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Wednesday March 31st, 2010

Our Carven Questions Answered

Our Carven Questions Answered

When Fashion Month ended and I got back into my everyday routine, I finally noticed Carven on Net-a-Porter. I noticed it a) because it’s simple, but girly and b) because it’s kind of fancy, but at a Marc by Marc Jacobs price point. If I’d been smart I’d have clicked on the “About Carven” tab, Read more →

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Monday March 15th, 2010

Richemont is Buying Net-a-Porter
The Business

Richemont is Buying Net-a-Porter

Woah. Net-a-Porter, the leader in online luxury and high-fashion sales, has been acquired by Richemont, the world’s second-largest luxury goods firm after LVMH. (PPR is also bigger than Richemont, but it’s not purely luxury brands.) Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet will sell her 18% share of the company to Richemont. (She’s set to make £50 million, Read more →

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Tuesday November 17th, 2009

Where Facebook & Luxury Meet

The International Herald Tribune‘s hosting a conference in Berlin right now. Techno Luxury’s the theme and Christopher Bailey, Jefferson Hack, Claudia Schiffer, Tomas Maier, Natalie Massenet, Frida Giannini and Prada’s Tomaso Galli will take turns speaking and answering questions about new technology’s effect on the fashion industry – blogging, twittering etc. Top quotes (via Twitter Read more →

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Published at 9:39 AM

Thursday April 16th, 2009

Shopping

The OutNet Launches!

Natalie Massenet’s much-anticipated The Outnet finally launched this morning. The site’s as easy to navigate, though not quite as pretty, as Net-a-Porter and stocks about 200 brands right now. You can search by designer, by category and by percentage off or click on Dress Me where they’ve sorted product by occasion. Also, they’re doing seventy-two Read more →

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Published at 8:39 AM

Thursday April 9th, 2009

Sunday February 22nd, 2009

Fall 2009 London

Jetson Couture at Emilio de la Morena

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Published at 6:17 PM
Fall 2009 London

Charlotte Olympia & Krystof Strozyna

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Tuesday January 20th, 2009

The OutNet: Outlook Amazing

When we first heard about Net-a-Porter‘s soon-to-be discount sister, The OutNet, we thought, “Cool. Plus, all those old items on Net-a-Porter will finally get cleared off the site and hauled off someplace so they stop clogging up our searches.” But it gets even better: Natalie Massenet, the site’s founder, just explained exactly how the site Read more →

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Published at 9:05 AM

Wednesday December 31st, 2008

Net-a-Porter is Like Fine Wine…

Fact: We love Net-a-Porter. Fact: Even more, we love a good sale. Fact: Net-a-Porter consistently comes up with great ideas for their beloved shoppers, and here’s another one: This February, Natalie Massenet, the site’s founder, will introduce everyone to TheOutNet.com, which will exist as an outlet for Net-a-Porter. Translation? All those old items you see Read more →

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Published at 11:33 AM