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Yves Saint Laurent Onstage exhibition explores designer's performing arts passion

At the end of January, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech (museum entirely devoted to the work of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech, Morocco) launched the Yves Saint Laurent Onstage exhibition, dedicated to costumes and set designs for theatre, music hall, and ballet. The exhibition will be open until January 5, 2027. With...

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Kering FY2020 revenues drop by 17.6 percent

Total revenue generated by Kering’s Houses in 2020 amounted to 12,676.6 million euros, down 17.6 percent reported and 16.5 percent on a comparable basis. The company said in a statement that while the health crisis and lockdown measures took a heavy toll on the Houses’ first-half sales (down 30.2 percent), the situation improved significantly in...

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Kering's luxury houses report positive sales growth in Q3

Kering’s consolidated revenue in the third quarter totalled 3,717.7 million euros, down 4.3 percent as reported and 1.2 percent on a comparable basis. This performance, the company said, represents a sharp rebound compared with the year-on-year contraction of 43.5 percent as reported and 43.7 percent on a comparable basis posted in the second...

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Without Saint Laurent or Alexander McQueen: this will be Paris Fashion Week SS21

The French Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, the organization responsible for ensuring the fashion sector in the French country and for the celebration of their respective Fashion and Haute Couture Weeks, has already announced which will be the official show calendar for the next Paris Fashion Week. Catwalk that will serve for the...

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Kering Q1 hit hard by Covid-19, sales down 15 percent

French luxury conglomerate Kering, whose portfolio includes brands Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, has revealed the extent to which Covid-19 has impacted the business in the first quarter of the year. The group’s revenue fell by 15.4 percent on a reported basis and 16.4 percent on a comparable basis to 3.2 to billion euros, with...

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Kering's luxury houses and core markets drive strong revenue growth in 2019

Consolidated revenue at Kering amounted to 15,883.5 million euros (17,321 million dollars) in 2019, up 16.2 percent as reported and 13.3 percent on a comparable basis fuelled by growth across all regions. The company said in a statement, gross margin was 11,775 million euros (12,840 million dollars), up 15.5 percent on 2018, while EBITDA rose...

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Saint Laurent to open leather goods factory in Italy

Kering-owned French luxury label Saint Laurent has plans to open a new manufacturing site for handbags and wallets outside of Florence. Francesca Bellettini, president and CEO of Gucci, told reporters that Gucci would be moving 340 workers to a new 29,000-square-foot site in Scandicci in addition to hiring another 300 workers. Saint Laurent has...

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Yves Saint Laurent jacket fetches record sum

A richly embroidered jacket by Yves Saint Laurent inspired by Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" was sold at auction Wednesday for 382,000 euros ($420,000), a record for a garment from the celebrated French designer. The jacket, which was once modelled on the catwork by supermodel Naomi Campbell, had been expected to fetch between 80,000-120,000...

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Saint Laurent now selling couture condoms

It is the ultimate tight-fitting -- one hopes -- outfit that no man wishing to impress can do without. French fashion house Saint Laurent is now selling luxury gilt-wrapped condoms. Having made fashion history with "le smoking" tuxedo and skin-tight dresses, it is moving into sheaths of a latex variety. Its designer Anthony Vaccarello unveiled...

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Slimane and Vaccarello: Not all designers embracing the inclusive catwalk movement

The culture war has come to the catwalk. Divisions over race, gender and the climate crisis are bubbling to the surface in a world where political debate is usually about as welcome as bingo wings. Two of Paris fashion's biggest stars, Hedi Slimane of Celine and Saint Laurent's Anthony Vaccarello, have both warned of a new "puritanism". Slimane...

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Saint Laurent SS20 runway show in Paris

Saint Laurent presented it's Spring / Summer 2020 womenswear collection this week in Paris, with the iconic Eiffel Tower as the backdrop. The collection, designed by Anthony Vaccarello, is made up of the brands signature tailored wear and sleek black looks, on a stage lit by 100 moving light fixtures. The show was concluded by iconic british...

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Kering shares fall as the group reports slow sales growth at Gucci

Consolidated revenue at Kering for the first half of 2019 amounted to 7,638.4 million euros (8509.7 million dollars), an increase of 18.8 percent as reported and 15.3 percent based on a comparable group structure and exchange rates. However, the luxury conglomerate’s star brand Gucci registered 19.8 percent reported and 16.3 percent growth on...