Baselworld, the world’s largest watch and jewelry fair, opens its doors on March the 18th for a week.

Watchmakers and the industry in general have great expectations for this 2010 edition after last year’s catastrophic one. With the crisis behind (but still close) the fair motto is optimism but also caution. While Swiss exportation experienced its first rise since 2008 last quarter (+2.7% in January 2010 compared to January 2009), Jean-Claude Biver, Swatch group CEO still thinks the crisis is just around the corner…
Baselworld organizers and the industry experts hope to benefit the same conditions as did the SIHH (Haute Horlogerie …

The Oscars night might be the most awaited night of the year. Not only the Oscars are the most important event in the movie industry, it is also a key fashion event.
This year big winners are definitely European Couture designers.
As usual Italian designers were well represented with Armani privé, Atelier Versace, Valentino Couture, Roberto Cavalli and Prada for women and Gucci, Ferragamo and Dolce & Gabbana for men.
The night big winner Kathryn Bigelow – who took home five Oscars and became the first woman to win the Best Director award – with acclaimed actress and always red carpet winner, Kate …

In an interview to the Wall Street Journal last November, François Pinault – PPR’s CEO – re-asserted his will to strengthen the group’s luxury brands by selling La Fnac and Conforama “the sooner the better”.

PPR is a French multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands.
The group’s main activity is the retailing business thanks to La Fnac which is the leader of cultural and technological products in southern European countries and Conforama, which is a major player in European home furnishings. Moreover the company owns Redcats Group, a B-to-C (business to consumer) home shopping market in fashion and …

Celebrating its 70th anniversary, the original Gucci Rome boutique at the foot of the Spanish Steps on via Condotti presented its new store concept earlier this year. The houses’ Creative Director Frida Giannini designed an exclusive design concept, amplifying the luxuriousness in the Gucci store environments and to create an aesthetic, which is complementary to the vision of the brand today. The concept is a modern architectural statement that references the iconic Gucci materials and elements of stores from the past.
Giannini’s concept, which employs warmth and light to spectacular effects, has codified retail spaces and paves the way for Gucci’s …

Gucci Runway Show Milan Fashion Week September 2007

Milan – September 17 2008
Coming Saturday, the 20th of September the Spring/Summer 2009 edition the Milanese fashion week, the Milano Moda Donna, women’s most important Prêt-à-porter fashion week, will start at the Milan Fashion Centre on Via Gattamelata, 5.
From Saturday 20th through Saturday 27th, industry operators will be able to admire, thanks to a well structured and balanced schedule, the 224 collections that will be the protagonists of Milan fashion week. There will be in fact 100 fashion shows for 93 brands, 94 presentations and 51 collections that can be visited by …