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TikTok to Block Teenagers From Beauty Filters Over Mental Health Concerns. The platform will impose new restrictions on beauty filters for users under 18, limiting alterations like plumping lips or smoothing skin, amid rising concerns over their impact on teen self-esteem and anxiety. Under-18s will, in the coming weeks, be blocked from artificially making their eyes bigger, plumping their lips and smoothing or changing their skin tone. The restrictions will apply to filters – such as “Bold Glamour” – that change children’s features in a way that makeup cannot. Comic filters that add bunny ears or dog noses will be unaffected. The billion-user social media company announced the changes during a safety forum at its European headquarters in Dublin. There has been widespread concern that the beauty filters – some provided by #TikTok, others created by users – have resulted in a pressure on teenagers, particularly girls, to adopt a polished physical appearance with negative emotional repercussions. Some young people have described how after using filters they found their real face ugly. TikTok also announced it was tightening its systems to block users under 13 from the platform, which could mean that thousands of British children are turfed off the platform. Before the end of the year, it will launch a trial of new automated systems that use machine learning to detect people cheating its age restrictions. The moves come with tougher regulation of underage social media use in the UK looming in the new year, under the Online Safety Act. The platform already removes 20 million accounts every quarter worldwide for being underage. #socialmedia #beautynews #fashionindustry #instagram #meta #tiktokshop

Still riding high after our trunk show this weekend. Thank you to all of our clients who came to see the beautiful Spring/Summer 2025 pieces! Another show stopper below, from Audrey & Brooks. Happy Holidays. We have all your holiday outfits covered. Come see us! #audreyandbrooks #frascara #weddingseason #springsummer25 #weddingdress #holidayoutfits #christmas2024 #holidayshopping

Luxury’s Pricing Reality Check. There is a growing consensus that rampant price #inflation has weakened luxury’s value proposition, contributing to a collapse in demand. And leaders are starting to take action. More accessible #luxury players like Mulberry England, Michael Kors and Burberry have more leeway to address the situation head-on, as their chief executives’ recent comments show. For pure luxury players currently taking a hit — including Kering, LVMH and Richemont — the way forward is less clear. Luxury products are meant to be expensive; that they should feel like a stretch for all but the wealthiest consumers usually goes without saying. But even rich people don’t want to be taken for a ride. And data supports the notion that brands have pushed prices too far, too fast. Over the past 50 years, brands have historically raised prices by 5 to 7 percent annually, already more than twice the rate of inflation. Since the pandemic, most brands raised prices even faster, by a double-digit percentage annually. What can top luxury players do next? Lowering prices isn’t an option (at least not publicly), and brands are loath to bring back end-of-season markdowns that took years to phase out. Even talking about the notion of value-for-money feels antithetical for brands with a top-end positioning. #fashionnews #retailbusiness #businessoffashion #luxuryretail #gucci #burberry #lvmh #luxurygoods #luxuryfashion

In honour of our trunk show this weekend, here is another stunner from our Designers at Frascara. #frascara #weddingdress #weddingseason #springsummer25

Mytheresa Reports Sales, Profit Growth in Latest Quarter. Mytheresa continues to be a stable presence in online #luxury amid a sectorwide slowdown. The German e-tailer’s sales grew 8 percent to €202 million ($214 million) in the first quarter of its fiscal year that ended in September. Mytheresa’s formula of catering to its top spending customers with exclusive capsule collections from brands like Loewe and Moncler, along with money-can’t-buy events, boosted its bottom line. The company generated €5 million in adjusted net profits during the quarter, up from a €3 million loss a year earlier. Mytheresa is also waiting for the EU’s approval of its merger with YOOX NET-A-PORTER. The deal, which is expected to close in the first half of 2025, could make Mytheresa the largest online luxury seller. In the meantime, Mytheresa is focusing on its own growth potential. The company expects its net sales to rise as much as 13 percent for the full fiscal year that ends in June 2025. It’s also increasing its number of events dedicated to its male clients, including one with LVMH-owned menswear label Berluti at the luxury brand’s Parisian atelier in October. Momentum for the e-tailer’s menswear segment, which accounts for more than 10 percent of overall sales, continues to grow. #onlineretail #fashionnews #mytheresa #luxuryfashion #netaporter #fashionbusiness #fashionindustry #etailer #ecommerce #sales

