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Khaite is on the verge of two milestones. The brand will turn 10 this year, and sometime in the future, if the business keeps moving in the direction it’s currently headed, it’ll hit $500 million in sales. “We are way up, more than any other year, so we’re definitely meeting our stretch projection,” designer Cate Holstein reported at...

At the tail end of a New York winter, I returned home from a weekend girls’ trip and climbed into bed with my then boyfriend, who had spent the previous two days unsupervised. He left for work at 7 a.m. the next morning, kissing me goodbye with the kind of tenderness that makes you forget a man’s capacity...

It’s been just two years since Bottega Veneta launched its inaugural fragrance collection where, much like the Maison’s intricate leatherwork, the sinuous bottles perched atop sculptural marble stands felt like standalone works of art. Fast forward to today, and much has changed: namely, Louise Trotter took the helm as the brand’s creative director, who is now unveiling the...

“For this pre-collection it’s very much a combination of all the Diesel codes, including the utility workwear vibe, a little bit more tailoring, plus a little bit more millennial clothes.” Glenn Martens spoke at his usual pell-mell pace on a call about a collection that majored on the apparently impossible, featuring trompe l’oeil fabrications, radical garment combinations, and...

As everyone already knows, Dua Lipa and Callum Turner got married at the weekend—the bride in a custom Schiaparelli skirt suit, the groom in sleek navy Ferragamo. Their London-set town hall civil ceremony was rumored to pre-empt a bigger, more opulent wedding in Palermo later this month.There’s a few predictions for what the pop star will wear—a Simon...

Anderson .Paak wore a pair of white patent Reva flats from Tory Burch to the Met Gala. Burch had nothing to do with the rest of the musician’s outfit, which included a star embroidered jacket, oval shades, and his trademark wig, but she probably approved of its eclecticism. At an appointment, she said her new resort collection “continues...

A Toast for The Bottom of the Harbor, Illustrated by Joana Avillez“They don’t throw book parties like this anymore” seemed to be the consensus during the evening hosted to toast the newest edition of Joseph Mitchell’s The Bottom of the Harbor. First published in 1959, the volume gathers fifteen years of Mitchell’s New Yorker essays documenting the underbelly...

The success of these launches reflects a broader desire among consumers to feel connected to a cultural moment, not simply to own a product. That emotional layer is becoming even more important as luxury consumers navigate an environment saturated by product options and content. In practice, this means launches need to operate simultaneously as merchandising strategies, storytelling vehicles,...

Resale is no longer a side market for luxury, but an increasingly established part of shopping. #Sell #Vintage #Secondhand

With this in mind, brand strategists need to consider every touchpoint that signifies a brand and replicate these signature assets across them. Packaging is a key example. An embossed paper bag in signature brand colors that is carried out of a store by a shopper becomes a brand advert for everyone who sees it — an association that...