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Lauren Sanchez Sits Front Row for Son Nikko Gonzalez’s Sparkling Runway Walk at Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Sartoria 2024 Fashion Show
Nikko Gonzalez, the son of journalist and media personality Lauren Sánchez, walked a high-fashion runway during the 2024 Dolce & Gabbana Alta Sartoria show in Italy on Wednesday. Sánchez was seated in the front row during the show to support her son. Princess Diana's Wimbledon Outfits Through the Years: Peter Pan Collars, Suiting Up in the Royal Box and More Looks Gonzalez, 23, is a recent college graduate with interests in both fashion and technology. Sánchez shares her eldest son with former NFL player Tony Gonzalez. The media personality was seated next to fiancé Jeff Bezos during the fashion show and...
Princess Diana’s Wimbledon Outfits Through the Years: Peter Pan Collars, Suiting Up in the Royal Box and More Looks
During her time as a member of the British royal family, Princess Diana attended The Championships, Wimbledon on several occasions. The Grand Slam tennis tournament served as the ideal venue to showcase new additions to her royal wardrobe and the evolution of her style sensibility. Ahead, see Princess Diana’s style...
Roche Bobois Readies to Take on China With Majority in Local Franchisee
MILAN — Upscale furniture-maker Roche Bobois is fortifying its position in the Chinese market in order to better tap into the growth potential of the world’s second largest economy. Van Cleef & Arpels Launches Perlée Pop-ups Across Six Cities in China On Friday, the Roche Bobois group said it will acquire a 51 percent interest in Shanghai Rock Castle Furniture, its lucrative franchisee in China. The local franchisee currently directly operates two Roche Bobois stores in Shanghai and one in Beijing, and manages 25 franchised stores located in various midsized cities. Roche Bobois also signed an agreement that allows the group...
Saks’ Tracy Margolies and Manolo Blahnik’s Andrew Wright on the Power of Partnership
Tracy Margolies, chief merchandising officer at Saks, and Andrew Wright, president of Americas at Manolo Blahnik, came together in the spirit of partnership at FN’s Summit in New York City in late June. “Our relationships and partnerships are really important to our business,” Margolies said. “It’s all about communication...
Golden Goose CEO Silvio Campara Talks Brand Experience, IPO Postponement
Golden Goose chief executive officer Silvio Campara kicked off his discussion at FN’s Summit in late June by addressing the unexpected postponement of the company’s initial public offering. “The financial market and the real world are quite disconnected,” Campara said. “What is happening now in Europe, with elections...
On’s Britt Olsen Opens Up About Zendaya Partnership, Paris Expansion and Apparel Growth
On chief commercial officer Britt Olsen delved into the brand’s winning formula during a conversation at the FN Summit in New York in late June. When 2024 comes to an end, Olsen said she hopes the story of the company for the year is as “the fastest growing premium sportswear brand in the world that does things very authentically in a sustainable way.”
Inside a Critical DEI Conversation at the FN Summit: ‘This Work Is About All of Us’
Four years after the murder of George Floyd sparked a national reckoning around race and corporate diversity, DEI is at a critical crossroads, and top executives from Puma and PVH sat down with André Pinard, director of culture at Exposure, to open up about this challenging moment, what has actually resonated — and the road ahead — at the FN Summit in late June.
Goop Unveils New Retail Concept With Marin Country Store
Goop is opening a new store in the Bay Area at the Marin Country Mart in Larkspur, Calif., on Friday. It’s the company’s sixth retail location.Viral Retail Theft Sign Near Louis Vuitton in San Francisco Was Removed by Police For the first time, the company will unveil an in-store treatment room. It was “a pipe dream” of founder Gwyneth Paltrow to open “an experiential facial room,” said Matthew Blythe, senior director of retail operations and development at Goop. “Early on, when we were designing the store, we baked it in and designed that into the layout,” he continued. “We’ve never done something...
The First Look at Missy Elliott’s Tour Costumes, Designed by June Ambrose
When Missy Elliott takes the stage on Thursday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, it’s not just the concert that will be out of this world, it’s also the costumes.Raeburn Drops Upcycled Collab With Puma and Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team The 30-date tour that hits major North American cities before wrapping up Aug. 22 in Rosemont, Ill., marks the first headlining tour for the multiplatinum-selling rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. Called “Out of This World,” the tour will also feature Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland. “This is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts.’ Being the first...
Saks Global CEO Marc Metrick on the Days Ahead
“We have to get through the regulatory process but otherwise it’s business as usual,” Marc Metrick, chief executive officer of Saks, told WWD on Thursday.Saks' Tracy Margolies and Manolo Blahnik's Andrew Wright on the Power of Partnership Discussing what lies ahead in the immediate future, Metrick said, “We will focus on what we can control and our strategy.” If the government green-lights the deal, Metrick will become CEO of Saks Global, the combined Saks-Neiman Marcus entity. He stressed that underlying the deal is a move to “growth” and not shrinking the business, though mergers often lead to consolidations. He also said the...
A Deal at Last: Assessing the Future for ‘Saks Global’
What’s next for “Saks Global?”Saks' Tracy Margolies and Manolo Blahnik's Andrew Wright on the Power of Partnership That’s the new entity being formed through the definitive $2.65 billion agreement for Saks owner HBC to buy the Neiman Marcus Group, which is pending approval by the Federal Trade Commission and which came to light late Wednesday. Based on the $6 billion purchase price in 2013, and very recent speculation that the price tag on Neiman’s would exceed $3 billion, it appears that Saks, at the $2.65 billion price, got a good deal. Richard Baker, HBC chairman and chief executive officer, would not...
