Articles by Don-Alvin Adegeest
Paris fashion week ends, with some surprises
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Paris fashion week ended on Sunday, simultaneously closing the autumn winter 2019 men's catwalk season of the Big Four, being New York, London, Milan and Paris. It was a week of anticipation and debuts, with Hedi Slimane for Celine and Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy showing men's only collections for the first time. There were first season...
Patagonia on track to be carbon neutral by 2025
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Patagonia has underscored its commitment to be carbon neutral by 2025 when the company will have a fully sustainable production cycle. The news was confirmed by Patagonia ceo Rose Marcario at the 2019 edition of the America's National Retail Federation's annual Big Show & Expo. Marcario stated Patagonia's suppliers responded positively to the...
Luxury companies embrace #10YearChallenge
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At the time of writing, the social media hashtag #10YearChallenge has garnered over 3.9 million posts on Instagram. The premise of the challenge is to show how much you have changed over the course of a decade, a theme that has caught on like wildfire and embraced by consumers, celebrities, charities and now luxury brands. For fashion companies,...
LVMH to launch new fashion Maison with Rihanna
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What do 67 million Instagram followers, a chart topping music career and beauty brand aimed at diversity give you? An LVMH-backed fashion brand if your name is Rihanna. In unconfirmed reports, yet widely publicised from trade publication WWD to the New York Times, Robyn Rihanna Fenty is to have her own fashion Maison named after her surname,...
No deal Brexit could spell disaster for British fashion industry
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It was to be the plans of all plans, with Prime Minister Theresa May to lay out the withdrawal agreement for the UK to leave the EU. The terms of which spelled out the future relationship for both citizens and companies whose close ties to the continent remain under threat. But while in a matter of weeks Britain is due to leave the EU, the...
Paris men's fashion week moves away from co-ed shows
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Milan men's fashion week may be well under way, but it is Paris, the blockbuster of global men's weeks, which this season will capture the grand share of attention. To start, the buzz of co-ed shows is no longer buzzing. Yes, Gucci, Burberry, Coach and Bottega Veneta may still be doing it, but Paris will have Hedi Slimane's first men's only show...
Paul Smith sees sales soar to 200 million pounds
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British designer brand Paul Smith saw sales grow to almost 200 million pounds for the year ending 30 June 2018. Despite the challenging retail climate the London-based company saw sales rise 11 percent like-for-like, while total sales grew 6.7 per cent year-on-year to 197.3 million pounds. Wholesale sales rose 3 percent to 82.5 million pounds,...
Paul Smith sees sales soar to 200 million pounds
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British designer brand Paul Smith saw sales grow to almost 200 million pounds for the year ending 30 June 2018. Despite the challenging retail climate the London-based company saw sales rise 11 percent like-for-like, while total sales grew 6.7 per cent year-on-year to 197.3 million pounds. Wholesale sales rose 3 percent to 82.5 million pounds,...
Alexander McQueen opens new London flagship
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Alexander McQueen this week debuted its new London flagship boutique, located at 27 Old Bond Street. The British luxury brand opened an 11,000 sq ft space at the former DKNY address in London’s Mayfair. Housing both its men’s and women’s collection, the company is planning to double its brick and mortar locations to a portfolio of over 120...
Gucci launches haute perfumery
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Gucci has launched an haute perfume family called The Alchemist’s Garden. Consisting of seven different eaux de parfum, four perfumed oils and three scented waters. The collection of scents is inspired by the art of alchemy and fragrance-making, formulated to be layered and blended together to create a unique, personalized fragrance combination....