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Editorial: The Deals, Disruptions, and Power Shifts Shaping Luxury
Luxury fashion is no longer just about the clothes. I hasn’t been for a long time now. It’s an intricate chessboard where billion-dollar gambits, power struggles, and seismic creative shifts determine who reigns supreme. The stakes? Cultural dominance, financial empires, and the future of an industry in flux. It’s a high-stakes arena where billion-dollar deals…
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Editor’s Letter – Fashion’s Next Act: A Tale of Reinvention
Fashion has always been embedded in transformation – of materials into garments, of trends into cultural markers, of businesses into empires. But today, the industry’s evolution feels particularly cinematic. Private equity titans, together with legacy designers, and rising investors are rewriting the script of a high-stakes drama. When I worked as a theatre costume designer…
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The Business of Skincare: Inside Beauty’s Investment Boom and Changing Consumer Trends
In my early twenties, I experienced two difficult bouts of acne. This came very unexpectedly, given that as a teenager, I was blessed with clear, blemish-free skin. Each time, I scoured the internet for solutions, only to be met with an avalanche of conflicting advice. One day, niacinamide was the Holy Grail; the next, it…