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Prada comes out on top in Lyst’s Q4 2022 report

The Lyst Index for Q4 of 2022 has arrived, and with it comes some significant shifts in shopper sentiments towards big name luxury brands. For one, Gucci, which was at the top for Q3, fell to second place, while the former occupier of the spot Prada went up to first. It comes as both companies experienced some significant changes in their...

3 Feb 2023

Fashion

Global market for pet fashion is growing

Chihuahuas in tuxedos, dachshunds in sweaters, garments for pets are in high demand. In terms of numbers, the market for petwear is forecast to reach 6.3 billion dollars by 2028, rising at a market growth of 4 percent, CAGR. This is but one small aspect of the global market for pet product, which is set to reach 36.89 billion dollars by 2025,...

31 Jan 2023

Fashion

Prada releases ninth edition of Timecapsule NFT

Luxury brand Prada has unveiled the ninth instalment of its Timecapsule non-fungible token (NFT), set to drop February 2. The piece is entitled ‘Interferenza Ottica Art Print by Enzo Ragazzini 1975’ and comes as the second NFT in a three-part series of shirts adorned in special prints from the archive of Italian photographer Ragazzini. In...

27 Jan 2023

Fashion Featured

Year of the Rabbit: 7 Brands hopping on Lunar New Year celebrations

The Year of the Rabbit is upon us, a year that the Chinese zodiac has defined to be filled with luck, optimism and wit as we come into the new Lunar New Year on January 22. To celebrate such an occasion, a range of brands have unveiled a series of campaigns and collections that look to encapsulate this year’s theme, through the use of plenty of...

6 Jan 2023

Fashion

Prada announces Timecapsule NFT drop for January

Prada has announed its latest Timecapsule NFT drop for January. The soon to be released Timecapsule shirt will feature prints designed in 1969 by Enzo Ragazzini, and is the Milan-based luxury house’s eighth exclusive Timecapsule drop. The series of shirts feature special prints from the photographer's archive, spanning the late sixties and early...

29 Dec 2022

BusinessFeatured

Prada names Gianfranco D’Attis as CEO

The Prada Group has announced the appointment of Gianfranco D’Attis as chief executive officer of the Prada brand, effective from January 2, 2023. Once in the role, D’Attis has been tasked with the strategic development of the Italian luxury label in every market. He joins the company from Christian Dior Couture, where he held the position of...

13 Dec 2022

People

Prada appoints new Group CEO

Prada on Tuesday announced Andrea Guerra is to be recommended as CEO of the Prada Group. The Italian luxury group's portfolio of brands include Prada, MiuMiu, Carshoe, Church’s and Marchesa 1824. In a statement Prada said Mr Guerra will recommended to take the role at the Group’s board meeting on 26 January 2023. Miuccia Prada is to remain...

6 Dec 2022

People

Prada embarks on succession path to handover reigns to eldest son

Prada has begun the process of succession planning, looking to the former Luxottica chief Andrea Guerra to streamline the luxury house’s change of leadership. Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli (76) and Miuccia Prada (73) are expected to hand the company operations to their eldest son, Lorenzo Bertilli (34), who joined the company 2007 as digital...

30 Nov 2022

Fashion Featured

Raf Simons to close his namesake label

Raf Simons announced it is to shutter its label, with the Spring Summer 2023 collection the brand’s swansong. In an announcement on Instagram, the Belgian designer said it would be the end of the brand’s 27 years and SS23 its final season. “I lack the words to share how proud I am in all that we have achieved,” Simons wrote. “I am grateful for...

21 Nov 2022

Fashion Featured

Lyst Index: Italian labels reign supreme, Miu Miu ballet flats named hottest product

Luxury fashion house Gucci has retained its spot as the world’s hottest brand as Italian label’s continue to reign supreme, according to the latest Lyst Index. The index, created by fashion search platform Lyst, compares more than eight million items and rates them by volume of social media mentions, searches, page views, interactions, and sales...

28 Oct 2022

Fashion

At Milan Fashion Week Prada comes undone

The jagged form of a front split in a pencil skirt could almost have been a sewing mishap. The same for the creases on a blazer or the way a silk dress had its fabric twisted at the hem. It was, of course, wholly intentional, it being Prada, the purveyor of paired-down fashion and complex themes. “Gestures of Errors” is how co-creative director...

23 Sept 2022

Fashion |Beauty Featured

Prada launches a new fragrance for women

Prada has launched a new women’s fragrance, Prada Paradoxe, with a film and campaign fronted by actress Emma Watson to capture “the essence of the undefinable and ever-evolving Prada woman”. Prada Paradoxe is the first major scent for women from the Italian fashion brand to be launched by L’Oréal, the brand’s fragrance and beauty licensee, and...

25 Aug 2022