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Balenciaga strikes deal with Reliance Brands to bring brand to India

Luxury brand Balenciaga has signed a strategic deal with Reliance Brands Limited (RBL), which will see the couture label enter the Indian market. The long-term franchise agreement will make RBL Balenciaga’s exclusive partner in the region and marks the branding agency’s second deal with a Kering-owned label. It previously struck a similar...

5 Aug 2022

Culture

Balenciaga designs charity t-shirt to raise funds to rebuild Ukraine

Balenciaga is supporting the United24 platform for helping refugees. A charity t-shirt is available on its website of which 100 percent of the net profits will be donated to the humanitarian efforts for the Rebuild Ukraine direction. Costing 200 euros, the organic cotton tee features a Ukrainian flag on the front and a QR code on the back....

29 Jul 2022

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Lyst Index: Gucci reclaims top spot, Diesel 1DR bag named hottest women’s item

Italian luxury label Gucci has stepped past Spanish rival Balenciaga to be named the hottest brand on the planet in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest Lyst Index. The index, created by fashion search platform Lyst, examines more than eight million items and rates them by volume of social media mentions, searches, page views,...

27 Jul 2022

Retail

Yeezy Gap launch first physical retail in New York’s Times Square

Heavy duty refuse sacks filled with garments, piled on the floor. Blacked out walls and shutters that nod to a distilled utopia. Not the usual experience one expects to find in a retail store, let alone one operated by Gap Inc. But that is precisely the image Kanye West aimed to convey for the first Yeezy Gap physical space at Gap’s Times Square...

22 Jul 2022

Business

Yeezy Gap and Balenciaga launch digital game

As part of the Yeezy Gap and Balenciaga collaboration, the duo will be launching a new digital game concept that will bring to life the virtually rendered avatars seen in the brands’ collection debut. Available to play through the Yeezy Gap website, the game sees users become an avatar and enter the Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga world. On...

22 Jul 2022

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Fall 2022 Haute Couture round-up

It was back to business as usual at Paris haute couture, but some designers and houses offered a touch of modernity amongst a trade that continues to value traditional escapism for the elite. Armani Privé Showing his first couture show in over two years, Mr Armani stuck to the codes that have built his name and company into a global empire....

8 Jul 2022

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In Meta's new store Avatars can be dressed in Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne

Meta is launching an Avatar Store on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. The store will launch to include digital clothes from Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne, as was announced by Mark Zuckerberg on Twitter. The Facebook founder and Instagram Fashion Director Eva Chen were pictured as avatars in several looks from each designer. Early in May Mr...

20 Jun 2022

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How Adidas went from street to luxury

A mini travel duffle-shaped bag retails for 2,200 euros; a v-neck t-shirt costs 520 euros; a pair of loafers is 890 euros. Such are the price points of luxury goods, at which most seasoned high-end shoppers rarely bat an eyelid. But these items, as it happens, are from the new adidas collection in collaboration with Gucci, augmenting everything...

1 Jun 2022

Fashion

Women’s Resort 2023 keys collections

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a first look at the latest Women’s Resort collections arriving for 2023. The first shows of the 2023 Resort season showed a contrast of styles and design reference. In difficult times, some designers opted to take inspiration from the past and reminiscences from golden eras and positive memories. For...

27 May 2022

Business

Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga postpones launch in light of Uvalde shooting

Gap has announced that the launch of its Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection has been postponed in regards to the unfortunate tragedy that unfolded in Uvalde, Texas. In a statement, the fashion group said: “In light of the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, we are postponing the Yeezy Engineered by Balenciaga launch until Friday, May 27. “As we...

27 May 2022

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Balenciaga unveils collaboration with Adidas on the New York Stock Exchange

Balenciaga has gone public in New York and showed its spring collection for 2023 on Sunday between screens with flickering share prices. The fashion house also has the German sports giant Adidas in its baggage, which is currently very popular for luxury collaborations, and here, at the most recent, the boundaries between the fashion hypes and...

23 May 2022

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Gucci and Adidas receive backlash for selling 1,300 pound sun umbrella

As far as collaborations go, the latest Gucci and adidas partnership is meant to evoke a sense of modern nostalgia, mixing the retro stripes of the sportswear giant with silhouettes and quirky design ethos of Gucci. The result is mix of products ranging from a studded clog to colourful co-branded bags and accessories to high-end outerwear. One...

20 May 2022