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6 days ago | 
wwd.com | Samantha Conti
Human connection is the key to business success, according to Montse Suarez, the founder of Iris Ventures, which invests in customer-centric brands that aim to solve consumers' problems and help them lead healthier, happier lives. Although Suarez and her team sift through thousands of potential investments, and have a strict set of requirements about how and where they put their money, they put just as much emphasis on passion as on profitability.
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1 week ago | 
wwd.com | Samantha Conti
Grab a box of popcorn and an XL drink - it's time for another Hitchcock moment with Emilia Wickstead. Last season the designer and vintage film fan looked to "The Birds" for inspiration, and for resort she came back for more psychological thrills.
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1 week ago | 
wwd.com | Samantha Conti
The Miu Miu flagship on the corner of New Bond and Bruton streets is set to reopen next month with a fresh look and a new attitude. The store, which first opened in 2010, has been shut for refurbishment since March. When it reopens softly on June 7, it will showcase a new retail concept centered on "cultural exchange, community, and conversation," according to the brand.
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1 week ago | 
wwd.com | Samantha Conti
LONDON - Kerry Taylor Auctions is set to sell clothing from the closets of two leading ladies of London culture - Marianne Faithfull, the musician and Rolling Stones muse who died last January, and Zandra Rhodes, the colorful fashion and textile designer who dressed Princess Diana, among other celebrities. Both collections will go up for auction as part of Kerry Taylor's wider "Passion for Fashion" sale on June 17 in London.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Samantha Conti
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article.
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2 weeks ago | 
wwd.com | Samantha Conti
- Sustainability and fashion have always been uncomfortable partners, but Amy Powney is trying her best to reconcile them with the launch of her new contemporary clothing line Akyn, which is set to debut at Liberty in the next weeks. She's working with a small bundle of materials including regenerative, organic and recycled cottons; certified merino wool, and fabrics made from Tencel's cellulose-based fibers for the chic, low-key collection of suits, separates and knits.
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2 weeks ago | 
wwd.com | Miles Socha |Joelle Diderich |Lily Templeton |Sandra Salibian |Samantha Conti |Luisa Zargani | +1 more
When the weekend comes, many fashion designers make a beeline for the countryside, lakes or the mountains, seeking respite in nature. Still others prefer city breaks - or simply staying put. During the latest fashion month, WWD Weekend asked a wide range of designers in all the main capitals to name their favorite place to escape. Nicolas Ghesquière, Louis Vuitton: "I enjoy getting out of the city to go to my country house.
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2 weeks ago | 
wwd.com | Samantha Conti
The Ladies Who Lunch are back, but for a new generation of shopaholic socialites, lunch is just the beginning. There are green juice breakfasts and Champagne dinners; private tours of the Sistine Chapel, La Scala and Frieze; resort hopping on the Italian coast; afternoon tea at designers' homes, and front-row seats at fashion shows, right next to the brand ambassador actors and K-pop stars. The world's richest are back on the grand tour.
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2 weeks ago | 
wwd.com | Evan Clark |Joelle Diderich |Samantha Conti
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 a vital market for European luxury houses, the reaction from fashion wasn't so much muted as it was nonexistent.
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2 weeks ago | 
wwd.com | Samantha Conti
- With luxury and fashion retail in a slump, Harvey Nichols has become the latest big-name British store to upgrade its estate, reorganize business and redirect spending as it gears for better times. Under new chief executive officer Julia Goddard, the company has begun a three-year transformation program aimed at reestablishing the brand "as a British icon and flagship destination," fueling growth and returning to profitability.
