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Gucci tops inaugural Cultural Currency Index

Italian fashion house Gucci has topped the first-ever Cultural Currency Index (CCI), a new social-first data-based model created to quantify how cultural engagement translates into measurable market momentum. The index from Annex, the analytics-driven brand consultancy co-founded by Miah Sullivan, former global chief marketing officer and...

Fashion |Opinion

After 37 years at Hermès, Veronique Nichanian leaves a legacy of quiet power

By any measure, 37 years is an extraordinary tenure in fashion. Veronique Nichanian’s departure from Hermès, announced quietly by the house late on Thursday, marks the end of one of the industry’s rarest constants, a creative partnership built on restraint, continuity, and deep respect for materials. Her final show will take place in January,...

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Kingpins 2025: How trade conflicts and inflation are affecting the denim industry

In October, the SugarFactory event hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, traditionally turns indigo blue. Denim professionals and enthusiasts gather there for Kingpins, the leading denim trade show where new innovations and trends are presented. During the October edition, amidst the enthusiasm, there was also a sense of concern. How severely are...

Fashion |Interview

Wilson Smith & Tate Kuerbis, and the rise of sneakers as cultural currency

Close your eyes and try to picture this scene. It’s 1986, at Nike head office in Washington County, Oregon and architect Wilson Smith III, who has been working with Nike as a showroom, store and corporate office designer has just been asked if he can come to the back room for a talk. “I went in expecting the worst,” he recalls to FashionUnited...