Top Fashion Stories of the Week: January 26

You are reading your free article for this month.Members-only This week, fashion’s biggest headlines covered financial reports, brand ambassadorships, seasonal campaigns and store openings. Among the biggest, LVMH revealed that it earned a 10% increase in sales during Q4 2023, which ultimately led to an uptick in the massive luxury conglomerate’s shares. Elsewhere, Kim Kardashian officially signed on as an ambassador for Balenciaga, and she appeared in the brand’s “Closet Campaign” just one day later. Down the line, Levi’s filed a lawsuit against Brunello Cucinelli over its alleged “infringing” tabs. Marc Jacobs dropped his Spring 2024 campaign, starring Lil Uzi…

The ‘big 4’ fashion weeks, wrapped: 8 things that caught our eye from New York, London, Milan and Paris, from Saint Laurent’s sheer fabrics to Nicolas Ghesquière’s FW24 finale at Louis Vuitton

From Miu Miu‘s video created by artist Cécile B. Evans to Chanel‘s giant screens depicting recreations of the boardwalk of Deauville, France – not to mention the brand’s surprise short starring none other than Brad Pitt and Penélope Cruz – video projections were plentiful at the autumn/winter 2024 shows. Also in Paris, Balenciaga, however, took the crown. Whoever created those videos playing on wall-to-wall screens – depicting random urban and natural scenes reflecting the overflow of information in our daily lives – at the label’s winter 2024 show worthy of an award. Dystopian and exhilarating in equal measure, the show…

Plibersek warns the clothing industry must turn back on ‘fast fashion’, as she considers intervention

In short: The environment minister is considering intervening in the clothing industry, including possible minimum standards or a clothing levy The industry is hoping to divert 60 per cent of clothing from landfill by 2027. What’s next: Tanya Plibersek will decide by July whether the industry has sufficiently bought-in to the industry led green levy. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has warned the fashion industry must turn its back on fast fashion, as she considers whether to regulate the sector, including a possible levy on the sector. Nearly all discarded clothing ends up in landfill, and clothing collection and repurposing of…

How COVID-19 Changed US Office Fashion

All About America explores American culture, politics, trends, history, ideals and places of interest. When Chicago-based dressmaker and designer Kristin Mariani commutes to work, she notices a change in how people dress for the office post-pandemic. “People are dressing more comfortably,” says Mariani, an adjunct associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. “I rarely see a person in a suit and tie. I will often see jeans with maybe a jacket and an open shirt often.” Many Americans spent the COVID-19 pandemic working from home in comfortable leisurewear like sweatpants. Meanwhile, workers who still have to…