Jackets need never be boring was the prevailing message at Milan Fashion Week yesterday as Frida Giannini unveiled her latest offering for Gucci
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Is the red carpet ready for big knickers? Oscar night might be near, but it would take a brave actress to wear Gucci's latest riff on evening wear... more
François-Henri Pinault's French luxury goods and shops group PPR reports a storming set of profit figures having benefited from an increase in spending on exclusive brands by the world's wealthy... more
Gucci Group chief executive Robert Polet, whose luxury goods business includes top fashion labels Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen, is quitting London... more
As the high street giant opens its new multi-million-pound flagship store across the road from Harrods, Vassi Chamberlain asks if the fashionistas of Knightsbridge can be lured into this teenage Mecca.... more
I'm sure my maternity doctors and nurses are delighted by the Royal Free's £70,000 glass desk - though it seems a poor deployment of resources under any circumstances... more
The luxury goods market will grow next year for the first time since 2007 thanks to recovering demand from china and growing internet sales, according to management consultants Bain & Co ... more
Prepare to be dazzled by this stunning selection of diamond-encrusted cocktail watches, with designs from Gucci, Dior and some serious bling from Hermès... more
Gucci's new chief executive today said the luxury label will focus on its mid-priced range to keep its well-heeled customers splashing out in the recession. ... more
There was blood on the stucco this week as the quarterly rent bills thudded in, giving coronaries to the owners of many little independent boutiques, delis, and shops in my 'hood, Notting Hill... more
Fashion: Gucci Group's owner confirmed that spending is going out of fashion. French retail giant PPR said it would reduce costs after sales dipped in the final three months of last year... more
You might have thought that the sales would have less of an edge to them this year, given that so many retailers had the bad taste to launch them in the run-up to Christmas... more
It is a riot of kitsch, gothic, occultism, and baroque in one of London's most desirable streets, once owned by a millionaire watchmaker who called himself the Black Beast... more
Gucci might not be the most cuttingedge brand in Milan - that accolade goes to Prada - but when it comes to knocking out hits, it is unassailable... more
Fashion: In a fashion industry variant of the standard “family” excuse, Gucci chief Mark Lee is resigning “to spend more time in New York City”... more
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