Customers are attaching more importance to design when purchasing jewellery in a sluggish global economic environment, according to Jason Luk, chief designer of Hong Kong-based designer brand Jason Luk Co Ltd. In an interview with JNA, Luk shared his insights on the latest product trends as well as the brand’s market entry strategy in Asia. … Read More →
Target spokesman Joshua Thomas says that as of 7 a.m. ET, no products had sold out entirely. However, the Marimekko line is experiencing an usual midday spike, so shelves are now starting to empty. Online, It looks as though the Marimekko hats are selling out as of Sunday afternoon. The women’s canvas hat no longer appear available … Read More →
Target Corp. held its annual designer sale Sunday, but this year’s collaboration with Finland’s Marimekko failed to spark the excitement of previous collections when frenzied shoppers cleaned out stores and crashed Target’s website. More than 200 discounted Marimekko items, from $20 bikini tops to $65 hammocks, went on sale early Sunday morning, and most of … Read More →
Handbag designer Joanna Maxham — whose namesake brand has grown nearly 300 percent in the last two years — appears to have successfully charted a trajectory from the corporate world to the creative one. The Connecticut-based designer’s collection of streamlined leather bags is presently sold in over 50 stores in the U.S., with additional distribution … Read More →
When it came to designing her namesake jewelry collection, Ambre Victoria Dahan of Ambre Victoria, went for the friendly and the familiar — those charming woven friendship bracelets prevalent at summer camps here and in her homeland, France, where they’re known as “Brazilian” bracelets. She has fashioned a luxe version of the style, in delicate … Read More →
If you’re newly bitten by the fragrance bug, you are probably reading Basenotes and feeling like the proverbial kid with his nose pressed up against the glass – everyone’s talking about their latest niche acquisition, debating the pineapple-ness of Aventus batch codes, and comparing the current Dior Homme with the silver stem one(what is a … Read More →