Future+ Fridays | Issue35

Hello and happy Friday. Being in Paris for the Ledger event was exhilarating last week. Nothing beats meeting our communities IRL. We will be heads down, in build mode for the next months, and as our network grows, we will be making some announcements which we can’t wait to share soon.

Amid all the geopolitical unrest and macro slowdown of the global economy, this week we discuss the decline in profits affecting luxury giants Kering and LVMH. The luxury x sport trend is going strong, which we also previously reported on here with Chanel sponsoring “The Boat Race” and Carine Roitfeld and her son are launching a new magazine title (yet to be named) guest edited by former NBA all-star. In AI news, digital fashion house The Fabricant has launched a new AI tool, and Chinese designer Lulu Li is collaborating with Moncler to turn AI-designed clothes into real-life pieces.

Art Basel and UBS have released a comprehensive survey on global collecting, highlighting the attitudes and activities of high-net-worth collectors 2024. A must-read for the weekend, access it here.

To watch the panel talks from Ledger’s event featuring Seth Goldstein from Bright Moments, Micol Ap, Erick Calderon from Art Blocks Inc., Colby Mugrabi from mmERCH, access them here.

📖 In this week’s issue-

1. Luxury sector slump: Kering and LVMH hit hard, while Hermès stays resilient

2. Chanel takes on The Boat Race, while Roitfeld merges Fashion and Sport in a new magazine

3. Fabricant’s new intelligent tools transform fashion design from sketch to digital reality

4. Moncler and LuLu Li Turn AI fashion into reality

5. Future Stores: a high-tech retail space arrives in London

👩‍💻 Top reads on our radar, in case you missed it-

1. Charli XCX is Valentino Beauty’s new brand ambassador

2. Victoria Beckham launches first AI bag campaign

3. New AI disclosure feature added by Google to improve transparency

4. Apple may stop Apple Vision Pro production by 2025

5. Kitsuné launches AR try-on with Wanna

6. Lululemon partners with Fanatics for NHL merchandise

7. Sonam Kapoor becomes Dior's new global ambassador

8. BRABUS to have DDPs through Aura Blockchain Consortium

9. Christian Louboutin to start using vintage fabrics

10. Kate Moss to launch a collaboration with Zara

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