Berlin, November 2009
After lending her image to fashion designers for more than two decades, supermodel Claudia Schiffer says she is now ready to create her own fashion business, which could include cashmere wares and handbags.
The 39-year-old-German born model on Tuesday said she was looking to give her life a new direction and was on the lookout for partners to back the launch of her brand.
“I would love to create my own lines now,” Schiffer told a luxury conference in Berlin organized by the International Herald Tribune. “I want the brand to be timeless and classic, with a fashion sensibility.”
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The luxury goods market is expected to see slowing growth this year and a possible downturn in 2009 as the global crisis and weaker consumer confidence hit the sector, experts said on Tuesday.
Analysts are expecting cracks to appear in the global luxury market, starting with the Christmas period when such companies make a large part of their annual revenues. Italian jeweler Bulgari was one of the first groups in Europe to warn last month that it expected Christmas sales to be poorer this year than last. According to a study by Bain & Co. presented at the Altagamma luxury goods …

The striking elegant Salvatore Ferragamo watch Vara, launched in July 2008 by the Italian luxury house in collaboration with the Florentine Timex Group, is a unique precious ladies timepiece with different and always new personalities. Sold with three interchangeable straps that allow its wearer to interpret today’s mood with originality, the new luxury watch is a pleasure to the eye with its authentic Ferragamo style. Inspired by the iconic Salvatore Ferragamo Vara shoe, the watch pays a brilliant tribute to the Italian tradition of craftsmanship, which has always been able to combine luxury and creativity. The case of the Vara …