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Past Meets Present at Cartier Flagship
Just as jewelry inspired by its heritage has catapulted Cartier's sales to recent highs, the historical…
Scanning the Terrain: Europe’s Luxury Stores Anchor Holiday Hopes
After several seasons of weak consumer spending and high unemployment in Europe, a spate of positive economic…
A Gusher of Luxe in the Middle East
Luxury has had a vintage year, propelled by robust growth in North America and Asia and resurgent sales in…
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A U.S. judge has ordered French billionaire Francois Pinault to pay almost $190 million plus interest to the…
Philo in Talks to Leave Chloe?
Speculation is mounting in Paris that Phoebe Philo may exit as creative director of Chloe.
Scherrer Nixes Couture Show
Jean-Louis Scherrer said on Friday that it would not stage a couture show in January as part of a…
Dior’s Toledano Awarded Legion of Honor
Born in Morocco and trained as an engineer, Toledano launched his fashion career at footwear firm Kickers and…
Safilo to Relist on Italian Exchange
After delisting its shares four years ago, Safilo is returning to the stock market and becoming Italy's…
Berge Celebrates 75th With Friends
Looking in fine fettle, the YSL dean hosted 130 friends Monday night to an informal sit-down dinner and…
MCM Seeking Revival in Europe, North America
MCM, a dusty relic of the Eighties, thinks it can become luxury's latest Lazarus.
Civil Unrest Worries French Retailers
As rampaging youths set fire to cars and destroyed property across France, retailers in and around the…
Bedos Polishes Boucheron’s High End
When Jean-Christophe Bedos arrived as president of Boucheron in April 2004, he started sifting through the…
Dance Fever
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, a rising star on Europe's avant-garde dance scene, is sipping apple juice at a picnic…
Sanguine Sagnier
Actress Ludivine Sagnier, 26, represents the new cool mood in French film.
Texworld Buyers Provide Bullish Outlook
Buyers at the Texworld fabric fair here last week sought more sophisticated fabrics to stimulate sales in a…