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Affluent splash out on pricey Birkin bags but clouds loom
Brushing off higher prices, affluent spenders are continuing to splash out on luxuries including $10,000 handbags and high-end perfumes, trading updates from Hermes, Kering, and L'Oreal showed on Thursday.
Luxury
India festival spending booms despite inflation worries, global slowdown
According to early data, Indian consumers are lapping up everything from cars, houses and TVs to travel and jewellery in the festive season that began last month, despite economic gloom elsewhere in the world.
Fashion
Abraham & Thakore showcase ‘Time Travel’ collection at Lakme Fashion Week
Designer duo Abraham & Thakore showcased their Autumn-Winter ’22 collection called ‘Time Travel: Past, Present and Future’ in partnership with Fashion Design Council of India at the Lakmé Fashion Week in Mumbai.
Luxury
Anjas Mahotsav to celebrate Rajasthani crafts in Jodhpur
The Rekhta Foundation will hold its first ever ‘Anjas Mahotsav’ to celebrate Rajasthani language, culture, and crafts in Jodhpur from October 29 to 30 at Garh Govind.
Fashion
Samsonite sees India sales more than double in first half of the year
Luggage and accessories brand Samsonite saw its sales in India more than double in the first half of the year as the country continues to reopen and embrace travel in the wake of Covid.
Fashion
Europe's high-spending tourists set to lift French luxury sales in Q2
Free-spending tourists in Europe are expected to drive brisk second quarter sales at French luxury groups LVMH, Gucci-owner Kering and Hermes, helping to offset the impact of disruptions in China from Covid restrictions.
Luxury
Live Shopping: Shopify turns to Youtube Shopping
Shopify Inc on Tuesday announced a partnership with YouTube to allow merchants to sell through the video platform, as it looks to tap into the growing number of content creators launching their own e-commerce stores.
Fashion
India Fashion City Tour to travel to Bengaluru for runway and networking event
Fashion show India Fashion City Tour will hold an edition in Bengaluru on June 17at WelcomHotel by ITC Hotels for a runway show and networking sessions among other features.
Luxury
Louis Vuitton: Men’s fall-winter 2022 and the art of travel in Bangkok
Some six months after the passing of its menswear creative director, Louis Vuitton displayed another nine looks designed by the late Virgil Abloh in the house’s Fall-Winter 2022 Spin-Off Show of menswear held in Bangkok.
Lifestyle
Big luxury names still back physical retail, London, Paris, NYC are key
Major global brands will “continue betting on physical retail to drive sales in resilient destination cities”, a Savills report says. And it named New York, Paris and London as “the most attractive cities for retailers”.
Fashion
Anavila to travel to three cities to launch new Khadi line
Sustainable womenswear brand Anavila will hold launch events in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai this month to launch its new Khadi line for summer titled ‘Quiet’.
Lifestyle
Papa Don't Preach by Shubhika to hold U.S. pop-up in Los Angeles
Women’s luxury fusion wear brand Papa Don't Preach by Shubhika will travel to the U.S. this month and hold a pop-up shopping fair in Los Angeles to launch its new collection ‘Nazar Na Lage’ in the city.
Luxury
Moonray to travel to Delhi for pop-up with The Sorbet Soiree
Womenswear and accessories brand MoonRay will hold a pop-up shop in collaboration with shopping events business The Sorbet Soiree on April 23 at the Hyatt Regency in New Delhi.
Fashion
Hermès Q1 sales are strong, group is upbeat despite volatile backdrop
Luxury giant Hermès was the latest big name to update on recent trading on Thursday and it reported what we’ve seen elsewhere so far this year — “strong sales momentum across all business lines in all areas”.
Luxury
Fashionista shopping fair to travel to four more cities this April
Business-to-customer shopping fair Fashionista, currently in Aurangabad, will travel to Jalgaon, Nashik, Kanpur, and Lucknow this April to bring together local brands and showcase their products in non-metro locations.
Fashion
French textile artist Isabelle Moulin promotes Indian silk on collaborative trip
Textile artist Isabelle Moulin travelled to Murshidabad to ascertain its potential for a bilateral project between France and India and said India has the potential to play a leading role in the evolving silk market.
Fashion