Martin Margiela has taken advantage of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, from 22-27 April, to present his interior design ideas. Maison Martin Margiela has also confirmed its desire to become a lifestyle brand.
After innovative collaborations with Damien Hirst and Shepard Fairy, Levi’s has announced a new creative partnership; a new project conceptualized by the New York based graphic design company “Sagmeister”.
Anxious consumers may be keeping a tight grip on their wallets but designers at Milan's furniture fair are hopeful their sleek creations will be welcomed into homes worldwide despite the downturn.
The Prada Transformer - billed as the world's first shape-shifting building - which can be lifted and rotated into different configurations to house art, film, fashion and other events has been installed in the yard of one of Seoul's ancient royal palaces.
Each summer, Julia Karstens of Germany has her teeth seen to in Serbia, where authorities are eager to lure tourists seeking cheaper medical bills amid the global economic crisis.
For his latest choreographic creation “Nearly Ninety”, Merce Cunningham has called in Romeo Gigli to design the costumes, fresh from a new line for the brand Io Ipse Idem.
Many economists expect the U.S. recession to end in the second half of this year, but companies catering to consumers showed on Wednesday that the prolonged downturn and rising unemployment are taking a toll on business in the near term.
Already well established in the United Arab Emirates, with its boutiques and soon hotels, Versace is now focusing on Saudi Arabia. The fashion house has inaugurated a flagship store in Jeddah, one of the key commercial cities in the country.
West End shopping streets expect to welcome more shoppers this Easter weekend as the weak pound draws in overseas visitors looking for a bargain, a retailers' association said on Monday 13 April.
U.S. retailers that cater to young people ended up at the bottom of the class in terms of March sales, but some of those chains exceeded Wall Street's expectations or set higher quarterly profit targets.
In Paris, after the Petit Moulin (3rd) and the Hôtel Bellechasse (7th), the designer Christian Lacroix is starting work on his third hotel. This one will be near Notre-Dame, more precisely on the Quai Saint-Michel.
Retailer Wensum Co Plc said on Monday April 6 it expected to report "significant" trading losses into the first half of the current year, citing substantial pressure on gross margins due to adverse exchange rate movements during the last months of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.
Department store chain J.C. Penney Co Inc said it would launch a line of home goods by supermodel Cindy Crawford later this year, at a time when shoppers are cutting discretionary purchases.
The world's two most glamorous first ladies met Friday on the sidelines of the NATO summit, giving observers an insight into their very different approaches to style.For the new occupant of the White House, Michelle Obama, a touch of boldness.
Take the world of luxuries, a mixture from all sectors, a selection of the latest ecologically responsible initiatives and put them all together and you’d have “1.618 Luxury Ecological Fair”.
