Joan Kennedy

2 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy

Lacoste may be French-born, but the US has long been a part of its story: it was an American journalist who, in the 1920s, nicknamed 19-year-old tennis player René Lacoste “the Crocodile,” that would become the well-known emblem of his eponymous brand. Nearly 100 years later, Lacoste is once again looking to the US, the world’s biggest sportswear market: on Thursday, the brand will officially open its new 10,000-square-foot flagship on New York’s Fifth Avenue.

2 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy

The hottest place to shop in New York right now? Someone else’s closet. Over the past few years the “closet sale” has become a staple of the New York shopping scene. For the biggest ones — see Chloë Sevigny’s “sale of the century” (2023), Jenna Lyons’ so-called stoop sale (2024) and Jemima Kirke’s remote-to-Soho Red Hook event (2024) — lines wrapped around the block, followed by headlines in The Cut, New York Times and Vogue.

3 weeks ago | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Marc Bain |Joan Kennedy

CNN  —  La industria mundial de la moda quedó atónita el miércoles después de que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunciara los aranceles más altos y completos en casi un siglo, con los gravámenes más severos reservados para algunos de los mayores centros de fabricación de prendas de vestir. En un discurso desde la rosaleda de la Casa Blanca, Trump anunció un arancel base del 10% para todos los bienes importados.

3 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy |Simone Stern Carbone

At a press conference in January, fresh off a promising earnings report and a stop at US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, LVMH chief Bernard Arnault — who had pegged hopes of a luxury recovery on growth in the US market — was singing America’s praises. “I have witnessed the winds of optimism in the US,” he said.

3 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy

Dutch designer Duran Lantink has been announced as the winner of the 2025 International Woolmark Prize. He will receive AU$300,000 ($126,000) to put towards business development. “We are in a moment when we need to feel better. Duran makes us feel that.