MILAN — Miuccia Prada is known to be a connoisseur and collector of jewelry, and the designer took her bow at the end of the Prada men’s fall 2020 show wearing a stunning Art Deco diamond necklace. Prada is channeling this passion into a new selection of gold and white gold fine jewelry for both men […]
PARIS — L’Oréal said Tuesday that it is in exclusive negotiations with the French investment holding concern Impala for the sale of the Roger & Gallet brand. This comes “following a strategic review regarding the best development options” for the French personal-care brand that was born with pharmacy fragrances, L’Oréal said in a statement. Roger […]
U.S. makeup sales may be sliding, but skin care is showing promise. The U.S. prestige beauty market drove $18.8 billion in sales in 2019, according to a new report from The NPD Group. Makeup remains prestige beauty’s largest category, driving $7.6 billion in sales, followed by skin care, which totaled $5.9 billion in 2019. Overall, […]
Veteran fashion executive Nicolas Dreyfus is joining Frame as chief executive officer on March 1 to guide the growth of the Los Angeles-based brand. Dreyfus, formerly global ceo of The Kooples, the French contemporary brand bought by Maus Frères last year, moves into a newly formed position at Frame. He will report to Frame founders […]
Forever 21 has signaled it is ready for sale. The fast-fashion retailer told a Delaware bankruptcy court that it has an $81.1 million stalking-horse bid from a group made up of licensing company Authentic Brands Group and landlords Simon Property Group and Brookfield. The group has teamed up to form an entity called SPARC Group […]
VidCon is officially sister-approved. James Charles is set to make his debut at the annual convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center starting June 17. The past year has been a whirlwind for Charles, who was ultimately one of Google’s most-searched people of 2019. His appearance at VidCon will be his largest since […]
The Federal Trade Commission is filing a suit to block Edgewell Personal Care Co.’s proposed $1.37 billion acquisition of Harry’s Inc., saying the deal would eliminate “one of the most important competitive forces in the shaving industry.” The FTC issued a statement on Monday saying it had authorized staff of the Bureau of Competition to […]
LONDON – “What room are you sitting in?” That’s what leading actors and industry legends, including Laura Dern, Robert De Niro, Saoirse Ronan, Emilia Clarke, Claire Foy, Gillian Anderson, Taron Egerton, Josh O’Connor, David Harbour, Hugh Grant and David Walliams, were asking each other over drinks before making their way into the cozy dining rooms of […]
Morgan Curtis and Atlanta de Cadenet Taylor were set up at New York’s Cafe Cluny. The pair, fixtures in the fashion and music social scene — Curtis, the daughter of Jill Stuart and a designer in her own right, and de Cadenet Taylor, the daughter of Duran Duran bassist John Taylor, as well as a […]
Even a week of outsize performance from the tech sector couldn’t spare the stock market from a queasy drop. Last week’s highs and lows are easy, though not simple, to map out. The stage was set for a thrilling comeback of several technology giants, with surprisingly good results reported following a rather lackluster or, at […]