Articles by Florence Julienne
LVMH general meeting: Jonathan Anderson at Dior Men's and 2025 strategy focused on quality
Jonathan Anderson appointed for the Dior Men's collection, to be shown June 2025; quality rather than growth, at all costs; the desire to create a free trade area with the US; and the vote in favour of keeping Bernard Arnault at the helm until the age of 85: these were the four key announcements that emerged from the general meeting of the...
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Riga Fashion week 2025: Latvian fashion faces geopolitical challenges
Riga Fashion Week, held from April 7th to 10th, 2025, in the Latvian capital, showcases the resilience of a small European nation's fashion designers who are focusing on the local market. The overall impression left by the collections of Latvian designers at Riga Fashion Week 2025 is one of free expression. This need for creative freedom is...
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Made in Paris: How Paris is revitalising its fashion industry
Internationally, the 'Made in Paris' label is a one typically held in esteem. However, as the current state of fashion becomes more volatile, government officials in Paris, akin to others across Europe, are stepping up to bolster their local industry in a bid to both revive the presence of established names and uplift those deemed to be...
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In Pictures: Discover the new Printemps department store in New York
The Printemps department store inaugurated its New York flagship this Thursday, March 20, 2025. The first images of the new establishment have finally been released. Printemps, owned by Qatar Divine Investments SA, a Qatari investment fund, chose 1 Wall Street, a skyscraper located in Lower Manhattan, as the location for its first foray into the...
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Stéphane Rolland on his first RTW knitwear collection: 'Knitwear is a product in tune with the times'
Since its inception in 2007, the Stéphane Rolland Haute Couture house has balanced growing production with a loyal clientele. Beyond Haute Couture, however, the brand's two directors, Pierre Martinez and Stéphane Rolland, have also been developing other collections, expanding its reach through bridal, jewellery and evening ready-to-wear. This...
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Salon International de la Lingerie January 2025: From seduction to objects of pleasure
The Salon International de la Lingerie (SIL), which was held from 18 to 20 January by trade fair organiser WSN Developpement, set the tone for an autumn/winter 2025/2026 lingerie trend of the 'New Sexy'. The Wellness area and its pleasure objects, meanwhile, reflected a clear wider societal trend. At Paris' Porte de Versailles, where SIL is...
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Trend: Guess Jeans and Kaporal usher in the revival of jeans at Who's Next
The January 2025 edition of the Parisian ready-to-wear show Who's Next, which has just closed its doors, has highlighted a new trend for autumn/winter 2025/2026, or rather the revival of an iconic item of women's, men's and unisex wardrobes: denim clothing, ushered in by specialists in the category like Guess Jeans, Kaporal, Wranger and Lee....
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Who's Next to expand into sourcing and design reflecting strong French fashion industry
The atmosphere at the Who's Next trade show at Paris’ Porte de Versailles, which ran from 18 to 20 January 2025, was one of solidarity across all generations of the French fashion industry. This unity allows its organiser, WSN Développement, to envision expanding its scope into material sourcing and design. For its January 2025 edition,...
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Decathlon distributes one billion euros to its shareholders as labor tensions grow
The Mulliez Family Association (AFM) has announced the distribution of one billion euros among its shareholders as remuneration for 2024. “Unacceptable,” declared the CFDT (Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail, or in English, French Democratic Confederation of Labour), which has called for a strike on Saturday 7 December 2024. “One...
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Decathlon: One billion euros for shareholders and a threat of strike
The Mulliez Family Association (AFM) has announced the payment of one billion euros to shareholders as 2024 remuneration. "Unacceptable", considers the CFDT Décathlon, which is calling for a strike on Saturday, December 7, 2024. "A billion euros for shareholders and nothing for employees when the vast majority of them only receive the minimum...
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