Backstage at Loewe Autumn:Winter 2012 | Soure Wonderland Spain’s got talent (Telegraph) “Stuart Vevers and Lisa Montague, the British duo who set Mulberry on the road to global superstardom, have taken their recipe to Loewe, the luxury heritage brand based in Madrid. Will it taste as sweet?” Burberry to invest in new, bigger stores (Reuters) “British luxury brand Burberry posted a 26 percent jump in profit as expected and said it would invest up to 200 million pounds ($316 million) in new outlets and expanding existing stores in London, Chicago and Hong Kong.” Vuitton tops Hermes as world’s most valuable luxury brand (Bloomberg) “Louis Vuitton, the French maker of laminated canvas handbags, was named the world’s most valuable luxury brand for a seventh consecutive year.” As U.S.

Stylitics screenshot | Source: stylitics.com It’s time for the third edition of Elevator Pitch, where one exceptional fashion-technology start-up pitches its business idea and receives valuable feedback from a panel of fashion, technology and investment experts, as well as the wider BoF community.

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The Week in Review, 14-19 May 2012 Is Fashion Ready for a New Aesthetic? (Intelligence) “Over the past year, a loose group of creatives in London’s East End have given birth to a counter-narrative to the growing tide of heritage and nostalgia, examining the reality of our increasingly artificial and technology-mediated world head-on.” Commerce That’s Curated Just for You (Fashion 2.0) “Ambitious start-ups are aiming to offer consumers more sophisticated personalised product selections and styling advice by building expert curation into their online business models.” Inez and Vinoodh (The Creative Class) “Working as a team, Lamsweerde and her husband, Vinoodh Matadin, have forged a unique personal and creative union which has given rise to a remarkable body of work.” Edeline Lee (The Spotlight) “Seeing the designer in her element, there is no mistaking that Edeline Lee is woman who wears many hats

Alber Elbaz | Source: Hypebeast In the Spotlight’s Glare (NY Times) “Much of what has been written about Mr. Elbaz on the occasion of his 10th anniversary as the designer of Lanvin, a milestone that normally might merit a mention somewhere near the classifieds, could illustrate what is a rare example in the catty fashion industry of the Buddhist concept of mudita, or taking pleasure in another person’s good fortune

Edeline Lee Autumn/Winter 2012 | Photo: Matt Wash LONDON, United Kingdom — Seeing the designer in her element, there is no mistaking that Edeline Lee is woman who wears many hats.

Richemont CEO Johann Rupert | Source: Connecting Watches Richemont Full-Year Profit Beats Estimates on Asian Sales (Bloomberg) “Richemont, the second-biggest luxury goods company, reported full-year profit that beat analysts’ estimates as sales were boosted by buoyant demand for high-end goods in the Asia-Pacific region.

Editorial GIF by Reed + Rader | Source: V Magazine LONDON, United Kingdom — Instagram, Barbour, vinyl records, artisanal butchers, moustaches, and the biography of your potatoes lovingly detailed on chalkboard signs at Whole Foods. What is wrong with this picture

Looklab Screenshot | Source: Looklab.com NEW YORK, United States — Finding fashion products online that fit personal parameters like taste, style, size, body shape, eye colour, hair colour and skin tone; are right for a particular mood or upcoming event; and can be nicely mixed-and-matched with the existing contents of a user’s closet, all while quickening the pulse and providing a feeling of discovery, is a problem that offers tremendous opportunity for would-be innovators. In a detailed blog post last month, leading movie subscription service Netflix, known for having one of the world’s most effective personal recommendation engines, revealed a remarkable statistic

Anya Hindmarch Bond Street store | Source: Remodelista Bags to riches: Anya Hindmarch interview (Telegraph) “Anya Hindmarch, an attractive woman and designer of desirable handbags and accessories, but one imbued with a political conviction as profound as the determination that has made her head of an expanding international business, with 54 shops worldwide and an annual turnover well in excess of £20 million.” International shoppers boost UK retail industry (Retail Weekly) “In Knightsbridge, Chinese shoppers are busy snapping up Prada skirts and Gucci dresses, while on Bond Street, luxury watches are the order of the day. Over on Jermyn Street, Americans are splashing the cash on shoes and shirts – and it’s a similar story across the UK, as non-EU tourist spending grows 34% last year.” Fashion Label Paul Smith Plans Shanghai Megastore in China Entry (BusinessWeek) “Paul Smith Ltd., the British fashion label worn by celebrities David Beckham, George Clooney and Jude Law, is planning a flagship store in Shanghai to enter mainland China as the clothing market surges.” How to shop ahead of the curve (Independent) “From Wednesday, McQ, the second line from Alexander McQueen, will offer its autumn 2012 collection on the site for exclusive pre-ordering for a week only.