Fashion Week ended on a high note on Sunday. Alongside the big names, a host of brands stood out during the final weekend of shows for autumn-winter 2024/25, with collections capable of renewing men’s fashion, drawing on a multitude of cultural influences from the four corners of the world. These included American brand Winnie, […]

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