Long mocked, white socks are now firmly back in fashion. No longer are they seen as a hallmark of Germans abroad when paired with sandals. These days, white socks are often worn with shorts so that the brand logo can be clearly seen, whether that be Nike, Adidas or Puma. White socks are no longer…
MILAN — Anything can happen. Staging a fashion show or an event, all potential issues must be taken into account as much as possible. Enter Without Production, which was founded in 1999 by Gabriella Mazzei, who has successfully executed more than 1,000 high-end events globally, collaborating with brands ranging from Gucci and Prada to Burberry….
Amid the ongoing US-China tariff war, TikTok has become flooded with content from Chinese factories. In these viral videos, factory workers and business owners allege that many “high-end” luxury brands from around the world, including Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, are actually manufactured in China, then sold at dramatically marked-up prices overseas. Chinese factory workers claim…
The Academy Awards on March 2 marked the end of a stellar award season. Since then, your weekends have likely been quieter, while celebrities recoup from back-to-back ceremonies. But in true Hollywood form, not everyone is keeping a low profile. From time to time, stars have attended smaller soirées like the Billboard Women In Music…
Liberation or decimation? While the 47th President of the United States is often seen as mercurial in his decision-making and penchant for threats, Donald Trump made good on a promise to impose further tariffs, this time mainly reciprocal to U.S. trade partners. In the first 48 hours of the announcement, stocks plummeted, and affected countries,…
Forever 21 was young once and ready to change the world, one improbably inexpensive top at a time. It helped popularize fast fashion in the 2000s by making quick-turnaround knockoffs of runway looks and then selling them cheap in chaotic mall stores. Along with H&M, Zara and Topshop, it inspired much hand-wringing over how fast…
An exhibition has opened in Paris charting the emergence of Snoopy as a fashion icon, with the famed black-and-white beagle embraced by designers from streetwear brands to couture houses. The show at the Hotel du Grand Veneur in the French capital is part of celebrations for the 75th anniversary of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the…
“Part of Gucci’s brand has always been its boldness, expressed through logo mania, vibrant colors, and daring designs. I believe Demna’s ‘shock and awe’ approach, which has been a hallmark at Balenciaga, will translate well to Gucci’s runway shows. However, the real question lies in the product itself. What made Demna and Balenciaga compelling was…
Donatella Versace is giving up the creative reins of luxury fashion label Versace after nearly three decades, effectively ending the family’s hold over the brand founded by her murdered brother. The platinum blonde fixture of Italian fashion, who turns 70 in May, will be succeeded by Miu Miu’s design director, Dario Vitale, in what some…
The great Gucci reset is here. On Wednesday, the Italian fashion house named Demna, the mononymic designer who transformed Balenciaga from a niche luxury house into one of the most provocative, boundary-breaking brands of the last decade, as its new artistic director. He will be in charge of women’s wear, men’s wear and accessories. Gucci…