Fashion Trust Arabia will hold its annual FTA Prize in Marrakech, Morocco in October. Normally hosted in Doha, Qatar, last year’s edition originally slated for October was awarded virtually amid geopolitical tensions and safety concerns in the region. Womenswear designer Amir Al Kasm and Renaissance Renaissance founder Cynthia Merhej won the top prizes, for evening...Read More
Malbon Golf is expanding its reach beyond the links with a new collaboration with Prince, the racket sports brand. The two companies have partnered on a limited-edition capsule of apparel and tennis gear inspired by the Andre Agassi era in the ‘80s and ‘90s. The palette is basically neutral with red as a pop color...Read More
Gen-Z didn’t fall for Coach by accident. In 2021, Coach had set a strategic goal of appealing to what it dubbed a “timeless Gen-Z” customer. The company did some consumer segmentation and realised this was a shopper with classic style, who would invest in purchases and whom Coach felt it could win over. But Coach...Read More
PARIS – Reformation is diving back into swimwear and relaunching the category with a line made out of the bio-based fabric EVO by Fulgar. It’s the second time the brand has dipped its toe into the category. It first launched swimwear in 2019 with the regenerative nylon textile Econyl. “Our tagline at the time was,...Read More
The activewear market is booming right now, and is expected to grow faster than fashion overall for years to come. And yet somehow, the category’s biggest players seem to be constantly in crisis. Last week saw running shoe upstart On’s stock drop as it told investors it would grow sales by a mere 26 percent...Read More
PARIS — The European Commission has just presented its Work Program 2024, and in it there was notably no mention of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals, or REACH, a governing regulation that can impact the beauty industry. During his closing statements of the European Parliament’s plenary session on Tuesday, Maroš Šefčovič, vice...Read More
