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This article is part of our Advanced Membership package. To enjoy unlimited access to The Long View from Vogue Business, The Fashion Exec’s Guide and Market Insights Reports, sign up for Advanced Membership here. Welcome to Generational Breakdown, a series where we explore consumer behaviour across all living generations to get a better idea of how they are buying luxury in 2025.“People assume women our age are not tech savvy or fashion forward,” says 56-year-old Sylvia Bhugra. Bhugra is a former MRI technologist currently based in Chicago who loves to shop luxury fashion and accessories. Her favourite brands are Hermès, Chanel…

After months of speculation around his future post-Loewe, Jonathan Anderson was announced as the artistic director of its LVMH stablemate Dior Men on Thursday. While many expect him to eventually helm both the men’s and womenswear businesses at Dior, for now, he’s well placed to drive the future of menswear from one of the market’s most coveted roles, following the departure of Kim Jones in January.Anderson has a strong track record in menswear, having launched his eponymous label JW Anderson as a menswear brand in 2008 before adding womenswear two years later. “Menswear, and its redefinition, is the foundation of…

Who is the Ralph Lauren woman? The version on display at the American brand’s Autumn 2025 fashion show on Thursday in New York was elegant, swapping denim jeans and button-downs for Victorian-era frills.She’s also a significant business opportunity for Ralph Lauren CEO Patrice Louvet, who says that while women are more than half of the brand’s shoppers, its womenswear business is only one-third of company sales. With each runway show — which take place on Ralph’s schedule, not the fashion calendar’s — Ralph Lauren chooses a focal point. Sometimes — like its September show at a riding stable in the…

It’s a valid enough question. In 2019, NASA had to update a planned all-female spacewalk to feature one man and one woman because it did not have enough spacesuits for two women. Except that Perry et al. were not wearing astronaut garb, but snazzy, figure-hugging blue and black catsuits that were somewhat reminiscent of Sue Storm’s Fantastic Four uniform. They were designed by the media-savvy founders of Monse, Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim, who also currently design for Oscar de la Renta and have dressed Sanchez in the past.For most, the billions spent on the space jaunt raised an eyebrow:…

After a successful 11-year run at Loewe, a house he exited in March, Jonathan Anderson has been appointed artistic director of Dior menswear. He succeeds Kim Jones, who stepped down in January.The house’s brief statement on Anderson’s appointment was shared after LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault announced at the conglomerate’s annual general meeting on Thursday that Anderson would design the next Dior Men show on 27 June. ​​​​Anderson was appointed creative director of LVMH-owned Loewe in September 2013. He was then a 29-year-old designer with a fledgling business: Anderson created his namesake brand JW Anderson in 2008, in which…

China’s fashion industry is undergoing a profound transformation. The growth rate of the domestic market has slowed, and brands as well as distributors are generally facing greater operating pressures — not least because of President Trump’s latest round of tariffs, ramping up China’s total to 54 per cent.In this evolving climate, the showroom model must transcend its traditional role of merely connecting brands with buyers, as Chinese showrooms slowly think outside the box, rather than solely eyeing Western retailers for future development. By moving the focus beyond sales, showrooms could help brands secure collaborations and create new business opportunities.

After Jean Paul Gaultier retired from the runway in 2020, his Puig-owned namesake house initiated a rotating designer model, in which a guest talent created each couture collection. Chitose Abe, Glenn Martens, Olivier Rousteing, Haider Ackermann, Julien Dossena, Simone Rocha, Nicolas Di Felice and Ludovic de Saint Sernin have each taken on the gig.Now, the brand is changing strategy: it has tapped Duran Lantink as creative director to lead both couture and ready-to-wear, bringing an end to the rotating model.“I see in him the energy, audacity and playful spirit through fashion that I had at the beginning of my own…

This article is part of the Future of Appearance, a collection of articles that investigates what we will look like in 20 years.On 20 January, alongside President Donald Trump and his slew of Big Tech bros, there emerged a uniform look among the women standing tall (in high heels) on the inauguration stage: bouncy blonde blowouts, overdone makeup and ultra-traditional skirt suits. The fashion was “severe and demure”, as Vogue Runway’s José Criales-Unzueta dubbed Melania’s Adam Lippes look.

International retailers are spooked and domestic multi-brands are shifting budgets. Production and material costs are already spiking. Initial tariff impact has been major, and it’s hitting indie brands the hardest.

Prada is gearing up to welcome Versace back to Milan. “We’re ready for this journey,” chief executive officer Andrea Guerra told investors on a call following the €1.25 billion acquisition announcement from Capri Holdings on Thursday.The group’s goal for Versace is sustainable, lasting success, Guerra said. “What will be the KPI, what will be the performance indicator?” Guerra asked. “Sustainable revenue growth in the long term.”