The Milan-based group closes the first nine months of 2026 with €4.54 billion in revenue. The Americas are driving sales, while Europe stays weak. The new challenge is bringing Versace back to the center of […]
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LUXURY AND TAX FREE, ITALY HOLDS ON THANKS TO AMERICANS. AND CHINESE SHOPPERS ARE BUYING AGAIN
European demand is flat, but spending by the wealthiest clients is holding up the sector. Watches are growing, leather goods are struggling. The recovery of Chinese tourists opens some prospects for autumn. Luxury keeps looking […]
FRANCE TAKES TO THE STREETS OVER THE COST OF LIVING. THE BILL FOR THE LOOTING FALLS ON SHOPKEEPERS
France still shows a capacity few European countries retain: taking to the streets en masse over the cost of living, public services and the economic conditions of families. On Saturday, October 24, demonstrations brought together […]
ON FASHION, LUXURY AND THE DEEPER CRISIS OF KERING AND GUCCI: A COMMENT BY ALESSANDRO SICURO
Antonio Mancinelli’s piece, with which I certainly agree. It finally puts a finger on an open wound in fashion, describing the distance between the strategies of the big groups and the reasons why someone should […]
GUCCI TELLS ITS STORY IN NEW YORK AND FLORENCE?
The new GucciCore campaign, photographed by Peter Funch on the streets of Manhattan, brings the house back to the American city. An understandable choice on the commercial side, but one that leaves open a question […]
TAILORED COATS ARE BACK: FASHION REDISCOVERS THE VALUE OF QUALITY
Autumn-winter 2026-27 brings back Nineties lines, built shoulders and substantial fabrics. A trend that puts manufacturing back at the centre, right as luxury seems ever more interested in image than in the substance of the […]
The Most Interesting Accessories of Gucci Cruise 2027 at Times Square
In Gucci’s Cruise 2027 at Times Square, accessories are not simple styling details. They are the true recognition point of the collection, the place where the maison puts its most immediate codes back into circulation: […]
Gucci Cruise 2027 at Times Square
I am also tired of writing negative reviews about the brand I have loved most in Italian Made. Not because Gucci does not deserve criticism, not because the New York show does not raise profound […]
Pitti Uomo 110: Fashion Also Moves Between Dinners, Cocktails, and Relationships
Alongside shows and presentations, Florence becomes the worldly theater of the fashion system. Pitti Uomo 110 does not live only in the stands, in the shows, and in the official presentations. It also lives in […]
Outside the Stands: Menswear Tells Its Story Through Presences, Gestures, Details, and Characters
Every edition of Pitti Uomo has an official calendar, made up of shows, presentations, talks, special events, and invitation-only appointments. But then there exists another calendar, less written and perhaps even more photographed: that of […]
Pitti Uomo 110: A Liquid Portrait of Menswear
“The Pool” is not only the visual theme of the new edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, but a metaphor for contemporary menswear: a man facing his own reflection, seduced by the image and at the […]
WHEN THE BUSINESS OF LUXURY MISTAKES EXCESS FOR ART
It started as a charity and cultural event tied to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Over the years, the Met Gala has become one of the most powerful […]
WHEN DESIGN BECOMES A STAGE AND FASHION GASPS FOR AIR
WHEN EVERYTHING FITS EVERYWHERE, NOTHING STAYS RECOGNIZABLE Milan, during Salone week, doesn’t just showcase furniture. It tells a bigger story. One of design, interiors, architecture, urban life, image, and connection. It’s a week when objects […]
The Market Is Changing the Rules: They No Longer Search for You on Google
‘They evaluate you through AI. If you’re not relevant to AI, you simply don’t exist.’ A growing number of users no longer search the way they used to. They don’t scroll through dozens of […]
IDENTITY AND NOISE: HOW AI AND CONTENT CHAOS ARE REDEFINING PERCEIVED VALUE
Something is changing. But not the way many describe it. It’s not just a tech revolution. It’s not just the rise of artificial intelligence. And it’s not a traditional economic crisis either. It’s something deeper […]
BOTTEGA VENETA: WHEN CRAFTSMANSHIP DOESN’T SEEK APPROVAL, BUT DEFENDS A SELECTIVE CODE
– – – In today’s fashion, many mistake innovation for expansion: more pieces, more noise, more presence everywhere. Bottega Veneta does the opposite. It narrows the field, filters, and chooses. That’s exactly why it holds […]
DOLCE & GABBANA — CONSISTENCY AS BRAND RESPONSIBILITY
– – – There’s one point where Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are right without needing to raise their voices. Fashion, after globalization, didn’t become ‘bigger.’ It became more fragile. More financial. More interchangeable. For […]
YOU DON’T NEED TO DESTROY EVERYTHING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
I’m reading many comments about the Gucci show right now. Several people catch a real point: the idea of calculated shock, intentional polarization, a discontinuity designed to put the brand back at the center of […]
GUCCI, NOTES ON A CHANGE STILL SEARCHING FOR ITS AUTHOR
I watched the recent Gucci show closely. I tried to read it for what it is and what it’s trying to become. There are some interesting elements. Some leather pieces have a strong presence. Some […]
