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Armani To Design A New Mobile Phone For Samsung
It seems like the high fashion mobile phones, designed by the worlds top designers are in these days. After Dolce and Gabbana collaborated with Motorolla to create the shiny Gold MOTORAZR V3i handset and Prada worked hands in hands with LG to and released another ‘designer phone’, Armani also looks to enter this market. He’s [...]
Bulgari Looking To Buy Swiss Watchmaker
Bulgari SpA, the Italian fashion group, is studying the acquisition of a Swiss watchmaker, the daily Finanza & Mercati said citing CEO Francesco Trapani. The group is also interested in acquisitions in the jewelry and accessory businesses, the newspaper said, adding that the overall acquisition outlay could be about 200 million euro.
Valentino says women should always be "pefect", "sensational" and "pleasing"
Valentino Garavani celebrated 45 years of the Valentino fashion label two weeks ago, and he had some rather, eh, interesting views on women in a recent interview. In this clip, he discusses how he feels “sorry” for women who dress too “relaxed”. (I’m guessing I would send Valentino into a deep, deep depression.) Valentino also [...]
Gucci And Puma Are Now Controled By The Same Company
PPR SA, the French owner of the Gucci luxury brand, said a $7.3 billion (U.S.) bid for German sporting goods maker Puma AG succeeded after almost two-thirds of investors accepted its offer. PPR now owns a 62.1 per cent stake in Puma, a statement yesterday by the Paris-based company said. The purchase is the first [...]
Dharm's Talwar nominated for Gucci Award
Debutant director Bhavana Talwar, whose film Dharm was released earlier this year, has been nominated for the second annual Gucci Group Award that will be presented on 3 September, 2007 during the 64th Venice Film Festival. Talwar’s Dharm explored religious fanaticism and caste conflicts in India and starred Pankaj Kapur and Supriya Pathak Kapur amongst [...]
Armani Launches His First Spa In Tokyo
The Armani Group is opening its giant Armani/Ginza Tower in Ginza, one of Tokyo‘s ritziest districts, as part of its strategy to lure customers in Japan, already the company’s largest market. The 6,000 square-meter (65,000 square-foot) complex opening on November 8 will include a spa as well as a restaurant to “offer a complete lifestyle,” [...]
Fendi Show On Great Wall Of China Gets Go Ahead
CEO of Fendi Michael Burke last night confirmed Fendi’s plans for a 100 look fashion show on the Great Wall of China. The show, which is due to take place at the end of October has been given the go ahead by the People’s Republic of China. Burke, speaking from the Dior couture show in [...]
Giorgio Armani Prive Autumn/Winter 2008 collection
Giorgio Armani Prive built up from pretty tailored pieces consisting of waisted jackets, tuxedo suits and pretty dresses all belted down tight at the waist to create an hour glass figure out of the fashion model bodies. The colours were a world away from the muted colours usually reserved by Armani, this time citing David [...]
Versace Focuses On Accessories
Versace, the Italian design firm, is shifting away from its money-losing clothing line to focus on more profitable accessories, such as luggage, shoes, handbags, leather goods, home furnishings and automobile interiors. Accessories last year accounted for more than 33 percent of Versace’s $383 million in revenue, a 27 percent jump in two short years. They [...]
Armani On A Rainbow Trip
The Age of Aquarius finally arrived for the Italian couturier, Giorgio Armani, in Paris last night (Wednesday), exactly a week before his 73rd birthday. As the actress Cate Blanchett, sitting front row, murmered “this rocks”, Armani, once known as ‘Mr Beige’, swapped from minimal to magic. He unleashed a fireball of fluorescent colour and bling-bling [...]
