Gucci to launch cosmetics?

  Cosmetics counter may be the new frontier for luxury fashion company.

Just announced the collaboration with Alber Elbaz life Lancome stores earlier this month, cosmetics line from Michael Kors is to debut in August, and the first line of makeup with Sephora Marc Jacobs set to launch this fall. Now it seems that Gucci wants in on the action, if the rumors are to believe WWD.

After the trade, the Italian fashion house has a makeup line that is eventually developed in 2014 on the shelves. It is said, with the division of Procter Gamble & Co. prestige with which he was working a licensing agreement since 2006.

We already know Italiano sexy photos translated brand sales in the beauty course, Gucci has a ton of success perfume-making, although it is still a rumor, it is not difficult to imagine that c is true. It would be a wise business decision.

We grabbed Gucci and is updated when we hear back.

Fifth Anniversary of the weekend celebrated former record fashion

  17:21, 3rd June 2013 - More than 5,000 participants, employees, teachers and volunteers were on campus, the former University of Delaware Weekend 2013, a remarkable increase in the use of celebrating last year.

"This year marks our fifth anniversary and the people responded positively with participants record setting," said Cindy Campanella, director of alumni relations. "About a dozen sold out events, including mugs Night".

Other events included sold-out tours of the interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory (ISE Lab) and dairy UDairy.

Many alumni who wish to return to forgo the hotel accommodation for a weekend in the living room.

Alumni Relations sells all rooms on campus - Laird total of 1577 beds - within four days, and sold as complex Russell.

The fifth anniversary of the weekend former consisted of many firsts - the first recorded time can donate online, played more than a band for the first time and the first cup of night time sold out.

On 23 May the two tents Cup night were registered capacity. Despite the sweltering heat on Friday night, thousands of participants in two tents on the green to revel in memories with friends, dance and enjoy food and drink gathered.

The band-President City of graduates millennium together, the audience entertained in the blue tent on the green north. The green of the South, UD popular 90s band Love Seed Mama Jump provided the soundtrack for the Delaware Cup night-swimming.

The first Blue Hen R & B Years exhibition hosted 175 guests to enjoy hors d'oeuvres, an open bar and music.

On Saturday, the former walk around the campus in a variety of events. Several campus groups and members of the classes, 1963, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 sessions. The participants attended events, including tours of campus, a Zumba class on the lawn of Independence, a wine tasting and new video series career advice career service.

Popular Events Saturday including lunch with UD mascot and a visit to the historic architecture of UD with David Ames, director of UD for historic architecture and design.

On Sunday, about 400 participants in the annual Blue Hen 5K run on campus Laird.

World: Dreams come true in the luxury package

   A fan of the book and the movie Around the World in Eighty Days Shanghai pawnshop owner My thing has always wanted an adventure around the world.

So, when he heard of a package holiday offers luxury around the world in 60 days, he applied immediately and did not hesitate to pay 500,000 yuan ($ 81,609) for the trip.

"This is the moment a childhood dream come true," said the 50-year-old. Along with other millionaires in China, Ma has left traces in the Amazon Rainforest in South America, visited penguins at the South Pole and stayed at the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai.

The arrangements are excellent with stays landmark five-star hotels and business class seats on many flights.

The travel program tailored luxury is that the package price has been raised to 800,000 yuan so popular.

To take such a trip, you must have the time, even if the money is not a problem, says mother.

"It is not easy for some business to be away for two months," he said. "There are places that we can not with reception for mobile phones."

A global adventure must also be able to Chinese food for a long time.

"It was a big challenge for us," Ma said, "Once we arrived at a new place, we would seek a hot pot restaurant."

The rewards of the journey varies from person to person.

"Some enjoyed the eye candy, some found peace and fulfillment, and some have been solved," he said. "The by-product of my trip is a little more weight and good friends."

He added that luxury travel need better places where they save the best views and locations, direct flights to travelers transfer, and during a season where the resources and favorable weather, he said.

Tastes of luxury in China are changing, Keeping Up LVMH

  According to an article in the Financial Times several experts believe it's LVMH PINK: LVMUY, PA: MC Q-1 slows growth numbers are because the company underestimated the speed at which the Chinese taste away logo-heavy designs to sobriety.

If the luxury retailer recently reported its Q-1 growth of 3%, fueled the small number of industry concerns that the slowdown in China can meet more difficult than expected, to luxury. But as the results of other luxury brands is entered, it became clear that LVMH achieved worse than others.

