Spandex Maker Lycra Files for Bankruptcy After Years of Stress
The company has been hampered with disruptions to supply chains, elevated inflation, growing competition from low-cost manufacturers and trade tariffs.
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Into the Woods at Hermès
This season, Nadege Vanhee-Cybulski took giant strides forward but the collection still lacks the fire stamp of desirability.
Into the Woods at Hermès
This season, Nadege Vanhee-Cybulski took giant strides forward but the collection still lacks the fire stamp of desirability.
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A Drop of Poison at Olivier Theyskens
Like most of the Belgian designers, Theyskens’ clothes are either something you love — or you don’t. Nothing will change that.
A Drop of Poison at Olivier Theyskens
Like most of the Belgian designers, Theyskens’ clothes are either something you love — or you don’t. Nothing will change that.
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Comme des Garçons' Celebration of Artificiality
Rei Kawakubo sticks her finger in the wind and nails the moment, demonstrating the enduring outsider status of camp.
Comme des Garçons' Celebration of Artificiality
Rei Kawakubo sticks her finger in the wind and nails the moment, demonstrating the enduring outsider status of camp.
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Gnomic Proclamations at Junya Watanabe
The collection had a clear motive, but the designer needs to bring back the creativity.
Gnomic Proclamations at Junya Watanabe
The collection had a clear motive, but the designer needs to bring back the creativity.
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Altuzarra's Memories of Paris
Joseph Altuzarra's fantasy of the cliché bourgeois woman dogged his collection, and if the designer decides to stay in Paris, he may need an exorcist.
Altuzarra's Memories of Paris
Joseph Altuzarra's fantasy of the cliché bourgeois woman dogged his collection, and if the designer decides to stay in Paris, he may need an exorcist.
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Haider Ackermann Goes Sporty
There was something easier and sportier going on this season, but it was not enough of a departure from the past.
Haider Ackermann Goes Sporty
There was something easier and sportier going on this season, but it was not enough of a departure from the past.
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A Futurist Game Plan at Balmain
The collection's passages read like capsules rather than a singular message, and a tighter edit could help clarify that.
A Futurist Game Plan at Balmain
The collection's passages read like capsules rather than a singular message, and a tighter edit could help clarify that.
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Nina Ricci: A Play of Opposites
This season, Guillaume Henry presented a considered face-off between the masculine and the feminine, but things failed to truly condense.
Nina Ricci: A Play of Opposites
This season, Guillaume Henry presented a considered face-off between the masculine and the feminine, but things failed to truly condense.
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New Tricks at Y/Project
Sensual wildcard looks that subverted ideas of costume in a thrilling way shined the most in this collection.
New Tricks at Y/Project
Sensual wildcard looks that subverted ideas of costume in a thrilling way shined the most in this collection.
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A Commitment to Calmness at Loewe
There was a harmony in the alluring, shruggy casualness of the collection — a quality that Jonathan Anderson should be able to take all the way to the bank.
A Commitment to Calmness at Loewe
There was a harmony in the alluring, shruggy casualness of the collection — a quality that Jonathan Anderson should be able to take all the way to the bank.
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Innocence Is Not What It Seems at Undercover
The collection was an extraordinary, fetishistic fashion journey into the depths of the American teen psyche as idealised by a Japanese outsider.
Innocence Is Not What It Seems at Undercover
The collection was an extraordinary, fetishistic fashion journey into the depths of the American teen psyche as idealised by a Japanese outsider.
The News in Brief
US SEC Preparing to Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement, WSJ Says
The proposal would give companies the option to share results twice a year.
Kering Unveils New Jewellery Unit, Merges Fashion Brand Reporting
Kering’s newly created jewellery division regroups Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo and Qeelin brands as the company aims to pool resources. The conglomerate is also regrouping fashion brand reporting, shielding smaller labels from investor scrutiny.
Bondholders Approve Saks Global’s Five-Year Business Plan
Saks is moving towards exiting bankruptcy and tapped an additional $300 million of its Chapter 11 financing package.
Luxury Stocks Face Most Bearish Sentiment in Years, UBS Says
War in the Middle East, the luxury industry’s fastest-growing market, threatens to delay a long-expected rebound in demand.
Trump Signs Order to Combat Fraudulent ‘Made in America’ Labels, White House Says
The executive order directs the FTC chairman to prioritise enforcement of existing laws against sellers and manufacturers who falsely claim products are made in America.
Lanvin Deputy CEO Siddhartha Shukla Exits Brand
Owner Lanvin Group said it is ‘fully committed’ to the French label’s development under creative director Peter Copping, with CEO Andy Lew in charge of management.
Ulta Beauty Forecasts Annual Profit Below Estimates
Shares declined in after-hours trading as the beauty retailer expressed a cautious outlook for 2026.