Downsize is an Understatement Luxury fashion brand DVF, owned by Belgian designer Diane von Furstenberg, will all but shutter its operations in the United States. DVF is to close 18 retail locations across the country, only leaving the New York flagship store open, a location in the meatpacking district that
Resurrecting the Defender Another brand Ratcliffe wants to help out is Jaguar LandRover. Digging far down into his deep pockets, he wants to resurrect the company’s Defender car calling it The Grenadier, named after a Belgravia pub in London. The Ineos Grenadier will be manufactured a new factory in Wales,
Sunday Times Rich List The Sunday Times 2020 Rich List was published recently. The list ranks the 1,000 wealthiest people or families resident in the United Kingdom by net wealth. Popstar and fashion icon, Rihanna Fenty, was a new entry and ranked
DVF Losses Diane Von Furstenberg’s luxury fashion brand DVF faces substantial losses. The United States operation, DVF Studio LLC, lost $22 million in the financial year ending 31 December 2018, and liabilities exceeded assets by more than $6 million on its Balance Sheet. In 2017, DVF lost $35 million and
Details of Your Incompetence Meryl Streep’s portrayal of a demanding and powerful fashion magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada was supposedly a fictional depiction of Vogue editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour. The New York Times bestseller on which the movie is based is written by Lauren Weisberger, once an assistant to
4 Easy Steps to Turn a Brand Around Take an old British brand, add a top British international style icon, throw in a good Creative Director, roll out stores and BINGO! You have a successful turnaround for Kent & Curwen, a brand that had been in the doldrums for many