The article cites several reasons for the slow growth in China LVMH, which relate to the changing tastes of Chinese consumers.

The status of Louis Vuitton as "mega-brand" may be that it is bad move to another niche tastes labels.

According to the article: "The risk of mega-brands, analysts said HSBC is" ubiquity - the idea that the consumer can see the same products in the world to be "too often" perceive a brand begins. In our opinion, the main victims of this topic Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Burberry as customers in developed countries and even major Chinese cities are less likely Products "logo to buy.

Complication was the fact that LVMH has not to this trend very quickly to compensate introduced in contrast to rival PPR, the successful Bottega Veneta in the Chinese market Gucci PINK replied: slow growth GUCG.

An analyst at Exane BNP Paribas, PA: BNP, PINK: BNPQY, compares the movement of the multi-layer of Mercedes, who pursued introduced around his car mainstream e-class strategy high-end and low-end models.

The question is "informed consumers will prefer to buy high-end versions of the mega-brands such as LV in the future, or will they buy instead of niche brands" pure "premium such as Hermes," he asks.

Niche brands are strong, including increased Goyard, Bottega Veneta Celine PPR and LVMH.

Mr. Arnault told shareholders that Celine was not joking on the "radar" 5 years ago, but now that her daughter Delphine, often wore the brand, despite their alleged affiliation to Christian Dior LVMH, which is an administrator.

The problem is that LVMH's Celine previously held about Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta, unlike PPR, which has grown rapidly for a number of years, as an alternative high-end brand Gucci groom.

LVMH responded by limiting the number of branches and the introduction of free logo designs.

In January, commissioned Louis Vuitton Fan Bingbing brand ambassador for a new set of leather "China-exclusive" No Logo handbags that radically logo of the unique style and fabric of the society are to promote and reduced the number of new openings to obtain exclusivity.

Under Article FT, the company is confident that the new strategy will pay off.

"At the risk of shocking the whole world, [a growth rate of sales of Louis Vuitton is not a problem," said Bernard Arnault, LVMH CEO at the general meeting of shareholders, stating that the slow growth was part of the "deliberate strategy" of the company exclusively to more.

Get'fast fashion "of South Korea, Singapore

  In Japanese "fast fashion" competitive market two new Asian brands have recently come to challenge their national and western rivals.

Charles & Keith based Mixxo South Korea and Singapore have called both stores here in recent months to life.

Big names in their country and beyond, but new in Japan, both are confident that they will win to differentiate themselves from their competitors, the heart of Japanese women.

The operating company Mixxo, eland, based in Seoul, opened its first store in Japan in March in Yokohama Sogo department store and the second in April, Sendai.

Eland, over 150 brands and 10,000 stores worldwide, in 2010 launched Mixxo managed.

Targeting mainly women in their 20s to 40s, said that if Mixxo his clothes are designed to Asian women in general in terms of color and size will fit, but also produced exclusively for Japanese customers.

To put out of the way, especially in the Japanese market Mixxo an advantage over competitors in fast fashion, including Gap says from the United States, Spain, Zara, H & M Sweden and Japan The brand Uniqlo.

Other retail clothing manufacturer of private label "play an important role in the creation of fashion brands in the world today, and the Japanese market is the center of this development," said Jang Seong Jong, director of sales Eland Japan Inc., Japan Mixxo operates.

"We studied the Japanese market in the last two or three years and decided that we are now ready to present our products and services in Japan," Jang said in an interview with The Japan Times earlier this month.

Jang said that we specially designed for Japanese customers with products and sizes is important because "people consider the colors and costumes first and then try. Yet the decision to buy items if they fall depends".

Eland has with Seven & I Holdings Co., convenience stores, department stores and shopping centers operating partnership.

The store Sogo Yokohama has 500 square meters of retail space, most of the soil and the atmosphere is much more stylish than the relaxed atmosphere Uniqlo and H & M.

Prices range 12900-5990 ¥ for jackets, up ¥ 2,990 ¥ 5,990 and ¥ 2.990 ¥ 6.990 for blouses for skirts and pants.

Eland Japan said that it plans 20-30 stores in 2015, and open letters to ¥ 20 billion euros in sales. The company is also planning another brand, imagine SPCA in July.

Headquartered in Singapore, has fast fashion brand Charles & Keith's first flagship store in the Japanese Harajuku district of Tokyo on 6 April opened.

The store is located near the center of the legendary fashion district, in front of the building La Foret Fashion Business H & M.

