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Amid inflation, price hikes and swelling interest rates, consumers stopped buying as much, and the global luxury market felt the burn: losing about 50 million consumers in 2024.To help brands weather the storm, Vogue Business has launched a new editorial series: The Luxury Slowdown Survival Guide. In this webinar, join Vogue Business deputy director Elektra Kotsoni and other editors to learn more about the series. Insights will include findings from our exclusive consumer survey and projections for the year ahead from key analysts, as well as deep dives into the brands and categories outperforming the rest of the market.

Last year, fashion publications wrote extensively about the impact of the algorithm on personal style. (Vogue Business included.)The algorithm — shorthand for data-influenced recommendations — is making discovery harder. It’s killing personal style. It’s a positive for Gen Z. It’s a catalyst for the surge in fast fashion and overconsumption. It’s avoidable — just look at Substack. It’s supercharged micro-trends. It’s killed them. The list goes on.

The brand is closing just months after Glenn Martens exited as creative director.

Whew.Consider, now, that Ackermann has outfitted his famous celebrity bestie, Chalamet, for the Golden Globes, giving everyone a first look at his Tom Ford. In fact, some of the buzziest looks of the evening — the official kick-off to the 2025 awards season — came from labels skipping the men’s shows.Garfield’s viral moment was a play on a Gucci Notte look by De Sarno, who also dressed Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst, while Redmayne and Domingo were outfitted by Valentino. Best Actor winner Adrien Brody wore Thom Browne — the closest thing to a trad suit, though not at all…

If awards season is anything to go by, we’re set for an exciting year when it comes to menswear. And while Pitti Uomo and Milan Fashion Week Men’s look a little different for Autumn/Winter 2025, with a reduction in big-brand shows and activations, organisers expect new names to bring some crucial energy this season. And of course, from Prada to Giorgio Armani, we can rely on the major labels that remain to bring a suitable amount of buzz.Even amid the luxury slowdown, the Italian menswear market is growing faster than that of womenswear, presenting an opportunity for brands that can…

It’s been a turbulent year for luxury in China, but it’s still a crucial region for the fashion industry to continue investing in, home to a savvy and discerning consumer. Across the vast market, what are the emerging cities where brands should focus their energy?For the second time, Vogue Business in China has released its ranking of China’s emerging fashion capitals. The list places cities in China according to five metrics as they relate to fashion: consumption power (including GDP per capita and quality of life); business potential (including store openings and ease of transportation); cultural charm (including the city’s…

“It’s Lacroix, sweetie!”Those three little words, made famous by fashion-mad Edina Monsoon on the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, are ones you may soon start hearing again.That’s because the Spanish company Sociedad Textil Lonia, or STL, has reached an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Christian Lacroix, the French fashion house synonymous with 1980s exuberance, in what the company is describing as “a private transaction”. The Christian Lacroix brand had been previously owned by the Falic Group, also owners of US retail group Duty Free Americas. Details of the deal were not shared.Adut Akech attends “In America: An Anthology of…

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has named Selfridges chief creative Laura Weir as its new CEO, effective from 28 April. Caroline Rush, who announced in September that she intended to step down as CEO after almost 16 years, will exit in June following a handover.“We are delighted to announce the appointment of Laura Weir as incoming CEO of the BFC,” said BFC chair David Pemsel in a statement. “Laura has worked alongside established and emerging designers, creative talent, industry leaders and press throughout her career over the past two decades. Her experience gives her an understanding of the complexities of…

That’s an interesting point. Do you feel as people of colour, we need to work harder to get the same opportunities?Taj: Oh, yeah, hands down. I had this conversation with my wife and she asked me a question: ‘Do you work harder because you’re Asian?’ I am in no way under any pressure in terms of how hard I work; however, I do feel it among my peers.And Chuksi, you got into this industry at 36. Did you find that quite difficult?Chuksi: I was given the impression that it would be the case by a lot of people, but it…

As part of Cut From AnOther Cloth, Rikesh Chauhan interviews a series of craftspeople of colour who work on and around Savile Row. The project was conducted in collaboration with social impact company Other Box.Running parallel to Regent Street in Central London is a row of tailoring houses that have been dressing some of the world’s most distinguished dignitaries, aristocrats, celebrities and members of society since the 1800s. It was long the home of the Royal Geographical Society; it was on one of those rooftops that The Beatles performed as one for the final time; and more recently, where certain…