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We’ve read that the inspiration behind Frida Giannini’s AW12 for Gucci at Milan Fashion Week was Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as a delicious poet named Arthur Rimbaud in “Total Eclipse.”
Whether you chose to believe (or see) it is purely up to you, but we’ll tell you this: we’re enamored with this collection. [Read more...]
Under the direction of Frida Giannini, Gucci’s pre-Fall 2012 for New York Fashion Week is a beautiful ode to the Age of Jazz.
You can also think of it as a contemporary Boho-chic women’s wear collection, with subdued tones, minimal lines and pansy prints.
The silhouettes are considerably [Read more...]
Many brands are betting on iPhone apps to keep their customer base happy.
Recently Gucci launched a very nicely produced app available in eight languages.
It offered travel advice for cities relevant to the brand’s history such as Portofino and Milan, plus glossy, magazine-like features showing how their products are made, interviews with designers, social networking live feeds and robust e-commerce options.
They sell it as an “all-encompassing experience for the luxury brand’s enthusiasts†and it is certainly a well-judged app. [Read more...]
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With the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China and most recently South Africa) calling for a non-European to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the new head of the International Monetary Fund on the heels of his sexual-assault scandal, ending what they BRICs (and alike nations) have dubbed as an “obsolete” rule by The West, it’s no surprise that when it comes to the growth in the luxury market, companies have their eyes on a new, never before imagined, future.
Even at the 2011 G20 Summit, Zhou Xiaochuan, who runs China’s central bank, said that it doesn’t matter whether or not the new head of the IMF is French or European, but that the new leadership of the IMF should reflect the growing stature and needs of emerging economies, implying the new leader should be from one of the latter.
It’s a clear shift in the winds of commerce into a New World, where “what once was” is beginning to take a second step into a new, certainly more exotic, way of life.
No one said it better than, Starwood Hotels and Resorts CEO, Fritz Van Paasschen, at the Global Luxury and Fashion Summit 2011
“Thirty years ago, in the Forbes 400, so many people in that group were heirs and had come from money, I think the term ‘nouveau riche’ had a clear disparaging aspect to it. Whereas today, most money is new.”
This, on the heels on his company planning no less than eight new hotels by 2016 (publicly released as of May 2011,) for their contemporary and trendy, luxury brand of W Hotels, in Africa, China and other East Asian nations. In fact, the W St. Petersburg opened in Russia a little over one month ago, on April 20, 2011.
But while a lot of brands are still concentrating on Russia, India and China, with the World Cup in 2014, followed closely by the Summer Olympics in 2016, a lot more companies are focusing their attention on BRAZIL. [Read more...]
By: Kelly Ahern, guest blogger
Any fashion admirer can tell you about Tom Ford’s dramatic transformation of the Gucci Group. His ability to turn the nearly bankrupt fashion house into a multi-billion dollar superpower in just years is not just incredible it is almost unfathomable. [Read more...]
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Right so the fabulous people that are the New York Times came up with this list and I’m just reposting it for you my lovely, Pink Book Fashionistas!
If you ever wanted to stalk your favourite brands, and the people who run them on Twitter, then this list is for you! I also added makeup brands to this list that weren’t on the original.
Below is a list of everything and everyone at the moment (September 2009), some of whom from bloglandia you should recognize in the Pink Book’s “Places I Visit.”
Enjoy 
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By: Jenn Ortiz, guest blogger
Fall 2009 RTW and Couture collections have been presented, and a bit of analysis is in order.
Overall, looks are stronger and more dramatic. Puff sleeves and stronger shoulders with cinched waists, invoking the 1950′s and 1980′s; however, this influence is presented in a more modern and softer way. Come Fall, there will be bolero jackets and some boxier cut jackets and coats showing up on the racks. For the most part, hem lines were shown high (or non existent as the pantless look continues). Draping was used, most interestingly, in shorter dresses and less like the grecian goddess draping of the past. You’ll see a mix of modern with revived and revised classics. We’ve seen embellishment, luxurious fabrics, mixed with torn and deconstructed or unconventional and casual. Old-fashioned lingerie, hats, and gloves are reinterpreted and mixed into outfits. Much of what is presented here can be added to a basic wardrobe easily. There are plenty of opportunities to thrift, buy vintage, and DIY. Below are my picks for Fall/Winter ’09 trends. [Read more...]
