Who’s in, who’s out?
May 2010 marks the end of an era; Indeed Jean-Paul Gaultier is leaving the creative direction of French Fashion House Hermès. Known as the outsider “l’Enfant terrible” of French Haute Couture, he was working at Hermès since 2003.
So this fruitful collaboration between two different personalities, Hermès the very well-established brand known for being classical and JPG the eccentric, is coming to an end after 7 years. Though they broke up, the Hermes family stills owns a 45% share of JPG brand. Now, Jean-Paul Gaultier wants to concentrate more on his own brand.
The traditional French house is …

There are newcomers in the children market. Indeed both High-end Italian brands Gucci and Fendi have unveiled their plans to expand to childrenswear, on the same day.

Fendi has already developed products for your tots, from 0 to2 years, but now wants to create a strong line for 2-12 years old kids and thus has associated itself with Simonetta for its children ready-to-wear line.
Simonetta is an Italian company and is also working with Roberto Cavalli on its childrenswear.
Fendi, which is part of luxury group LVMH, will present the first Spring Summer collection during Pitti Bimbo, the Childrenswear tradeshow that …