Fendi is the latest luxury fashion house to make a blinged entrance into the world of high jewellery with its new 3-piece diamond-encrusted set. Using more than 1,000 diamonds, Delfina Delettrez Fendi, the label’s artistic director of jewellery, designed a mini collection featuring cascading whit…
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Fendi Taps Botswana Designer, Peter Mabeo, for New Furniture Collection
Peter Mabeo is no stranger to high-profile international collaborations. The Botswana-born and based furniture designer, who is famous for highlighting the human element of his pieces by capturing them alongside the craftspeople that created them, released his first international collaboration wi…
She Once Dominated Your Screens. Now, She is coming for Your Wardrobe with the Fendi x Skims Collection
Hate her or like her, you cannot deny that Kim Kardashian West definitely knows how to grab our attention and hold it. For fourteen years, she, along with every other member of her family, dominated the world of entertainment. Now, Kim wants a prominent seat at the luxury fashion table, and her l…
The Fendi-Versace Collection is Everything Your Wardrobe Needs
In a year of fashion collaborations between top luxury houses, there just might have emerged a clear winner: the Fendi by Versace/Versace by Fendi – or Fendace, if you will – collection which debuted at the Milan Fashion Week on Sunday, was nothing short of brilliant, and might just be called the…
Tiffany & Co is now Part of the LVMH Empire
The LVMH group boasts several luxury brands under its umbrella. And in adding a big name to the list, the conglomerate is now set to scoop in jewelry brand- Tiffany & Co. for a cool $16.2 billion! As part of the deal, the French luxury group will pay $135 per Tiffany share, making the acquisi…
The Fashion Industry’s Diversity, Inclusion and Cultural Sensitivity Dilemma
In light of a tsunami of accusations and the incessant backlash from consumers and society at large, the fashion industry is faced with innumerable problems – freedom of expression in spite of diversity, mental health and cultural sensitivity. As technology progress, so do generations. The Age of…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Karl Lagerfeld 10.10.1933 – 19.2.2019
The world is devastated over the news of Karl Lagerfeld’s passing. A man of varied talents – artist, photographer, caricaturist, creative director and iconic fashion designer who lived in Paris. He became a revolutionary name in the fashion industry with his “high fashion and high camp” app…
Fendi Is Updating Its Iconic Baguette Bag
Fendi is looking to make friends with a younger generation. The storied Italian fashion company is placing a greater focus on the Baguette, a handbag it introduced in 1997 to great fanfare. Then, the Baguette was considered to be an It bag, an accessory that automatically signified one’s status, …
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Heritage Is Still Crucial to Luxury Fashion
Earlier this month, Apple shares slid by 10% and many insiders ascribed this weak performance to the lack of innovation in its latest products. Brunello Cucinelli shares dramatically dipped following its 2018 report that saw a revenues increase of +8.1% – something considered too low and slow by …
Luxury Brands Pick Risky Celebrity Ambassadors
Celebrity endorsements can boost a brand’s image among consumers, but new research finds that luxury marketers frequently choose the wrong faces to represent them. More than three-quarters of endorsement deals in the industry are made with individuals who have low approval ratings, reflecting neg…