Lanvin

The men’s fashion week that closed in Paris on Sunday served up an array of masculine personas. At times, it worked; at times, it looked like cosplay, reports Angelo Flacavento.

New designer Peter Copping steered the storied Paris couture house toward solid ground with a polished and self-assured, if somewhat safe, debut. Can the brand’s ‘ultimate chic’ stand up to deep-pocketed rivals?

The deluge of sports-inspired product releases and collaborations between brands and sports teams or athletes has saturated the market and started to spur a backlash. But insiders say there is still room for tie-ups which go beyond simple logo swaps or licensing deals.

Copping, who most recently worked behind the scenes at Balenciaga, will join France’s oldest couture house from September. The designer previously served as director of Oscar de la Renta and Nina Ricci.

Any fashion company that is contemplating going public needs to have not only the product and brand fundamentals right but also a business strategy that can easily be understood by the markets, writes Imran Amed.

BoF Insights and Quilt.AI co-created The BoF Brand Magic Index to examine if customers see a brand the same way a brand sees itself. The Index quantifies and ranks 50 global luxury and fashion labels using AI-driven analysis of tens of thousands of social media posts by brands and their customers.

Bruno Sialelli’s departure comes as the brand establishes a new leather goods and accessories department and Lanvin Lab, a new division dedicated to collaborative projects.

In an age of clickbait fashion, it was acts of reduction that, paradoxically, stood out most, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

The report is the first time the Chinese luxury company has disclosed financial performance since its SPAC listing.

As the Chinese-owned luxury group raises fresh funds to fuel a turnaround, it’s contending with a cooling luxury market and a playing field dominated by much larger rivals.