Harrods and Harvey Nichols have both reported profits rising strongly and now luxury peer Selfridges has joined them with news that operating profit hit a record £181 million in the year to February.
A purist statement of high fashion by the house of Valentino, where designer Pierpaolo Piccioli referenced bohemian artists and even Saint Laurent´s Marrakech, in a show held at the back of Les Invalides.
Anya Hindmarch’s losses continued to mount in the luxury accessories specialist’s latest financial year and she has said that it’s time to be “brave” and create a “cleaner and simpler strategy”.
Harrods is clearly not suffering from the cloud hanging over many of its sector peers further down the price chain and like luxury rivals Selfridges and Harvey Nichols, luxury and tourist spending has sent profits up.
The American designer transformed the Tennis Club de Paris into a vast beach at Paris Fashion Week on Sunday, where he created an unsettling underwater world populated by fantastical creatures.
With deconstruction at Japanese brand Yohji Yamamoto, androgyny at Haider Ackermann, light airiness at Altuzarra, and delicacy at Indian label Rahul Mishra, Paris Fashion Week celebrated eclecticism over the weekend.
One day Akris should really stage a haute couture show, because the latest ready-to-wear collection from this Swiss house looked far more like couture than many of the collections staged during that official season.
Rarely has a fashion show featured such an outstanding set; a mind-blowing digital vortex developed by artist Jon Rafman, whom Balenciaga's creative director Demna Gvasalia met at the Basel Art Fair.
The French brand hosted a beautifully staged show at the Longchamp Racecourse at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday, presenting a collection celebrating nature, sand, sea, sky and wind.
Andreas Kronthaler dreamt up an insouciant spring collection for the house of Vivienne Westwood on Saturday, which nonetheless opened the door to gentle subversion.
So, after over 300 shows on both sides of the Atlantic, all those who mattered in fashion finally sat down to see the most awaited show in the past half-decade. Hedi Slimane’s debut for Celine.
The Japanese label renowned for its experiments with textiles hosted its runway show at Paris Fashion Week on Friday, presenting a brand new fabric that allows garments to be moulded like a sculpture.
On 3 October, Dutch suit retailer Oger will unveil its tailoring concept Atelier Munro x Oger at its Antwerp store. The concept allows customers to design their own suits via digital screens.
All about making craft work sensual at Loewe in another memorably staged show for the Madrid-based house by their creative director, Northern Irishman Jonathan Anderson.
Chanel has announced the acquisition of the British high-end men’s swimwear brand, an operation which could lead to potential synergies with lingerie and women’s swimwear label Eres.