British Fashion Council has said London Fashion Week will continue in the event of the Queen's death, but will recommend all parties + "non-core" events be cancelled and any shows held during the funeral be rearranged
Tomorrow,
@condenastint
launches Vogue Business, a new title offering a global perspective on the fashion industry. Feel very lucky to be involved + grateful for the team working on this with me. Sign up to see it first:
Louis Vuitton has emerged as the surprise buyer of the 1,758-carat Sewelo 💎. I spoke to chief exec Michael Burke about LV’s plans for it - and how it plays into the brand’s strategy to scale the highly fragmented jewellery market - in my first
@FT
story:
Back in high school, my dad would cut
@BinkleyOnStyle
's stories out of the WSJ in the hopes of interesting his Marc Jacobs-obsessed daughter in economics. I am thrilled and honoured that she has now joined
@voguebusiness
as contributing editor.
I first started reading
@Fashionista_com
around the time
@laureni
took over. How encouraging to chat with her now, in crazy 2020, and be reminded that some great careers are forged in what seem like impossible times:
The British Fashion Council said today that there will be no physical component to London Fashion Week in Feb - the entire schedule will be digital-only. D&G has also cancelled its in-person men's show for Jan, citing govt guidance
Saint Laurent's revenues passed the €2bn mark for the first time. CEO Francesca Bellettini and creative director Anthony Vacarello tell
@AlexanderFury
how they got there - and why €5bn isn't out of reach:
Recycled polyester is getting more and more expensive compared to virgin,
@maddievitesse
reports in this v good story. And despite all the talk, fast fashion brands are using hardly any recycled material in their collections (3-5 pct!):
Had the great pleasure of interviewing
@lornamugan
about character, class and costume in
@NormalPeopleBBC
(with thanks to
@shelbyshelly
for explaining to me the significance of GAA shorts & so many other things)