Two key European luxury labels have launched new campaigns with Valentino Garavani and Roger Vivier launching new creative marketing drives in the accessories and footwear sectors. Following the recent launch of the Nellcôte bag campaign, Maison Valentino now continues its storytelling journey with the unveiling of the second chapter: the Valentino Garavani Vain bag campaign. Conceived…
By Reuters Published June 10, 2025 Chinese energy sector worker Mandy Li enjoys treating herself to a luxury brand handbag from time to time. However, since her state-owned employer cut her wages by 10% and her family’s property values dropped by half, she now buys only second-hand items. Reuters “I’m cutting down on large expenditures,”…
By AFP Published June 5, 2025 French luxury brand Hermès created the first-ever Birkin bag for actress Jane Birkin, and the iconic piece will soon be auctioned in Paris. As a symbol of modern fashion history, the sale is expected to spark a bidding frenzy. Hermès Birkin bags on display during a press preview of…
This article is part of our Design special section about how food inspires designers to make and do surprising things. In 2019, Jessy Slim, a Lebanese American designer, had just started a graduate architecture program at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., when protests erupted in her birthplace, Beirut. That October, thousands…
At the Cucinelli’s home, sisters are doing it for themselves. At least when it comes to the brand’s latest leather goods offering, the BC Duo bag. While officially launching earlier this month, the bag was officially celebrated in Milan last week. The Manhattan stop is one of three events globally to build excitement for the…
Everybody has those five or six things that can make or break a vacation — items that become clutch when you need quick support for your health, your hygiene or simply your comfort. Call it a travel emergency stash, a travel essentials kit or a save-the-day bag; whatever the name, it contains crucially helpful items…
