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Balenciaga bids farewell to Demna with a couture collection rooted in craft, not controversy

Demna’s final bow at Balenciaga arrived not with spectacle but with subtlety, a word rarely associated with the designer who has redefined the house over nearly a decade. The maison's 54th haute couture collection, shown Wednesday in Paris, was both a personal farewell and a statement of return: to construction, to silhouette, and to the...

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Hermès expands watchmaking factory in Switzerland despite sector decline

More powerful than ever with 15.2 billion euros in revenue in 2024, Hermès announced on Monday its plans to expand its watchmaking factory in Le Noirmont, Switzerland. This expansion is set to eventually accommodate one hundred new employees, a move that comes despite the company witnessing a drop in its watchmaking segment sales in 2024. By...

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Why Labfresh ditched AI campaigns after four seasons: ‘Humans perform better’

AI still evokes different reactions. Enthusiasm and trepidation has now given way to experimentation and implementation. One of the fashion companies that started working with AI early on to help with its campaigns was Dutch brand Labfresh. After four seasons with AI by its side, however, the brand is now returning to fully “human” campaigns....

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V&A to host first-ever Schiaparelli exhibition in the UK

London’s V&A museum, which has hosted fashion exhibitions celebrating Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior, will stage the first-ever exhibit in the UK devoted to haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion house Schiaparelli. ‘Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art’ will run from March 21 to November 1, 2026, and will chart the history and...