The announcement Estée Lauder’s former general manager Raffaella Cornaggia’s appointment as head of Kering group’s new beauty division caused a stir. Celebrity brands, such as Jennifer Aniston’s, are making a strong entrance into the coveted premium beauty market. The cake is getting smaller and the appetite, bigger.

While broad-based cyclical trends don’t seem to have a big impact on the luxury sector, the news-flow coming from China has largely dictated momentum so far in 2023.

Jean Cassegrain, heir to the Longchamp brand, was in Lausanne to inaugurate a new exclusive collaboration with the Cantonal Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts (mudac). It was an opportunity to unveil the brand’s prospects, including a large-scale hiring plan for over 450 employees by 2023, to meet the strong demand to come.

In the post-Black Lives Matter era, African American photography and painting are becoming increasingly popular on the art market. Artists who have revolutionized the way black skin is perceived and who have challenged identities are finally in the spotlight.

New York Fashion Week, which took place from February 10 to 15, launched the fashion calendar. On the program, 74 shows, including emerging designers who have positioned the American stage as a laboratory of talent with influence.

The Olympic downhill champion and bronze medalist at the recent World Ski Championships in Meribel, was in Crans-Montana for the downhill event. Corinne Suter from Schwytz, fourth in the discipline, tells us how she is tackling the rest of the season and what motivated her to return to her best shape after her spectacular crash in Cortina.

On the fringe of the four main fashion weeks, two alternative cities are coming under the spotlight as they position themselves as leaders in sustainability and innovation with the goal of setting new industry standards.

For the second edition of the Swiss Genius innovation award, Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of Bulgari, discusses the brand’s recent commitments to sustainability, including a complete review of its carbon footprint worldwide and significant investments of tens of millions of francs in this area.

From high-performing natural fabrics to healthy bio-based materials, the sportswear industry isn’t short of ideas to stop plastic from ending up on our skin and in the environment.

On the fringe of the four main fashion weeks, two alternative cities are coming under the spotlight as they position themselves as leaders in sustainability and innovation with the goal of setting new industry standards.