Looking good often comes at a price, but two sophomore business majors recently developed the idea to discount popular accessories, specifically for male college students. Built from the ground up, Tharros Co. markets items from sunglasses to cologne.  “We both have an interest in that kind of fashion and accessories to that extent,” Jack Pittas, Read More →

Located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Madison Avenue has long been a luxury shopping destination. From Chopard to Buccellati, Aaron Basha to Georg Jensen, and of course the mothership, Fred Leighton (just try to pull me away), fine jewelry has a firmly planted foothold in the neighborhood. In the last couple of years, Read More →

More than 35 haute couture pieces from the archive of Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf feature in an exhibition at Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria.  The show, titled Viktor & Rolf: Fashion Artists, is the label’s first in Australia. It brings together pieces from its ready-to-wear collections and installations, including a striped dress embroidered Read More →

The Big 4 have halted store expansion by cancelling two thirds of plans to build new stores since 2014. According to the figures compiled for The Telegraph, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons have only filed for one supermarket planning application each this year, compared with 20 two years ago. Tesco and Sainsbury’s have instead opted to Read More →

Celebrating its golden jubilee, the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) recently held a Jewellers for Hope Charity Dinner in association with De Beers as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Although several gemstone and jewellery companies host individual charity programmes, GJEPC’s Jewellers for Hope is the only event where jewellers come Read More →