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First look: Gucci collaborates with Balenciaga

The fashion rumour mill was in overdrive this week with the suggestion that Gucci was collaborating with Balenciaga, which would mark a new era in high fashion tie-ups, well the rumours are true. Balenciaga’s silhouettes have been given the Gucci treatment - think logos, crystal embellishments and branded necklaces. Gucci and Balenciaga branding...

Apr. 15, 2021

Fashion

Gucci remains most popular luxury brand online

Gucci has remained the number one most popular luxury brand online, new data reveals. The Italian label received 15.2 percent of the total search interest for luxury goods in 2020, according to luxury good magazine Luxe Digital. Chanel and Hermès followed close behind with 11.6 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively. Next came Dior, Louis...

Apr. 15, 2021

Business

Gucci continues Chime for Change initiatives to support gender equality

Adding to Gucci’s Chime For Change global campaign for gender equality, the brand has released its third edition of Chime Zine featuring work from artists, writers, and activists worldwide. The vibrant and colorful digital issue, edited by author Adam Eli and art directed by visual artist MP5, includes interviews, artwork, photographs, and...

Mar. 29, 2021

Business

Resale platform Vestiaire Collective secures Kering investment

Pre-owned clothing platform Vestiaire Collective has announced the completion of a new 178 million euro (216 million dollar) financing round backed by Gucci-owner Kering and US-based hedge fund Tiger Global Management. Kering chairman François-Henri Pinault described the fast-growing resale market as a “real and deeply rooted trend” as his...

Mar. 2, 2021

Business

Kering FY2020 revenues drop by 17.6 percent

Total revenue generated by Kering’s Houses in 2020 amounted to 12,676.6 million euros, down 17.6 percent reported and 16.5 percent on a comparable basis. The company said in a statement that while the health crisis and lockdown measures took a heavy toll on the Houses’ first-half sales (down 30.2 percent), the situation improved significantly in...

Feb. 18, 2021

Business

Kering looks to rebound after 2020 coronacrisis

French luxury goods group Kering, home to brands such as Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, said Wednesday a positive performance in North America and Asia helped it weather the coronavirus crisis last year. Sales fell 17.5 percent to 13.1 billion euros (15.8 billion dollars) last year but the group still posted a net profit of 2.15 billion euros,...

Feb. 17, 2021

Fashion

Gucci partners with Zepeto to personalise avatars and virtual world

As the worlds of fashion and gaming inch ever closer together, Gucci has announced a partnership with Zepeto, the app and social media platform to personalize avatars and create virtual worlds. Zepeto allows users to turn selfies into 3-D animated avatars, which can then ‘meet’ other user’s characters on the ‘Zepeto Street’— virtual world for...

Feb. 8, 2021

Business

Gucci presents expanded, nature-positive climate strategy

Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci has expanded its climate strategy, which now goes beyond carbon neutrality and takes a “nature-positive approach”. Gucci’s new Natural Climate Solutions Portfolio is committed to protecting and restoring endangered forest and mangrove areas and investing in regenerative agriculture within its supply chain....

Jan. 29, 2021

Video

Video: The North Face x Gucci collaboration documentary

In this video, The North Face and Gucci collaboration documentary features interviews from Alessandro Michele, Gucci’s creative director, David Whetstone, The North Face’s global collaborations design manager, Nina Williams and professional rock climber and artist Post AOW. Watch the video below. Video: Gucci via YouTube Photo credit: Gucci,...

Jan. 7, 2021

Fashion

The North Face x Gucci Collection: avatar items now available in Pokémon GO

Real world meets virtual world: Italian luxury house Gucci and US outerwear brand The North Face announced their collaboration for anew collectionjust shortly before the holidays. Now the two veterans demonstrate how to place one’s products in the virtual world. For a limited time only, items from the The North Face x Gucci collection will be...

Jan. 6, 2021

Fashion

It Bags of 2020

Thanks to COVID-19, most of 2020 was an absolute bust of a year. It’s a year that most of us wish came with a receipt and will forever be remembered as one of the worst years in history barring a nuclear war doesn’t take place in the lifetime of those of us who lived through this global pandemic. The fashion industry was also dealt a major blow...

Dec. 31, 2020

Video

Video: The Fashion Archive reviews the Gucci X The North Face collaboration

In this video, The Fashion Archive shares his thoughts on the Gucci X The North Face collaboration.Watch the video below. Video: The Fashion Archive via YouTube Photo credit: Gucci, Facebook

Dec. 29, 2020