Category: News
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Expensive doesn’t equal durable
Okay, this my final reflection on the Van Cleef and Arpels drama. I just have this last thing to say. A key issue in this story is that this entire story is ridiculous, given the price of the bracelet. As mangomoniica tells her story, it is revealed that her Alhambra bracelet started to tarnish after…
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The Van Cleef and Arpels TikTok drama
A tiktok creator, who goes by the handle mangomoniica, is sore with Van Cleef and Arpels. As she tells it, she had her 18k gold Alhambra bracelet for all of two months before it started to tarnish. She took the item into the store and had it sent away for cleaning. When it returned to…
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The new duo at Loewe
The design duo and founders of Proenza Schouler, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, are now taking their talents to Loewe, as co-creative directors. This announcement comes just one week after Jonathan Anderson announced his exit from the post. The first thing I thought was that this signals a similarly quirky aesthetic will likely be maintained…
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Demna heads to Gucci
We have news. Back in February, I wrote about the departure of Sabato de Sarno from Gucci. We now know the person who will fill the role. It’s Demna, who may know from his work at Balenciaga, making trash bags cool again. I’m going to speculate some things here. First, reporting from Vogue Business indicates…
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Soon you could be completely dressed in Louis Vuitton, even your face
Continuing the trend, Louis Vuitton is the latest luxury brand to enter the beauty category. The products, expected to include lip balms, lipsticks, and eyeshadows, are set to release in autumn 2025. (Side question: I wonder if this will coincide with Paris Fashion Week?). The brand has tapped Pat McGrath as the beauty director to…
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What is a suit for, anyway?
If you are in the U.S. or are simply in the world not underneath a rock, you will likely have heard about how the meeting between President of Zelensky of Ukraine and President Trump of the U.S. took a turn. A member of the press asked Zelensky why he was not wearing a suit. Zelensky…
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Ben and Jerry want their ice cream back
Ben and Jerry want their company back. Since selling their eponymous ice cream brand to Unilever, they have faced barriers keeping true to their roots. As they attempt, through the independent board, to put their progressive values at the core of what they do, Unilever have pushed back. In protest to the war in Gaza,…
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Walgreens loss prevention had them losing even more
It seems that Walgreens extreme loss prevention methods made things even worse. The drugstore chain reported a $245 million loss as a result of the efforts. The CEO didn’t provide any additional details, beyond they would be working on creative efforts to turn things around. In reporting on this story, Regina Cho covered what people…
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Sephora just entered the world of sports in a whole new way
If you are not new to social media, chances are you have seen the growing traction of women’s sports. Along with this has come brand deals galore. But why focus on individual athletes at a time when you could have an entire team? Well, clearly Sephora thought the same. More specifically, Sephora Canada is a…
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Is retail back?
Over the past year, there was a 4% increase in retail sales. 4% might seem like an insignificant figure, but factor in the losses that happened as a result of the pandemic and rise of online shopping. An increase is still an increase. My question then is “Is retail back?” The reporting by WWD didn’t…
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