GUCCI’S PARADE OF LOVE? In almost unprecedented extravagance for a luxury fashion label, Kering’s powerhouse brand, Gucci, hosted its latest event, ‘Love Parade’, in Los Angeles over four days in November 2021. The 35-minute Love Parade runway show took place on Hollywood Boulevard on 2 November, with a block being
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD STEPS UP IN COVID-19 While most luxury fashion labels have had a rough ride throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the same is not entirely true for Vivienne Westwood, the British brand known for introducing punk and new wave into mainstream fashion. For its accounts to 31 December 2020, operating
REEBOK ACQUISITION With its impressive revenue of £353 million ($489 million) in 2020, it looks as if brand management company, Authentic Brands Group, (ABG) won’t be slowing down anytime soon, pandemic or not. On 12 August 2021, it was announced that German apparel giant, Adidas was selling its subsidiary Reebok
Merry Christmas The Fashion and Design Club would like to wish everybody involved in fashion and design a Merry Christmas and a well-deserved, restful and peaceful festive season. Thank You The Club would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in the production of the Inside
Fashion Designers: Success Coupled with Failure Fashion designers are often fantastic when working for other brands but fail with their own. Karl Lagerfeld was tremendously successful at Chanel and Fendi. His namesake brand was a failure. Emma Hill did a great job at Mulberry. Despite this, her own brand, Hill
Supreme Finds a New Home Supreme, the cult streetwear and skateboarding brand, has been acquired by Denver-based apparel company, VF Corporation. VF, the parent of Vans, The North Face, and Timberland, has been on the lookout for expansion via external acquisitions. On 9 November this year, a deal was struck