Altuzarra

The 16-year-old womenswear label is partnering with the investment firm to ramp up its direct-to-consumer business.

On the first three days of New York Fashion Week, runways full of perfectly respectable clothes were punctuated by flashes of something more eloquent, writes Lynn Yaeger.

The second half of New York Fashion Week suggested the season wasn’t just about 90s influences but gossamer fabrics, trawling nets, big jackets over tiny skirts and when in doubt lace, lace, lace, reports Lynn Yaeger.

From Tory Burch to Altuzarra, practical garments dominated the second half of New York Fashion Week, save for Thom Browne’s theatre of “The Little Prince.”

From Fendi to Tibi, the opening days of New York Fashion Week were unapologetically commercial, reports Lauren Sherman.

The New York label is betting on ‘genderful’ second line Altu and homeware to re-energise the business after its split with the French group in 2020.

Labels from Gucci to Altuzarra to Calvin Klein are eager to sell to nonbinary consumers. But while brands often get the language around gender right, they need to give the same care to the clothes themselves, particularly how they fit.

The radical overhaul proposed by independent designers last year never gained traction, but the pandemic has been a catalyst for individual brands to shift the way they market and deliver collections.

Many fashion brands remain dependent on department stores, e-tailers and multi-brand boutiques to drive sales, but the cost of doing business with these third parties is growing. Here’s how labels can protect themselves.

Reality was front and centre at Paris Fashion Week, but this season’s winners both addressed and transcended our current state of affairs, reports Angelo Flaccavento, who beamed into Paris from his base in Italy.