Once upon a time, brands like H&M and Target brought big name designers into their folds for magical capsule collections, offering up designer-approved threads at a sliver of the cost. Shoppers rejoiced, and retailers jumped for joy when said capsule collections flew off the shelves in a frenzy (cough, cough, H&M x Balmain and Lily Pulitzer for … Read More →
Overall platinum supply is projected to fall by two per cent year-on-year to 7,330 kilo ounces (koz) in 2017, with both primary and secondary supply expected to decline. According to the World Platinum Investment Council’s (WPIC)’s publication Platinum Quarterly for the March quarter of 2017, the global demand for platinum is projected six per cent … Read More →
The Federal Government is consulting members of the jewellery industry in order to assess the potential costs and benefits of an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime. A spokesperson for the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) confirmed that a cost-benefit analysis was being conducted to determine if certain business sectors posing money laundering and terrorism financing … Read More →
PFW make a case for lip cuffs, oblong sunglasses, and a leather beret [“source-elle”]
Like most Fall-obsessed women, we have a need to try all things pumpkin. Dunkin’ Donuts gave us a whole cornucopia of pumpkin-themed products in late August, and we’re amped about the return of Starbucks’s Pumpkin Spice Latte on Sept. 6. But possibly even better than those two things? Pumpkin highlighter. Hear us out: we were … Read More →
Multitasking must be trending. Rebecca Minkoffmade another one of her frequent California trips this week for a trio of events: Monday’s panel for University of California, Berkeley students in STEM study tracks (science, technology, engineering, math) and fashion design, with cospeakers Hillary Kerr of Who What Wear, Brit Morin of Brit + Co, Jess Lee … Read More →
Sunday, almost one month after the end of Paris Fashion Week, brought glorious springlike weather and coincided with the 40th Paris marathon — as well as Azzedine Alaïa’s fall show. The designer is apparently as impervious to time as a mountain range. See-later, buy-later seems to be his counterintuitive slogan. And yet he drew a full … Read More →