luxury / Apparel

Brands from Magda Butrym to Chloé are appealing to shoppers with delicate handwork that’s nostalgic and romantic, providing a contrast to fast fashion and the minimalism of quiet luxury.

Lak will debut his new venture during Paris men’s fashion week in June, presenting his first collection since the shuttering of the buzzy Sies Marjan in 2020.

LVMH and Hermès stock fell about 3 percent and 4 percent respectively, in line with sector peers including Kering, Prada and Burberry, after the US president announced a 50 percent duty on imports from the European Union.

‘It’s a sartorial style that asks questions about identity, representation, mobility – race, class, gender, sexuality and power,’ said Monica L. Miller, whose book ‘Slaves to Fashion’ inspired this year’s Met Gala and accompanying exhibition.

The brand’s autumn 2025 show harkened back to an earlier time when economic uncertainty and geopolitical tension were on Americans’ minds.

The Puig-owned label is returning to the Paris ready-to-wear calendar after a decade of showing only couture, and tapping Dutch creator Lantink to design both lines.

American designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez will take the creative reins of the Spanish brand, which grew estimated annual revenues to more than $1.5 billion during Jonathan Anderson’s transformative tenure.

Experimental silhouettes are making a comeback as young labels like Duran Lantink, Vautrait and Marie Adam-Leenaerdt reject the industry’s recent focus on commercial, heritage-inflected design.