Inside the creative skincare brand’s Parisian office

Translated by Nicola Mira Published Mar 29, 2024 Australian skincare brand Aesop, now owned by the L’Oréal group, has taken FashionNetwork.com inside its Parisian office for the launch of its Immaculate Facial Tonic, a vitamin-rich skin tonic that hydrates and exfoliates. The Aesop Paris office with its understated interior design opened just over a year ago in … Read more

Russia’s Alrosa agrees to sell some production to the state

By Reuters API Published Mar 27, 2024 Russia’s finance ministry has agreed with sanctions-hit diamond producer Alrosa to purchase part of the company’s production in 2024, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Reuters Interfax news agency earlier on Wednesday reported on the agreement, citing two sources familiar with the matter. As part … Read more

Meet the designer who’s making sportswear cool for the rest of us

By Bloomberg Published Mar 23, 2024 A constellation of celebrities and pop stars sat in the front row in February as fashion brand Labrum showed off its latest collection inside London’s Tate Britain museum. See catwalkLabrum London – Fall-Winter2024 – 2025 – Womenswear – Royaume-Uni – Londres – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight But it was a rugby player who led … Read more

Nike needs a comeback. Adidas just wrote the playbook.

By Bloomberg Published Mar 21, 2024 When Nike Inc. reports its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, investors will be looking for signs that the world’s biggest sportswear company is beating back a growing field of challengers.  Nike Nike Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe should learn from his counterpart at Adidas AG, Bjorn Gulden, whose efforts to energize the … Read more

Hibbett annual sales inch forward on steady end of year

Hibbett announced on Friday sales for the fiscal 2024 increased 1.2% to $1.73 billion, coinciding with a  sales uptick for the fourth quarter ending February 3. City Gear The Birmingham-based company said sales in the fourth quarter increased 1.8% to $466.6 million, thanks to an increase in e-commerce sales, up 6.9%. Comparable sales declined 6.4%, while … Read more

Sterling International appoints Ophélie Barassin as deputy managing partner and associate

Translated by Roberta HERRERA Published Mar 15, 2024 Ophélie Barassin is making her comeback at Sterling International as deputy managing partner and associate. The French manager indeed contributed to the early development of the recruitment firm specializing in executive positions in the fashion and luxury sectors alongside its founder Michael Boroian, from 2002 until 2017. … Read more

Hugo Boss has record 2023, sees more growth ahead despite tough backdrop

Hugo Boss’s results report on Thursday showed just how strong the German high-end fashion giant is, with 2023 being a record year for the business and further improvements predicted for FY24. The new Boss monogram – Hugo Boss So let’s look at the numbers released by the owner of the Boss and Hugo brands. Currency-adjusted … Read more

Moncler powers ahead in 2023, promises more innovation in 2024

​The wider fashion sector may have faced its challenges last year but Moncler had a good 12 months with its group revenues rising in double digits to get close to €3 billion. Moncler Both of its brands accelerated in Q4 too, a quarter in which many labels reported slowing sales, although there were a few … Read more

Louis Vuitton to stage next cruise show in Barcelona in May

Louis Vuitton will stage its next cruise show in Barcelona on Thursday, May 23, one of multiple activations it is planning in the city this year, the house announced on Tuesday. Barcelona – Louis Vuitton Barcelona is the host of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, the oldest international sporting competition operating in any sport, dating … Read more

LFW Sunday: JW Anderson, glorifying nostalgia

Glorifying nostalgia was the theme at the latest JW Anderson, staged very suitably in a converted mock Victorian swimming pool dating back to the 1930s. See catwalkJw Anderson – Fall-Winter2024 – 2025 – Womenswear – Royaume-Uni – Londres – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight A show presented in a moment when songs of a near half-century ago can become … Read more