There’s no discounting the appeal of a true movie star — and Anne Hathaway certainly fits that bill. The actress was resplendent in a striking fire engine red vintage Valentino gown when she presented the John B. Fairchild Honor to Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti during the WWD Honors event Tuesday night. The WWD Honors…
PARIS — With a record 15 designer debuts this season, fashion month drew more eyeballs than ever. Fashion search engine Tagwalk said that, with 234 shows for the spring 2026 season, versus 187 for fall 2025, it registered 27 million page views between Sept. 11 and Oct. 14, representing a 28 percent increase season-on-season. Paris…
PARIS — LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said revenues fell 4 percent in the third quarter, but sales in organic terms rose for the first time this year, signaling there may be light at the end of the tunnel for the beleaguered luxury sector. The industry bellwether said revenues for the three months to Sept….
PARIS — Will 2025 go down in history as another fashion Big Bang? In Paris alone, no fewer than eight brands will stage their first runway shows for women’s ready-to-wear collections under new designers. The industry hasn’t seen this much upheaval since 1997, the last comparable seminal moment in fashion. As Dior, Chanel, Loewe, Balenciaga,…
Fashion meets beauty — again. As concerns over the state of the global economy continue to rise and companies see profits squeezed, in part because of tariffs, fashion and traditional apparel brands are once again leaning into the trusty beauty sector, even as that, too, is starting to show cracks. For the brands in question,…
PARIS — Maria Grazia Chiuri is stepping down as artistic director of women’s collections at Dior, where she oversaw a golden age of growth thanks to a mix of commercially successful product and feminist-driven storytelling. Her departure after nine years at the helm opens the door for the brand’s next chapter under Jonathan Anderson, who…
Fashion is learning how to talk — and when to keep quiet — in the “Art of the Deal” age. U.S. President Donald Trump decided he wanted more from the European Union on Friday and recommended 50 percent tariffs on imports starting June 1. While that would be a profit-crushing levy at the border of…
Fashion’s great game of musical chairs is not only shortening the tenure of creative directors, it has temporarily sidelined some of the industry’s most famous and accomplished talents. Chalk it up to fashion’s relentless hunger for newness, its long-standing obsession with youth — plus a new appreciation for internal mobility, observers say. “The necessity of…
As is now customary, the winner of the sixth leg of the 2025 championship will receive the trophy in a bespoke Louis Vuitton trunk. The trunk is covered in the French brand’s famous Monogram design and bears a hand-painted “V” on the front, in a nod to the shared initial for “Vuitton” and victory. Reflecting…