Alaïa and Celine Collide, Christie’s Record Bag Sale, Valentino

15 Jun

DOUBLE TIME: Fashion editors and other professionals in Paris on July 2 might find themselves wishing they might be in two places at the identical time: Alaïa and Celine have scheduled off-calendar runway shows only half-hour apart. It seems logistically unattainable to attend each: Normally shows are scheduled at the least one hour apart during official fashion weeks to permit sufficient time for participants to attend all events. As reported, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode published its provisional couture-week calendar on June 5, with 32 houses scheduling fall 2023 runway shows between July 3 and 6. In concert with that, the federation noted that two houses would show spring 2024 ready-to-wear collections on July 2, with Patou taking...

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27 Feb

Christies Names Global Head of Luxury

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Beauty, Featured

Christies Names Global Head of Luxury PARIS – Following a stellar yr for luxury resale at Christie’s, the auction house has named a latest global managing director for the activity: Emmanuel Danan, a former L’Oréal executive, joined the firm earlier this month to oversee its luxury sales, including jewelry, watches, wine and purses, based in Paris. His remit includes overseeing each live and online auctions in addition to private sales, working with specialist departments in Latest York, London, Geneva, Paris and Hong Kong. Last yr, Christie’s sold jewelry, watches, wine and purses globally for a cumulated sum of nearly $1 billion. It claims that luxury purchases are the main point of entry for brand spanking new customers, and are a serious driver for its...

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16 Feb

André Leon Talley Estate Sale Racks Up $1.38 Million

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Fashion, Featured

André Leon Talley Estate Sale The late André Leon Talley’s boundary-breaking fashion journalism helped people embrace and buy fashion, and Christie’s live sale Wednesday of things from his estate had an analogous effect. Interest in Talley’s life and influence on aspiring fashion and design professionals has continued since his death last yr on the age of 73. When the ultimate gavel was lowered Wednesday on the auction house’s Rockefeller Center outpost, the in-person sale of The Collection of André Leon Talley was a whole sellout. The entire tally was $1.38 million — well exceeding the presale estimate of $321,100 to $455,900 — and the entire lots were sold. Thirty percent of bidders were latest to Christie’s and greater than 40 percent of the...

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26 Sep

EXCLUSIVE: Christie’s Launches Department X

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Fashion, Featured

Christie’s goes deeper into the streetwear industry with a latest auction vertical. The auction house unveiled the launch of Department X, its latest department that focuses on auctions of luxury streetwear, sneakers and sports collectibles, on Monday. Christie’s Department X will host live and online auctions, in addition to private selling exhibitions, and deal with selling items across fashion, music, culture and sports. “We at Christie’s have a pulse in the marketplace and I believe it’s something that we see across every department and with the way in which that luxury has form of grown and transformed,” said Caitlin Donovan, Christie’s head of purses, streetwear and sneakers. “We‘ve watched the classic luxury departments start incorporating these elements of sneaker culture and streetwear...

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