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  <title>ABT Luxury</title>
  <subtitle>ABT Luxury covers fashion &amp; beauty, including Shows, Runway and Designers, with clear reporting, context, and practical guides.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-09-09T06:10:45.641Z</updated>
  <entry>
    <title>Jonathan Anderson Takes Dior, Closing the Loewe Chapter After 11 Years</title>
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    <id>https://abtluxury.com/designers/jonathan-anderson-takes-dior-closing-the-loewe-chapter/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[LVMH handed Jonathan Anderson all of Dior in 2025 after his 11 years at Loewe, with Proenza Schouler's founders taking Loewe. What the double mandate means for both houses.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-28T08:52:33.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-25T08:52:33.000Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sylvie Marchand</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How the Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear Season Actually Runs, From New York to Paris</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/shows/how-the-fall-2026-ready-to-wear-season-runs-new-york-to-paris/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/shows/how-the-fall-2026-ready-to-wear-season-runs-new-york-to-paris/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[The fall season moves New York to London to Milan to Paris in about four weeks, under four organizing bodies. How the order, the calendar ladder, and debut staging work.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-26T08:52:32.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-25T08:52:32.000Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Kimberly Garcia</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>At Prada, the Dual-Creative Model With Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons Turns Five</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/designers/at-prada-the-dual-creative-model-with-miuccia-prada-and-raf-simons-turns-five/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/designers/at-prada-the-dual-creative-model-with-miuccia-prada-and-raf-simons-turns-five/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Raf Simons joined Miuccia Prada as co-creative director in April 2020. How the shared studio works, why the industry watched, and what it has meant for succession.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-24T08:52:31.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-25T08:52:31.000Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sylvie Marchand</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture Fills the Paris Couture Calendar</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/shows/how-the-chambre-syndicale-de-la-haute-couture-fills-the-paris-couture-calendar-5094b552/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/shows/how-the-chambre-syndicale-de-la-haute-couture-fills-the-paris-couture-calendar-5094b552/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode builds each Haute Couture Week from members, correspondent members and guest houses, with only the first tier guaranteed a slot.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-22T08:38:43.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-25T08:38:43.000Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Kimberly Garcia</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>At Paris Haute Couture Week, Three Membership Tiers Decide Who Shows</title>
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    <id>https://abtluxury.com/runway/at-paris-haute-couture-week-three-membership-tiers-decide-who-shows/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[The Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode builds each couture calendar from members, corresponding members and guests, above a designation that French law has registered since 1945.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-20T08:38:42.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-29T21:41:26.936Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Emily Carter</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Four Councils Set the Spring 2027 Fashion Week Calendar</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/runway/how-four-councils-set-the-spring-2027-fashion-week-calendar/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/runway/how-four-councils-set-the-spring-2027-fashion-week-calendar/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[New York, London, Milan and Paris show the spring 2027 season in a fixed order this September, set jointly by the CFDA, the BFC, CNMI and the FHCM.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-18T08:38:41.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-25T08:38:41.000Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Emily Carter</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Actually Picks Its Winner</title>
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    <id>https://abtluxury.com/designers/how-the-cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-actually-picks-its-winner/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[A revenue cap, a nine-member committee and an October gala decide which American designer walks away with $300,000.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-16T08:38:40.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-25T08:38:40.000Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Emily Carter</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why Resort and Pre-Fall Exist Between the Two Main Runway Seasons</title>
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    <id>https://abtluxury.com/designers/why-resort-and-pre-fall-exist-between-the-two-main-runway-seasons/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Ready-to-wear shows only twice a year, but stores need new merchandise constantly. Resort and pre-fall were built to fill the gap — and now drive most of the order.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-14T08:38:39.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-29T21:41:28.803Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sylvie Marchand</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Names Ten Finalists for 2026 Prize</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-names-ten-finalists-for-2026-prize/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-names-ten-finalists-for-2026-prize/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Ten American labels advance toward the fund's October 20 announcement, competing for a $300,000 grand prize and two $100,000 runner-up grants.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-12T08:38:38.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-29T21:39:38.667Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ida Dahl</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A &apos;Dose of Poison Against Nostalgia&apos;: Duran Lantink Rebuilt Gaultier&apos;s Codes in Couture</title>
