FashionEtc.com January 14th, 2026

According to global research agency Millward Brown’s new report, the value of the apparel industry is up 10 percent this year and the luxury industry is up 19 percent.

You’ve seen the commercials, fronted by shapely celebs like Brooke Burke and Kim Kardashian, promising that simply wearing a certain pair of sneakers will whip your booty into fine form.

Vanity Fair's June cover sees the pop star rocking a '40s-style swimsuit, pinup-worthy raven curls, and red lipstick. Only issue is that the burlesque star donned an extremely similar look (and pose) in 2008.

Despite murmurings that MacGibbon had renewed her contract with the French label, she will indeed be the latest in a long line of departing designers (read: Dior, Balmain, etc.).