“Luxury clients these days are a bit more reluctant to hype and are demanding on quality. In the world of niche fragrance, clients are understanding that loud performance doesn’t always mean superactive quality. There is a new generation of clients understanding that quality lies in the ingredients and its extractions,”...

“Product doesn’t sell itself,” says Karen Harvey, founder and CEO of Karen Harvey Consulting, a luxury advisory firm that helps place talent. “People need to feel like they want to wear that badge , and think, ‘That’s actually me.’ That’s where the marketer comes in.”Experts say that as luxury moves...

As designers come and go, brands are recalibrating client and retail experience to stop their most important clients from walking away. #Battle #VIC

In the months that followed the Spring/Summer 2026 season, we have seen a series of new hires in the communications, marketing and design departments of luxury’s major houses. Our new series ‘Fashion’s Real Reset Starts Now’ looks at all these changes and how they will redefine the fashion industry in...

Tommy Hilfiger remembers just how dressed up men used to get for work back when he launched his namesake label in New York in the 1980s. From Wall Street executives and beyond, it was the true era of power suits. You could easily catch a glimpse of men rocking three-piece...

Valentino Garavani, the Roman couturier who launched his label in 1960 and found worldwide fame dressing European royals, American first ladies, and stars of the day, has died at his home in Rome. He was 93.With his exacting pattern-making, signature hue of poppy red, and eye for feminine details like...

You’ll recognize her silhouette first: the voluminous blonde coiffure, the sharp acrylic talons, the perfectly lined coral lips. The legend that is Dolly Parton has a look that she has maintained since her early days on cable television in the 1960s.Parton, who turned 80 today, made her name on the...

Prada, fall 2026 menswear Photo: Armando Grillo / Gorunway.comThe message from Milan men’s week seems to be that there are many ways to be a man and express masculinity. At Hed Mayner, Soshiotsuki, and Prada, construction was used to alter the way the body is carried, but the overarching movement...

A list of the most “in” haircuts for 2026 wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the “curtain crop” or “soft pixie” that seems to be everywhere right now (whether you have the former or the latter depends on how you style your fringe). “It’s foppish and longer on the top, and...

Throughout his career, the late Valentino Garavani was beloved by the stars, dressing everyone from influential first ladies (Jackie Kennedy wore many of his gowns) to buzzy Oscar winners (in 2001, Julia Roberts picked up her Academy Award in a black and white Valentino dress of velvet, tulle, and silk...