Can Berlin Fashion Week Capture — and Hold — the Industry’s Interest?
BERLIN — The organizers and designers showing at Berlin Fashion Week have said it many times. They don’t want to be another Paris, Milan or even a London. For one thing, it’s not possible. There’s just not the same level of fashion industry in Berlin, and for another, the German capital, long known for its liberal politics, artistic creativity and hedonistic nightlife, just wants to be, well, Berlin.EXCLUSIVE: L'Agence Opens Paris Flagship and Showroom as Springboard for European Expansion Still, there comes a time when international recognition becomes more important, if not for the sake of the event itself, then for...
Van Cleef & Arpels Launches Perlée Pop-ups Across Six Cities in China
For the first time in China, Van Cleef & Arpels installed a pop-up event at a venue outside of its comfort zone, the luxury shopping mall.Roche Bobois Readies to Take on China With Majority in Local Franchisee The pop-up, which spotlights the Richemont-owned high jewelry brand’s Perlée collection, recently took over a candy-colored home objects boutique called Somethin’ Else on Yuyuan Road, a tourist-friendly neighborhood dotted with intricate town houses and charming cafés. The candy-colored world of Perlée, a jewelry line that highlights gold beads, is based on a graphic installation designed by Arthur Hoffner, a French artist and longtime collaborator of...
Jo Malone London Cooks Up a Citrusy, Marmalade Cologne Inspired by Paddington Bear
LONDON — Paddington Bear has certainly done well for himself. Having arrived in England as a stowaway with a marmalade sandwich tucked under his red hat, he’s now part of Britain’s cultural fabric, a film star, and a loyal friend of the late Queen Elizabeth II.Can a New Government Help Britain Get Its Cool Back? Most recently, he has inspired a citrusy, limited-edition Orange Marmalade cologne by Jo Malone London, a mix of warm woody notes and orange zest. In an interview, Celine Roux, Jo Malone London’s head of Fragrance, said she wanted the cologne to balance the bitterness of the rind and...
Benetton Group Negotiates With Trade Unions on Protecting Jobs Amid Restructuring
MILAN — The winds of restructuring are sweeping over Benetton Group.Sources: Benetton Group Names New CEO, Reports Loss in 2023 With a new chief executive officer in place, Claudio Sforza, who succeeded Massimo Renon, Benetton Group is reportedly looking at implementing a wage support measure for its office workforce aimed at preserving jobs, finding the best deal with trade unions. As per Italian law, the measure, called “solidarity contract,” allows companies in restructuring mode to find an agreement with trade unions to reduce working hours and corresponding salaries with the goal to avoid job cuts. Trade unions already met the company’s board and...
WSN Trade Shows Adjust September Dates and Location Due to Paris Games
PARIS — WSN’s headline trade shows Who’s Next and Première Classe had to adjust their September editions to the wrap-up of the 2024 Paris Games.Design Shanghai's New Collectible Art Fair to Bow in October Who’s Next, marking its 30th anniversary this year, will take place between Sept. 8 and 10, a week later than its traditional dates. “We were constrained by the fact that Porte de Versailles is an Olympic site, and we wanted to avoid having our exhibitors and buyers visiting during a complicated period,” WSN chief executive officer Frédéric Maus told WWD. “We decided to start just after the end...
Andy Murray, Katie Boulter Publish Tennis Zine
SERVING UP WORDS: If watching the 2024 Wimbledon Championships isn’t enough for tennis fans, they can now read all about it in the new, limited-edition zine called Ready.Head Opens Men's Sportswear Pop-up, Part of Selfridges' Sportopia Takeover British players Andy Murray and Katie Boulter have created the zine with American Express and the former i-D magazine editor, Ryan White. Ready has a print run of 12,000 and aims to help tennis fans understand the game better. There is a guide to the scoring system; a look at players’ pre-match self-care rituals; a list of tennis lingo; and the players’ favorite shops on...
Shiseido, Max Mara to Ink Fragrance License
PARIS — Shiseido and Max Mara said they intend to enter into a long-term fragrance license, under which the Japanese beauty giant will develop, produce and distribute fragrances under the Italian luxury fashion house.Hillary Rodham Clinton Is to Headline the 2024 TFWA World Conference The license will be operated by Shiseido EMEA, which is a full subsidiary of Shiseido. The company underlined how in recent years the global fragrance market has become one of the growth drivers for Shiseido’s European business, whose focus has been on that product segment. Sales of prestige fragrance — the hottest category in the booming perfume segment — generated...
EXCLUSIVE: Jaden’s Smith’s Eco Luggage Brand Is Collaborating With MCM
TRAVELING LIGHT: Harper Collective, the sustainable luggage brand founded in 2023 by Jaden Smith and Sebastian Manes, is gearing up to launch its first collaboration with German luxury brand MCM.Formafantasma Inks Partnership With Maison Perrier-Jouët Word has it MCM executives discovered the new Harper Collective shop-in-shop at Selfridges last summer, and immediately approached Smith — an actor, musician and activist — and Manes, a veteran merchandising and buying executive long associated with the London retailer. The three co-branded cases — two cabin-sized, plus one larger check-in model — are dropping July 11 at MCM flagship stores, the Harper Collective website, and the...
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