Today, robbers took nearly a dozen very expensive Gucci handbags from one store and nothing else.
Lt. Richard Calderon, San Jose Police Department: “We had a suspect enter inside the store and cause a diversion and take approximately nine handbags from the shelves.”
And considering the cheapest Gucci bag starts around $1,500, the financial loss here was [...]
An Italian bank is paying $126.5 million for a 5-percent stake in Prada Group NV, one of the bank’s key lending customers.
Besides the ownership move, Banca Intesa SpA also agreed to loan Prada about $253 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Analysts say the move is an apparent step toward Prada’s long-time but often-frustrated goal [...]
After an autumn debut focused on a single-product with a high glamour content, the black jeans with flesh-colored tulle piping, the Italian fashion house La Perla Group is ready to launch the new La Perla Jeans line in spring/summer 2007.
The brand’s deep knowledge of the female body has given rise to the desire to make [...]
Shopping in Milan isn’t just a pastime, it’s a high-level competitive sport.
Each year, Milan dazzles the world with its prêt-? -porter shows, where top designers parade their latest creations. The chic, the très-chic and the faux-chic alike flock to take in the next season’s trends.
Couriers scuttle up and down the streets, laden with packages of [...]
Nicky Hilton has announced she will be launching Nicky O, A Nicky Hilton Hotel.
She has reportedly recruited fashion designer Roberto Cavalli to design the hotel suites.
The penthouse rooms will go for upwards of about $5,000 (US) per night.
British beauty Keira Knighley will donate her gold Gucci dress to raise money for charity The 21-year-old Pirates Of The Caribbean actress wore the stunning dress at the film’s London premiere last week.
She says, “I’d like to give it to charity for them to sell. It’s not the kind of thing you can get away [...]
Stacey Dash is creating a new lingerie line called Letters of Marque.
The actress, who bares all in the new issue of US Playboy magazine, is a huge fan of high-end underwear and is hoping her new line, which she’ll launch at New York Fashion Week later this year (06), will compete with Janet Reger and [...]
Giorgio Armani opens the button on the cuff of his navy cashmere jacket and loosens the brown alligator strap of his limited-edition white gold Borgo 21 watch. Its a muggy day in Paris and, as he watches final rehearsals for his haute-couture womenswear show, the Italian designer is feeling the heat.
The stakes in the couture [...]
Sshares in Bulgari, the long-established supplier of luxury watches, perfumes and jewellery to the rich and famous, jumped last week on takeover rumours.
The Italian companys share price rose nearly 4% in one day with the market in Milan guessing that Gucci owner Pinault-Printemps Redoute may have been behind the sudden surge, or its French [...]
The findings of a recent A C Nielsen study seem to validate the Murjani Group’s India strategy to create a Multi-Brand Retail Platform, with the world’s leading brands. The Murjani Group has already inked exclusive distribution agreements with the likes of Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Calvin Klein, FCUK, TUMI and Build-A-Bear, in addition to others [...]