Why Gucci just can’t keep up with Hermes and Brunello Cucinelli

Why Gucci just can’t keep up with Hermes and Brunello Cucinelli

Kering does have some levers it can pull to reorient the business towards the twin drivers of understated luxury and the super-rich’s enduring purchasing power.

  • byAndrea Felsted

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Local heroes:Australian-made fashion labels that deserve your money

Local heroes:Australian-made fashion labels that deserve your money

More homegrown designers are offering affordable ways into their brands,including one that wants to be the next Jacquemus.

  • byMelissa Singer
New York’s $US140m family feud that’s like Succession – but starring women

New York’s $US140m family feud that’s like Succession – but starring women

A once-close Italian clan,a luxury jewellery brand – and a nasty legal battle.

  • byAnne McElvoy
Sound like a fashion expert. Learn how to say Loewe

Sound like a fashion expert. Learn how to say Loewe

With his latest Paris show designer Jonathan Anderson makes it worth getting to know a Spanish brand with a German name.

  • byDamien Woolnough
Watch this space:Boom for luxury timepieces

Watch this space:Boom for luxury timepieces

Luxury watches brands are taking advantage of the rising demand and opening up flagship stores in key city locations across Sydney and Melbourne.

  • byCarolyn Cummins andNicole Lindsay
As easy as ordering pizza:How Gen Z is shifting the debate over fakes

As easy as ordering pizza:How Gen Z is shifting the debate over fakes

Younger consumers are helping drive demand for counterfeit luxury goods,including “superfakes”. But where do fake bags come from?

  • byMelissa Singer
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Princess Kate’s favourite designer is moving on. So,who will step in?

Princess Kate’s favourite designer is moving on. So,who will step in?

Sarah Burton,who succeeded Alexander McQueen following his death,has dressed everyone from Nicole Kidman to Michelle Obama. Is she set to start her own label?

  • byCaroline Leaper
Secretive billionaire sells to Rolex,ending a century-old Swiss watch dynasty

Secretive billionaire sells to Rolex,ending a century-old Swiss watch dynasty

Three generations of Bucherers built one of the most exclusive retailers in the world,selling expensive time pieces and glittering gems to the global rich and famous.

  • byTara Patel andAndy Hoffman
Are you team luxury? Sports merch is entering a new style era

Are you team luxury? Sports merch is entering a new style era

Big name fashion brands and influential designers are turning stadiums into runways.

  • byDamien Woolnough
Vanishing one-star reviews:Is Cosette silencing ‘superfake’ victims?
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Vanishing one-star reviews:Is Cosette silencing ‘superfake’ victims?

As fair trading’s investigation into the retailer nears $1 million in suspect stock,one question remains:how did this happen?

  • byMelissa Singer
‘It’s never only been about the money’:The Zimmermann success story

‘It’s never only been about the money’:The Zimmermann success story

From a market stall to a reported billion-dollar valuation,Nicole and Simone Zimmermann’s label is an inspiration.

  • byDamien Woolnough