The sleeping days of July, before the big summer holiday season, the fashion news is peculiar.
Journalist are waking up to the fact designs are not based on creativity but the nebulous algorithms. The more likes, engagements, the higher chances the piece will get copied by a designer. Amy Odell’s New York Times article lays it bare.
What happens when a world famous luxury department store is put up for sale but gets two offers? The current state of retail is filled with anxiety. Harvey Nicols recently went on the market. Owner Sir Dickson Poon is soliciting bids for the money losing London based fashion hub. Once iconic thanks to the 90’s show Ab Fab, the in crowd symbol fell on hard times as posh shoppers opened their wallets at Knights Bridge rival Harrods.
Kering Group lost a case against a YouTubber accusing the social media creator of slandering the company’s leather wear subsidiary Bottega Veneta. The case involved the “Made in Italy” label along with a 4500 euro handbag that may or may not have been produced on the peninsula, but instead crafted in China, then finished some where in Tuscany. Kering sued to have Meta take the video down. The French judge through the case out. The ruling leaves open a number of questions for the giant luxury corporation.