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    <id>https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/lantink-gaultier-couture-debut/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Duran Lantink's July 8, 2026 guest collection for Jean Paul Gaultier rebuilt stripes, cones and spirals as tech couture — 'poison against nostalgia'.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-10T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.834Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ida Dahl</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Inside Fashion Week&apos;s Set-Design Economy, From Louis Vuitton to Miu Miu</title>
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    <id>https://abtluxury.com/art/inside-fashion-week-s-set-design-economy-from-louis-vuitton-to-miu-miu/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Houses now budget runway sets as art installations meant to outlast a single show, from Es Devlin's inverted theater staging for Louis Vuitton in Avignon to artist-built commissions at Miu Miu and Dior.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-10T08:38:37.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-25T08:38:37.000Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ida Dahl</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Who Predicts Fashion Two Years Out: Inside the Trend-Forecasting Industry</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/runway/trend-forecasting-agencies/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/runway/trend-forecasting-agencies/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[WGSN, Pantone and the colour institutes: how fashion's 24-month forecasting trade works — and why forecasts participate in their own fulfilment.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-05T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.831Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sylvie Marchand</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>After the Founder: How Houses Survive the Genius They Were Named For</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/shows/house-after-founder/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/shows/house-after-founder/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Chanel's 36-year interregnum, Dior's named successions, Balenciaga's closure: the three patterns by which fashion houses survive the founder's exit.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-08-01T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.823Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Kimberly Garcia</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>LVMH&apos;s Fashion Division Back to Growth in Q2: The Reset Starts Paying</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/lvmh-h1-2026-fashion/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/lvmh-h1-2026-fashion/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[LVMH H1 2026: group revenue €38.6 billion and Fashion & Leather Goods back to organic growth in Q2 — the first number behind the designer reset.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-27T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.796Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Emily Carter</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Piccioli&apos;s Balenciaga Haute Homecoming: The Archive Meets the Colourist</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/piccioli-balenciaga-couture-debut/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/piccioli-balenciaga-couture-debut/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Pierpaolo Piccioli showed his first Balenciaga couture collection in the July 6–9, 2026 Paris week — the season's 'haute homecoming'.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-23T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.901Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Emily Carter</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why the Runway Sample Doesn&apos;t Fit the Customer: The Sample-Size Problem, Explained</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/runway/sample-size-runway-body/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/runway/sample-size-runway-body/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Why runway samples are cut in one size, how that shapes casting and model-health rules — and what grading changes before the garment reaches stores.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-18T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.855Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sylvie Marchand</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How a Museum Keeps a Runway Dress Alive for a Century</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/art/textile-conservation-museums/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/art/textile-conservation-museums/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Lux-hours, custom mannequins, decades of darkness: how museum conservation keeps runway garments alive — and why the famous dress is usually off display.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-14T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.826Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ida Dahl</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hussein Chalayan, the Designer Who Buries Dresses and Calls It Research</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/designers/hussein-chalayan-profile/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/designers/hussein-chalayan-profile/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Buried graduate dresses, furniture that becomes clothing, 15,000-crystal LED gowns: Hussein Chalayan's career of fashion as applied research.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-09T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.875Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Emily Carter</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Couture Week Opens Monday With Two Debuts That Reset the Season</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/couture-week-july-2026-preview/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/couture-week-july-2026-preview/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[Paris haute couture runs July 6–9, 2026: Piccioli's Balenciaga debut, Lantink at Gaultier, Blazy's second Chanel — the season's reset in four days.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-07-05T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.903Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Emily Carter</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>LVMH&apos;s Fashion Division Fell 2% in the First Quarter — and the Design Reset Is the Counter-Bet</title>
    <link href="https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/lvmh-q1-2026-fashion/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
    <id>https://abtluxury.com/fashion-news/lvmh-q1-2026-fashion/</id>
    <summary><![CDATA[LVMH's Fashion & Leather Goods took a 2% organic dip to about €9.25 billion in Q1 2026 — the quarter that made designer transitions a macro question.]]></summary>
    <published>2026-06-30T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-09-01T15:12:35.844Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Ida Dahl</name>
    </author>
  </entry>
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