Vestiaire Collective partners with Courrèges on resale rewards scheme

Vestiaire Collective X Courrèges resale partnership. Image: Vestiaire Collective Resale platform Vestiaire Collective has unveiled a new partnership with Courrèges which will see resellers be rewarded for prolonging the life of the luxury brand’s clothing. Through the partnership, Vestiaire Collective hopes to uncover the best pre-loved items from all eras of the French house, while also promoting more responsible fashion. The deal will reward customers for reselling Courrèges pieces through the partnership’s dedicated website. In exchange, they will receive a gift card to be used on Courrèges’ e-commerce site, which will include a 15 percent bonus. In a release, Adrien Da Maia, Courrèges’ CEO, said: “Through its history and the timelessness of its style, Courrèges has always embroidered the idea of sustainable fashion. “Through our new designs, we are creating the vintage offer of tomorrow and our ambition is to extend the life cycle of Courrèges pieces. By facilitating the resale and authentication of all Courrèges pieces, this partnership with Vestiaire Collective reinforces our commitment to sustainable and circular fashion.” The scheme adds to the growing list of partnered brands Vestiaire Collective has worked with, as it looks to build on its strategy of bespoke resale partnerships and allow its community to purchase branded items with confidence.
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European market drives 2022 sales at Safilo

Image: Safilo headquarters in Padua Preliminary results for Safilo Group S.p.A., for the financial year ended December 31, 2022 showed that net sales amounted to 1076.7 million euros, up 11.1 percent at current exchange rates and 4.2 percent at constant exchange rates. In the year, the company said, organic sales grew by 7.7 percent at constant exchange rates, recording improvement after the 10.5 percent achieved in 2021 compared to 2019. Safilo closed the full year with an adjusted EBITDA of around 101 million euros and a margin on sales of approximately 9.4 percent. Slightly below management's expectations, 2022 adjusted EBITDA corresponds to an increase of around 24 percent and a margin improvement of 100 basis points compared to the 8.4 percent margin posted the year before. Safilo’s performance across core markets Own brands, the company added, represented an important driving force behind the group’s overall performance, in particular Smith, while Carrera and Polaroid also posted yet another year of double-digit growth, broad based by distribution channel and product category, with Carrera far exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Safilo’s licensed business also delivered very solid growth in the year. By geographical area, Europe, Safilo said, remained in 2022 the key growth driver, with the main markets of the area and the surging business in Turkey and Poland, contributing to the upside in revenues of 12.3 percent at current exchange rates, 12 percent at constant exchange rates and 16.1 percent at the organic sales level. During the year, the North American market benefited from the strengthening of the dollar against the euro, closing up 6.8 percent at current exchange rates. The performance at constant exchange rates, in total, fell by 4.7 percent and 0.3 percent at the organic sales level. Safilo reported very positive sales trends also in the Rest of the World, composed of the business in the IMEA and Latin American countries, as well as in Asia and Pacific, with the two areas respectively up 33.1 percent and 9.8 percent at current exchange rates, 21.1 percent and 3.4 percent at constant exchange rates, and 17 percent and 13.1 percent at the organic sales level. Safilo posts sales increase in Q4 In Q4 2022, Safilo's preliminary net sales amounted to 245.4 million euros, up 5.7 percent at current exchange rates and down 0.6 percent at constant exchange rates and up 0.7 percent at the organic sales level. The group’s business in Europe grew by 5.5 percent at current exchange rates, 5.1 percent at constant exchange rates and by 8.5 percent at the organic sales level. In North America, total sales were up 3 percent at current exchange rates and down 7.5 percent at constant exchange rates. At the organic level, the business softened by 4.7 percent mainly due to the tough comps base with the 19.7 percent recorded in Q4 2021 against 2019, and a softer US wholesale demand in the entry and mid-tier price points. On the other hand, the company further said, Smith posted a double-digit growth in the quarter, recovering the large part of the logistics delays impacting deliveries in the US sport shops channel in Q3, and also Blenders turned back to growth posting a positive quarter, with its online business back to a double-digit upside. Q4 sales trends remained then supportive in Asia and Pacific, up 6.5 percent at current exchange rates, 3.3 percent at constant exchange rates and 4.4 percent at the organic level, as well as in the Rest of the World thanks to a solid business development in IMEA, and the new brands in the portfolio well supporting growth in the key Latin American markets, up 22.1 percent at current exchange rates, 10.5 percent at constant exchange rates and 0.4 percent at the organic level.
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Gucci appoints Sabato De Sarno as creative director

Sabato De Sarno. Photo: Riccardo Raspa / Gucci Gucci has found a successor for Alessandro Michele: Sabato De Sarno takes on the creative direction of the Italian fashion house. De Sarno will report directly to Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri, Gucci and parent company Kering announced on Saturday. As creative director, he will be responsible for “defining and executing the creative vision of the house” overseeing the women's and men's collections, leather goods, accessories and lifestyle. "I am delighted to have Sabto join Gucci as the new creative director, one of the most influential positions in the luxury industry," said Bizzarri. "Having already worked with a number of the most prestigious Italian luxury fashion houses, he brings with him extensive and relevant experience." New Gucci designer coming from Valentino The Italian has previously worked for various Italian fashion houses. He started his career at Prada in 2005, then moved to Dolce & Gabbana before joining Valentino in 2009. There he was active in various positions until he was appointed to the position of fashion director and managed the men's and women's collections. "I am deeply honored to take on the role of creative director at Gucci," said De Sarno. “I am proud to join a house with such an exceptional history and legacy that over the years has been able to absorb and nurture the values I believe in. I am touched and look forward to bringing my creative vision to the brand." The new Gucci design chief will take up his new position once he has "fulfilled his commitments in his current role," according to the statement. De Sarno will present his first catwalk collection during Milan Fashion Week in September. "With Sabato De Sarno at the creative helm, we are confident that the house will continue to influence fashion and culture through highly desirable products and collections, bringing a unique and contemporary perspective on modern luxury," said Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault. This article was originally published on FashionUnited.DE, translated and edited to English.
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