Lu Yang's 2022 artwork "Doku-Hungry Ghost" was among the 21 pieces acquired through the partnership in 2024.
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Chanel And Centre Pompidou’s New Partnership Focused On Chinese Art

Chanel is doubling down on its commitment to the art world by signing a three-year partnership with the Centre Pompidou, this time focused on contemporary Chinese art. The initiative will include an acquisition fund that will strengthen Pompidou’s permanent collection of contemporary Chinese art by 30 percent and will include significant addition of works by...

Harrods warns customers of data theft in latest IT breach
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Harrods warns customers of data theft in latest IT breach

By Bloomberg Published September 28, 2025 Customers of Harrods Ltd., the luxury London department store, had their personal data stolen, the latest in a string of cyberattacks and IT breaches affecting major UK businesses this year.  Bloomberg Data including names and contact details for some Harrods customers were taken from the systems of a “third-party...

Trump Plans New Tariff Push With 100 Percent Rate on Patented Drugs
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Trump Plans New Tariff Push With 100 Percent Rate on Patented Drugs

“Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100 percent Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America,” Trump posted on social media Thursday, without offering specifics on which producers will be impacted. “There will, therefore, be no Tariff on these Pharmaceutical Products...

Philipp Plein Spring 2026 Ready to Wear Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review
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Philipp Plein Spring 2026 Ready to Wear Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review

Philipp Plein, preppy? It may sound like a shocker, but Plein sent out V-neck tennis sweaters with stripes, navy blazers with crests and all-white tailored suits, onto his shadowy, glitter ball runway on Saturday night. It was an homage, he said, to the pure, monochrome uniform of tennis players before Andre Agassi landed on the...

ModaLisboa Base announces events open to the general public
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ModaLisboa Base announces events open to the general public

Published September 26, 2025 ModaLisboa Base, co-organised with Lisbon City Council (CML), opens to Lisbon in the first week of October as a cultural platform showcasing designer fashion to diverse audiences, inviting guests to “consider fashion as a cultural and social asset, capable of creating dialogue, recognition and belonging,” said the organisation in a statement,...

This Week: Are Investors Buying Nike’s New Narrative?
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This Week: Are Investors Buying Nike’s New Narrative?

Three weeks, hundreds of shows and one film premiere later and we have arrived at the final stretch of a momentous fashion month. But do you really need another newsletter telling you the stakes of Jonathan Anderson’s first womenswear show for Dior, or Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut? Let’s talk about a couple other happenings coming...

Vittoria Ceretti is seen during the Milan Fashion Week wearing Vans’ classic slip-ons on Friday in Milan, Italy.
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Vittoria Ceretti Makes a Case for Vans’ Checkerboard Slip-Ons in Milan

Vittoria Ceretti incorporated skate culture into her Milan Fashion Week wardrobe on Friday, wearing Vans’ checkerboard slip-ons while passing through the airport. The $60 canvas sneaker is detailed with elastic side panels and a vulcanized rubber sole, its black-and-white checker motif among the brand’s most enduring signatures since debuting in 1977. Vittoria Ceretti wears Vans...

Milan Fashion Week Saturday: Bottega Veneta, Dolce & Gabbana, and Ferrari
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Milan Fashion Week Saturday: Bottega Veneta, Dolce & Gabbana, and Ferrari

Published September 28, 2025 Saturday in Milan witnessed the appearance of the Devil known for wearing Prada at Dolce & Gabbana, a bold and powerful debut by Louise Trotter at Bottega Veneta, and an uncluttered vision at Ferrari. Bottega Veneta: Soft functionality For her first collection for Bottega Veneta, UK designer Louise Trotter really put...