Discussions about the fashion industry thread

[zissou]

Here’s a cute interview with Crescent Down Works about their jackets that were used in Stranger Things Season 4.

 

[cb200]

Allbirds Slashes Guidance For Year On Softening Consumer Spending | SGB Media Online

Allbrids wrote down $11.6 million of inventory on their first run at apparel. Shoes are hard. Clothes are hard. Being a multi category brand is hard. Not a lot of them out there for a reason.

 

[BlakeRVA]

Luxury giant Richemont (Cartier, Montblanc) is breaking up with Mr. Porter

Richemont Has Sold 50.7% Of Its Yoox-Net-a-Porter Stake to Farfetch, Symphony Global

Giving Farfetch the opportunity to acquire the remaining shares.

hypebeast.com

 

[Epaulet]

Here’s a cute interview with Crescent Down Works about their jackets that were used in Stranger Things Season 4.

This is awesome, thanks for posting it. I loved those jackets on the show, and it's so rad to know that they were made by CDW.

Allbirds Slashes Guidance For Year On Softening Consumer Spending | SGB Media Online

Allbrids wrote down $11.6 million of inventory on their first run at apparel. Shoes are hard. Clothes are hard. Being a multi category brand is hard. Not a lot of them out there for a reason.

No idea that they ever even made clothing. There's barely any of it on their website now.

 

[LA Guy]

Luxury giant Richemont (Cartier, Montblanc) is breaking up with Mr. Porter

Richemont Has Sold 50.7% Of Its Yoox-Net-a-Porter Stake to Farfetch, Symphony Global

Giving Farfetch the opportunity to acquire the remaining shares.

hypebeast.com

Luxury giant Richemont (Cartier, Montblanc) is breaking up with Mr. Porter

Richemont Has Sold 50.7% Of Its Yoox-Net-a-Porter Stake to Farfetch, Symphony Global

Giving Farfetch the opportunity to acquire the remaining shares.

hypebeast.com

Dang. I wonder how much they were losing.

 

[Epaulet]

Dang. I wonder how much they were losing.

Has Mr. Porter ever actually earned any money? They've had like a 12 year run at this point.

 

[gdl203]

Has Mr. Porter ever actually earned any money? They've had like a 12 year run at this point.

Operating loss of 210 million Euros in 2022.

 

[LA Guy]

Pertinent to the fashion industry, and especially the little part that some of us occupy (the Lichenstein sized part of menswear): Thanks @Epaulet :

Styleforum Sessions Podcast | A chat with Yuki Matsuda: director of Meg Company (Yuketen, Monitaly, Chamula, and Epperson Mountaineering) | The Styleforum Journal

Join us in this episode of the Styleforum Sessions as we chat with Yuki Matsuda about his thoughts on the current state of the industry, what he thinks of Made in America garments, and much more.

journal.styleforum.net

If you have an hour of work and want to listen to some entertaining stories courtesy of Yuki, who always brought the most energetic crew to the Styleforum Pitti Uomo dinners and drank a ton of wine.

 

[Zamb]

Pertinent to the fashion industry, and especially the little part that some of us occupy (the Lichenstein sized part of menswear): Thanks @Epaulet :

Styleforum Sessions Podcast | A chat with Yuki Matsuda: director of Meg Company (Yuketen, Monitaly, Chamula, and Epperson Mountaineering) | The Styleforum Journal

Join us in this episode of the Styleforum Sessions as we chat with Yuki Matsuda about his thoughts on the current state of the industry, what he thinks of Made in America garments, and much more.

journal.styleforum.net

If you have an hour of work and want to listen to some entertaining stories courtesy of Yuki, who always brought the most energetic crew to the Styleforum Pitti Uomo dinners and drank a ton of wine.

LISTENING NOW!

 

[zissou]

Operating loss of 210 million Euros in 2022.

Isn't that the way, these days?

1. Startup.
2. Lose tons of money in order to show growth.
3. Get bought out.
4. Retire to Ibiza.

 

[London]

Isn't that the way, these days?

1. Startup.
2. Lose tons of money in order to show growth.
3. Get bought out.
4. Retire to Ibiza.

Went downhill once Natalie Massenet was forced out.

 

[BlakeRVA]

Went downhill once Natalie Massenet was forced out.

Natalie Massenet (founder of Net-A-Porter) is a Co-Chairman at Farfetch. I wouldn’t be surprised if she had a large influence in this transaction.

 

[smittycl]

 

[jah786]

Saw this last week and took a look, nice fabrics. just wish they weren't FOB France.

 

[schraiber]

I've been pondering something recently and maybe some of the people in the industry here would have an idea: if the US had entered the Trans Pacific Partnership, would that have had a noticable impact on the prices of import Japanese luxury brands (e.g. Iron Heart, Kapital, etc)? My understanding is that most of these brands are 1.5 to 2x more expensive in the US than Japan, and that at least some of that is due to import duties etc. My understanding (which is at a very baby level) is that the TPP would have reduced or eliminated those import duties, so it seems like that should have had a material effect on prices?