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...A women’s microlight alpine down jacket costs £210, while a Neutrino 400 down sleeping bag for temperatures of -7C can cost up to £480. Carrington sold the business to Equip in 2003....
...“We saw what the clients want — bomber jackets, puffer jackets and latex bodies. People want it because it’s a different look.” Accessories will be a tougher challenge....
...They will say what they need to say to close the sale....
...Sleigh bells tinkled in tandem with the till sales. “Here,” said Armani, “there is a very receptive clientele.”...
...The designer showcased pleated skirts, layered camisoles and padded jackets with wraparound visors and pointed-toe footwear....
...The appetite for technical cagoules and parkas seems to have remained undimmed despite the global slowdown in fashion sales overall....
...Down the runway came modernised versions of duffel coats, parkas and field jackets, with tactile shearling and faux fur used throughout....
...“You can imagine my surprise to have learned of the sale of the original painting and, of course, my decision to buy it was immediate.”...
...At €9.9bn in sales, Gucci brings in half of the French parent company’s revenue, but has been navigating declining sales amid a broader luxury slowdown....
...out that ready-to-wear sales are growing at a particularly fast clip....
...Esh is fastidious about details: jackets come with Savile Row-standard interiors, while both coats and jackets feature couture-style covered buttons....
...Fighting a different battle is Bottega Veneta, whose sales slipped 2 per cent last year, despite creative director Matthieu Blazy’s sophisticated and desirable output season-on-season....
...The US luxury market is still recovering, with the latest sales at conglomerates including LVMH, Kering and Tapestry yet to improve or growing at a clipped pace....
...Story MFG French jacket, £465, storymfg.com Hand stitching and natural indigo dye give this practical, unisex workwear jacket a crafty charm....
...Poor summer weather contributed to the group’s robust first-half sales and profit figures, with the retailer selling 350,000 waterproof jackets in July and August alone....
...While Rokh surpassed €1mn in sales in its first year, it wasn’t until its third year in business that it broke even, says Hwang....
...Clutching a Dior handbag and wearing a jacket from French designer Ami, Jacky Chen, who works in real estate in Shenzhen, came to Macau to eat, relax and gamble....
...Consider Jude Law and football scion Calum Best in their navel-grazing V-neck tees, worn with skin-tight leather jackets and All Saints harem pants....
...This rare edition, on sale for £12,500, features an inscription from Sondheim to theatre critic Clive Hirschhorn, together with a letter....
...Leather jackets and faux fur chubby coats also made an appearance....
...But by 2020 sales had halved to €1.7bn from €3.5bn in 2017....
...Today, the label’s signature slouchy suiting (trousers from $99, blazers from $165) and cinched trenches ($360) still account for the bulk of sales – but be prepared to join a long waiting list: Drevet produces...
...Soeur’s sales have grown by 40 per cent a year for the past two years, and hit €52mn in 2023. For context, at 10 year-old French mid-market brand Sézane, sales rose 30 per cent year on year in 2022....
...Huang, wearing his trademark leather jacket, made an appearance at Foxconn’s annual tech day on Wednesday in Taipei....
...And while the company is small, with only four full-time staff and expected sales of £2.4mn in 2023, it is growing fast. Another founder might celebrate, but Hussey knows he has more to prove....
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