Audrey & Brooks Spring Summer 2025. Showpiece! Trunk Show happening now! Dress By: Beker Fashions #audreyandbrooks #springsummer25 #weddingseason #highfashion #luxury #dress #motherofthebride #motherofthegroom #weddingguest

#Sportswear Is Set for an Epic Showdown in 2025. In 2024, challenger sportswear players — such as Deckers Brands (owner of Hoka) and ASICS — are expected to create over 50 percent of the segment’s value, surpassing incumbent sportswear brands known as the “Big Four” (Nike, adidas, PUMA Group and Under Armour) in #economic profit for the first time, according to the McKinsey Global Fashion Index. Delivering Visible Innovation In recent years, incumbents have been excessively reliant on incremental improvements to their performance technologies. These innovations are often less noticeable and garner less consumer attention. Targeting Specialised Categories While incumbents focused on a broader set of sports categories, many challengers tailored offerings around smaller ones, targeting new customers and more niche sports. Tapping Into Cultural Marketing Challengers borrowed from incumbents’ #marketing playbooks, focusing on #celebrities and #culture. New Balance and Alo Yoga, for example, tapped high-profile celebrities such as #JackHarlow and #KendallJenner. While incumbents struggled with authenticity due to a wide fanbase, challengers conveyed greater authenticity with communities. In 2025, sportswear is expected to continue to grow faster than fashion overall. In 2025, sportswear’s growth is expected to continue to outpace the broader fashion market in key regions, by 5 to 6 percentage points in China, 3 percentage points in the US and 2 to 3 percentage points in Europe. #fashionnews #fashionplaybook #fashionbusiness #retailfashion #sports #Sportsfashion #china #USA #europe #fashiontrends #sports2025 #bytocca #blackcaviarfashion #oakville #toronto

Frascara Spring Summer 2025. See this piece live at our upcoming trunk show this week. Dress by: Frascara (Beker Fashions ) #frascara #weddingseason #springsummer25 #dress #motherofthebride #trunkshow #oakville #toronto #bytocca #burlington #kitchener #niagarafalls #hamilton #fashionbusiness

Global Culture and Creativity. When star designer Alessandro Michele was appointed creative director at Valentino earlier this year, he was reunited with Jacopo Venturini, the brand’s chief executive was formerly chief merchandising officer at Gucci, where he translated Michele’s creative vision into highly saleable product, helping to drive explosive sales growth. A fruitful partnership between designer and chief executive is critical to the success of a luxury fashion house. Creativity Starts with Freedom. “With Alessandro’s enormous creativity, he was the right person to connect the heritage with a new vision at Valentino,” said Venturini, who, along with Michele, sees the house as deeply personal: not a megabrand, but a maison where the spirit of the founder remains strong. “Valentino is a place with a special soul,” said Michele. “You must care about this house, it is a real home.” Collaborations Build Brands On founder David Allemann and SKIMS co-founder Jens Grede spoke about a different sort of collaboration. For both brands, developing a disruptive, sought-after product was the first step. In On’s case, the founders cut a garden hose to sample the first ‘cloud tech’ shoe sole. For Skims’ shapewear, “We already started developing fabric years before we launched,” said Grede. “It’s all about product and innovation.”But each brand can attribute a healthy portion of their success to their celebrity partners. On famously flipped the switch on traditional sports endorsements - rather than pay tennis star Roger Federer to wear their shoes, they invited him to join as a minority investor.“Roger asked how he can get involved,” recounts Allemann. “I told him we are small and don’t do big endorsements – so why don’t you give us your money?” Skims, of course, has founder and creative director Kim Kardashian.“Without Kim’s creative direction we couldn’t have built the brand. Without her social following, we couldn’t have done it in the speed that we did,” said Grede. On Thursday, Grede unveiled a collaboration between Dolce & Gabbana and Skims. Faster, Better Online Shopping Ruth Diaz, Head of Amazon Fashion Europe, and BoF’s Head of Content Robin Mellery-Pratt spoke about innovating online shopping at the speed of light. #amazon #skims #gucci #valentino #creativity #fashionhouse #eveningwear #womenswear #bytocca #oakville #toronto

Another stunning variation of this beauty. Dress by: Audrey + Brooks. Spring/Summer 25'. #audreyandbrooks #bekerfashions #weddingdress #weddingseason #springsummer2025 #luxury #oakville #toronto #burlington #london #kitchener #bytocca #blackcaviarfashion