"I'm thrilled thrilled by the whole thing. Harajuku is one of the most famous shopping streets in the world," Fong Shee Beng, Executive Director of Charles & Keith, said shortly after the inauguration.

Fong said the strength of the Charles & Keith is a "good mix" of luxury and affordability.

The 230-square-foot store evokes the atmosphere of a luxury business, while objects, especially shoes and bags are valued at about ¥ 3,000 to ¥ 8,000.

To differentiate its brand Charles & Keith fast fashion rivals focused on shoes and accessories such as handbags and purses.

"When you talk about Uniqlo, H & M and Zara, they are mainly clothing .... For us, we have shoes and accessories. This is a little different," Fong said.

He added that the Japanese market for new entrants to be large enough successful, and there are not many players with a focus on specialty Charles & Keith, said: "We are very confident."

Charles & Keith, who has more than 300 stores worldwide, already has two other stores in Japan opened in a Yokohama and Osaka. It is planned to open 40 over the next three years.

June Kagaya, the Japanese branch of Charles & Keith leads, said the brand saw steady sales since its debut here.

"We believe that not too many people know our brand, our plan was to increase sales, we gradually improve brand awareness," he said.

The company has had a good start, especially in the flagship store in Harajuku, where turnover is about 1.5 times higher than expected, although it may be only one opening, said Kagaya bladder.

In Singapore, Charles & Keith stores located in malls, but the company decided to open the Harajuku store independently to increase brand awareness, Kagaya said.

The opening of other stores like this to be an option if it is proved can to win the first customer as Harajuku, but the company is introducing new stores primarily in shopping centers and buildings store mode, he said.

Although both newcomers believe they can gain a foothold in the Japanese market, some industry observers say it is a big challenge for them to grow to the size of the giants of fashion as Uniqlo Japan, which is already seeing fierce competition from fast Fashion designers and other clothing manufacturers.

However, because the market of Japanese fashion is so diverse, it is possible to carve out a new niche player, an analyst who wished to remain anonymous said.

start of the French fashion raises $ 1.5 million for the ineffable French touch "global spread

  Paris is one of the four fashion capitals of the world, and today, a start-up based in Paris, has received investment to expand the fashion market to accelerate online known.

Carnet de Mode is described as a "temple of Parisian fashion." The company combines up-and-coming fashion designers in Paris "unpronounceable French touch." With stylish consumers around the world in search of the

The company consists of two parts. First, the e-shop offers a curated collection of ready-to-wear and accessories, consumers can search and buy. The "pre-collection 'section of the website is a crowdfunding platform where emerging designers can raise funds for their next collection. Most of the selection is" avant-garde "and avant-garde, and will remain devoted in the development appeal and find unique clothing people.

Since its introduction, Carnet de Mode has sales and customers in more than 50% increased every month, according to a statement, and published over 30 new designers each month. The market currently offers 200 designers and 6,000 fashion items.

Elaia Partners led the first round of $ 1.5 million in angel investors. Elaia Partners is a company based in Paris, concentrates its investments in early-stage startups in the "digital economy". It will expand the market for designer Carnet de Mode, to support the launch of its multi-brand store segment, the growth of the team and invest in marketing and international business development.

Mario Testino creates MATE fashion collection for Net-a-Porter

  A Mario Testino MATE T-shirt, clutch and necklace.

 Peruvian fashion photographer Mario Testino has partnered with online luxury retailer Net-a-Porter for a new capsule collection.

Net-a-Porter, designed with Testino on an exclusive new 'Mario Testino MATE "capsule collection, worked to benefit the non-profit cultural institution in the capital of Peru, Lima based photographer.

The inspiration came opened "Alta Moda" Testino exhibition, the Peruvian mountain in costumes and clothing in the region Cusco traditional festivals, shows dressed shot over a period of five years recently.

The collection includes silk and cotton blend kaftan, scarves, bags and clutch, topped with pulled prints of his photographs abstract representation, while jeweler Vicki Beamon Erickson Beamon provided a touch of modernity, the traditional Peruvian handicrafts for accessories.

"We are big fans of photography Mario and we are excited to bring our customers the opportunity to make his art," said Holli Rogers, fashion director of Net-a-Porter. "The colors and details in the Peruvian costumes are incredible, which paved the way for an entertaining range of clothing, bags and jewelry," she added.

Available from June to buy online, the collection will be 20% of profits donated to mate.