Joan Kennedy

2 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy

“Square cut or pear shape, these rocks won’t lose their shape,” sings Marilyn Monroe’s Lorelei Lee, fit with a sparkling Art Deco diamond collar and cuffs, in the 1953 classic “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend.” Today, Lee might have more flexible tastes.

2 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy

A little over a month into President Donald Trump’s new tariff regime, the verdict is in: Clothes are getting cheaper. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday reported that apparel prices fell 0.4 percent between April and May, and were down 0.9 percent from a year prior. Inflation overall was estimated at 2.4 percent, in line with expectations. The data likely reflects pain delayed rather than avoided.

2 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy

Vanity Fair has named Mark Guiducci, the creative editorial director of Vogue, its next editor. Guiducci will be the first global editorial director of the Condé Nast owned magazine, filling the space left by editor-in-chief Radhika Jones, who stepped down in April. Starting June 30, Guiducci will oversee Vanity Fair’s creative and editorial direction across the US, UK, France, Italy and Spain.

2 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy

Fashion communications conglomerate The Independents has acquired culinary studio We Are Ona. Founded in Paris in 2019 by chef and Noma alumnus Luca Pronzato, We Are Ona produces immersive dinners, including for Chanel, Balenciaga, Coperni, Alaïa and Saint Laurent. After working together on various projects for clients over the past few years, joining forces felt inevitable, said Independents co-founder and chief executive Isabelle Chouvet.

1 month ago | businessoffashion.com | Joan Kennedy

For its latest campaign, Saint Laurent shed its de rigueur dark, sleek backdrops, for a more unexpected setting: a backyard picnic. Titled “An Ordinary Day,” rather than sumptuous leather couches draped in satin, models sit on folding chairs, licking their fingers, cutting fruitcakes and drinking tea.