Selfridges unveils first cinema advertising campaign
Luxury retailer Selfridges has unveiled its first made-for-cinema film, shot by director and photographer Norbert Schoerner in support of Selfridges’ new creative retail scheme, Radical Luxury, which seeks to question the meaning of luxury in today’s world. The 60-second ‘Radical Luxury’ film, is a visual journey featuring stock footage, live action and computer-generated images, to…
Charis & Doxa officially launches shoe collaboration
Charis & Doxa, an online fashion boutique, has announced the debut of their very first shoe collection. Hoping to give women everywhere a reason to cheer, their exclusive collection features sport-inspired heels, wedges, and flats made with authentic sport ball materials. “We wanted to create shoes that are fun and unique for the girl-next-door, while…
H&M Group to launch new apps with Google and HoloMe
H&M Group is set to showcase two new “cutting-edge” technology features during Stockholm Fashion Tech Talks, the conference on fashion digitisation, which have been created in collaboration with Google and HoloMe. Elin Frendberg, H&M group business development, said in a press release: “At H&M group we constantly work on innovations that create extraordinary customer experiences.…
Haider Ackermann going co-ed for runway
Haider Ackermann is the latest designer to announce he will be going coed for Fashion Week, which means Paris Mens Fashion Week has lost another one of its top designers. Ackermann, who recently departed from Berluti as creative director, will be showing his men’s and women’s spring 2019 collection together at Paris Fashion Week in…
Fashion brands celebrate International Women’s Day
Kate Spade, Chinti and Parker, and Net-a-Porter are among the fashion brands and retailers getting behind International Women’s Day 2018, a day devoted to celebrating and supporting women and to raise awareness of gender equality, which has been given a bigger spotlight this year following the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements. Kate Spade New York…
Burberry sues Target over check pattern
Click:top electronics Burberry’s check pattern is known for being on garments that were neither Burberry designed or approved. Needless to say, they are tired of it. On May 2, Burberry filed a lawsuit against the latest perpetrator, Target Corporation and Target Brands, Inc., accusing them of selling numerous products that infringe on Burberry’s check trademark…
Big luxury groups have 17 billion euros to invest
The luxury groups have a luxury problem: they are sitting on a mountain of cash. 17.4 billion euros to be exact, that can’t sit gathering dust in a bank account. Assets of this size should be invested in something, but what? Buying brands is small change for some Buying another brand would be small change…
Berluti unveils first campaign under Kris Van Assche
French heritage brand Berluti has unveiled its first campaign under new artistic director of Kris van Assche. The campaign aims to position the LVMH owned company back to its roots. The images feature three male models, torsos nude, posing with the label’s classic Alessandro oxford shoes draped across their bodies. Van Assche, who came from…
Farfetch launches watches and jewellery hub
Farfetch is moving into hard luxury with the launch of its watches and jewellery hub, which will include Chopard, De Beers, Pomellato and Ulysse Nardin all launching exclusive pieces with the e-commerce platform. Launching today, May 8, the fine watch hub and the fine jewellery hub will be available across its different language sites, shipping…
O’Neill x Hello Kitty launches for summer 2018
Surf and lifestyle brand O’Neill has teamed up with Hello Kitty to launch a girls summer collection, featuring swimwear, apparel and accessories. The summer collection, inspired by vintage aloha features girl’s swimwear, cover-ups, graphic T-shirts, tank tops and beach accessories, including a baseball cap and a pink bucket hat, all of which have been embellished…