AGCF: A Luxury Handbag Brand That Gives Back to Women and Children

Photo: Courtesy of AGCF Brand Bio is Fashionista’s guide to the best independent fashion and beauty brands — a resource for retailers, job seekers, B2B companies and consumers alike. If…

Saks Joins Amazon Luxury as Trade War Looms Over Retail

There’s Amazon’s new push into luxury with Saks and then there’s the e-commerce company’s push even higher — literally into space.  Amazon’s quarterly updates to Wall Street contain a list…

How 30-Year-Old Bicester Village Created a Luxury Destination

LONDON — Bicester Village, which set a new standard for off-price shopping in the U.K. and continental Europe with its focus on prime locations and high-end customer service, is marking…

Michelangelo Foundation Focusing More on U.S. to Champion Artisans

To strengthen and preserve contemporary artisans and their skills, the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship is expanding its Homo Faber initiative in the U.S. Created nearly 10 years ago, the…

Luxury Grapples With Disillusionment and Fragile Recovery in China

SHANGHAI — The Chinese retail market showed signs of “fragile recovery” in the first quarter amid an ongoing trade war and domestic economic headwinds, according to a report by Bernstein. The bank’s…

Omorovicza: A Luxury Skin-Care Brand Rooted in Budapest's Geology

Photo: Courtesy of Omorovicza Brand Bio is Fashionista’s guide to the best independent fashion and beauty brands — a resource for retailers, job seekers, B2B companies and consumers alike. If…

Saks Joins Amazon Luxury Stores: A High-end Fashion Breakthrough

Did Saks just help Amazon crack the luxury code?  Maybe.   The internet’s everything store has been looking to break into high-end fashion for years, but it’s had only limited success…

Louis Vuitton Has Increased Handbag Prices by 4% in the U.S.

In the wake of the Trump administration’s tariffs, Louis Vuitton handbags just became more expensive in the U.S. Luxury analysts at Bernstein and Barclays flagged that the French luxury brand…

Kering Shares Slump 6% After Weak Q1 Results

Shares in Kering slumped as much as 6 percent in early trading Thursday on the Paris bourse as investors digested its 14 percent decline in first-quarter revenues, and a 25…

Luxury Roses & Modern Heirlooms

Luxury floral brand Venus et Fleur and Italian porcelain-maker Ginori 1735 have joined the best of their crafts together in a new collaboration—a vase featuring 16 long-stemmed roses. The Kering…