Luca de Meo’s short tenure in Kering’s C-suite — he’s only been chief executive officer since Sept. 15 — has already brought the ailing luxury giant something it’s needed in the stock market. Momentum. Shares of Kering rose 8.7 percent to 344.95 euros in Paris on Thursday as investors took what were seen as glimmers…
By AFP Published October 20, 2025 This week’s appointment of Maria Grazia Chiuri at the helm of Fendi does not change the picture: despite their historic role in the fashion industry, women remain largely excluded from creative roles. Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri at Paris Fashion Week on 4 March 2025 – (AFP/Archives – Thomas…
Published October 13, 2025 Paris remains the queen of fashion. According to a recent Onclusive analysis of the four major Fashion Weeks (New York, London, Milan, Paris) for the Spring/Summer 2026 season, Paris and its haute couture houses overwhelmingly dominated the media and digital landscape, while other capitals struggled to keep up. Paris decisively outpaced…
Spring 2026 was a fashion season like no other, with a host of new designers stepping into some of the biggest fashion houses. In Europe, including Pierpaolo Piccioli at Balenciaga, Matthieu Blazy at Chanel, Jonathan Anderson at Dior and Demna at Gucci, to name but a few. For most of these creatives, their collections marked an…
ROME – It’s hard to believe it’s been only a year since Alessandro Michele’s first fashion show as creative director of Valentino. The changes within the company and outside in the industry — and not only — have been unfolding at breakneck speed. The debuts of an unprecedented number of designers at brands from Dior…