LK Bennett hires former Emilio Pucci boss as its chief executive September 10, 2012 LK BENNETT, the upmarket clothing and footwear chain, said yesterday it has hired the former boss of Italian luxury fashion brand Emilio Pucci to be its new chief executive. Didier Drouet, who will take up the post with immediate effect, replaces Robert Bensoussan, the retailer’s executive chairman who has acted as chief executive since Margaret [...]
Tom Aikens: The comeback kid November 11, 2012 TOM AIKENS is tired, and it shows. It’s 9am on a Friday morning and he’s already clocked up 72 hours during the week, working in his hugely successful eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant in Chelsea. For a chef, those kinds of hours are standard but Aikens has had to work particularly hard this last few years after [...]
Hindmarch bags the Veuve Clicquot trophy April 18, 2012 THE RISE and rise of British luxury brands got yet another boost last night, when handbag designer Anya Hindmarch was named as the 2012 winner of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award. The sound of popping corks smashing the business world’s glass ceiling resonated around the ballroom at Claridge’s last night, where Hindmarch received her [...]
FASHION NEWS February 12, 2012 NEW YORK TRAILS AUTUMN 2012 STYLES New York Fashion week gripped the fashion world over the weekend, with top designers showing off their vision for the couture season ahead. The proceedings were dominated by rich fabrics, waist-defining jackets and some 1920s-inspired styles sparked by movies like The Artist. Dresses featured strongly among the 90 or [...]
TRAVEL NOTES February 26, 2012 New palatial property in Marrakesh The Oetker Collection – which includes Le Bristol in Paris and the du Cap Eden Roc on the Cote d’Azur – is to unveil a deeply seductive new property, Le Palais Namaskar. Set in 50,000 sq m of Balinese-inspired scented gardens and designed by Philippe Starck protégée Imaad Rahmouni, the [...]
TRAVEL NOTES February 26, 2012 New palatial property in Marrakesh The Oetker Collection – which includes Le Bristol in Paris and the du Cap Eden Roc on the Cote d’Azur – is to unveil a deeply seductive new property, Le Palais Namaskar. Set in 50,000 sq m of Balinese-inspired scented gardens and designed by Philippe Starck protégée Imaad Rahmouni, the [...]
200m sign up for Runescape July 19, 2012 The Capitalist has played a little FIFA 2012 and has heard of Angry Birds but until yesterday had not been aware of another computer game called Runescape. Yesterday the creators of Runescape, a company based in Cambridge called Jagex, claimed the adventure fantasy game now has 200m registered users, making it, they claim, the most [...]
Forget the Kate Effect: we need Maggie Power January 24, 2012 IT’S a very dreary landscape out there right now for retailers. Unless, of course, you happen to be one of the lucky few – Burberry is one such brand. It can do no wrong, it seems, and never less so than when the Duchess of Cambridge is seen sporting its togs. After being spotted wearing [...]
Forget the Kate Effect: we need Maggie Power January 24, 2012 IT’S a very dreary landscape out there right now for retailers. Unless, of course, you happen to be one of the lucky few – Burberry is one such brand. It can do no wrong, it seems, and never less so than when the Duchess of Cambridge is seen sporting its togs. After being spotted wearing [...]
Mulberry bags a big profit overseas December 8, 2011 MULBERRY, the “affordable luxury” fashion brand whose bags have adorned the arms of Kate Middleton and Kate Moss, yesterday reported a trebling of pre-tax profits to £15.6m. It also saw its half-year retail sales jump 47 per cent year-on-year, buoyed by soaring international demand for its designer handbags. The company reached total revenues of £72.3m, [...]