Linda Farrow Is Back and Ready for Her Close Up

LONDON — Linda Farrow is back. The designer who launched her eponymous label of glamorous sunglasses in the ‘70s is now the face of the brand’s Iconic collection, wearing frames…

Fashionphile Celebrate 25 Iconic Bags in New Book

Luxury handbags have continued to dominate the fashion industry — in both their cultural relevance and their resale value in the secondhand market. As Italian fashion journalist Anna Dello Russo…

Who’s the Greatest Designer of Them All?

Who’s the greatest? There of course is no real way to measure who have been the three most influential designers of the last 115 years, since it’s such a subjective…

Balenciaga Introduces Perfume Collection and Fragrance Store

PARIS — Balenciaga is delving deep back into fragrance with the launch of a high perfume collection and a boutique to house it. This marks the first scent-related project for…

Launchmetrics Unveils AI Tools to Measure Brand Identity & Relevance

Being at the “center of culture” and “a part of the conversation” is a kind of marketing holy grail.  Every click, post, repost, short video and long thinkpiece keeps a…

Lori Harvey Approves of The Row’s Bold $750 Flip-flops

Lori Harvey joined summer’s growing flip-flop renaissance this weekend in Los Angeles, stepping out in The Row‘s most polarizing sandals this season. Lori Harvey Balenciaga The model and entrepreneur wore…

Remembering the Late Danielle Slavik, a Cristobal Balenciaga Model Who Returned to the Balenciaga Runway in 2022

“Couture to me is specifically about clothes,” said Demna backstage after the show, as reported by Vogue Runway’s Sarah Mower. “There was a narrative that somehow happened by itself. It…

Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Names New CEO

MILAN – Ludivine Pont has been named chief executive officer of Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, effective Sept. 1.   She has been chief marketing officer of Balenciaga since…

Danielle Slavik, Model for Cristóbal Balenciaga, Dead at 81

Danielle Slavik, a house model for Cristóbal Balenciaga from 1964 until he hung up his scissors for good in 1968, has died in Paris at age 81. Her passing was announced on…

The Celebrities At Balenciaga’s Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025 Show Gave Demna A Stylish Send-Off

No, it wasn’t a funeral — it was just celebrities kitted out in dramatic head-to-toe black for the Balenciaga Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025 show. The scene outside of the house’s historic…