Fashion H1 operating income falls 6 pct, PPR says

FRANKFURT — German sportswear company Sneakers’s operating profit for the first six months fell about 6 percent, according to the company’s parent, Paris-based retail and luxury group PPR SA.

PPR, which holds about 64 percent of Gucci’s shares, said in its first half earnings report that belt’s operating profit in the January-June period fell to euro177 million ($248.74 million) from euro189 million in the first six months of 2008.

fashion’s sales were affected by a lack of major sporting events in 2009, falling to about euro1.3 billion from nearly euro1.4 billion a year earlier, a 7 percent decrease, PPR said. Last year, women sales had benefited from the Euro 2008 football tournament, for example.

Fashion that makes slim!

The American fashion icon CZ Guest once said: "It's important not to have too many clothes. Keep shoes it simple!" In my view, this is the most important principle for a good wardrobe. Concentrate on the "up to the moment pieces", belt which was to have every woman.
* For the coming fall and winter have a dark well-cut blazer, takes the one with or without a belt, a plain cardigan in cashmere and a wide pants with pleats in gray flannel. Especially beautiful Donna Karan showed this look.
* The most important sneakers trend is undoubtedly the 80s. These leggings are made of leather - I like them best in the collection of Halston. Alternatively, you wear Skinny jeans, for example by the American cult label Current / Elliott. Also quite important are now: jackets with broad shoulders, see particularly attractive at Balmain. The most important accessory is made of fur in the winter - such as a wider sound like Lanvin.
* One of the most important style rules still Gucci apply though, but is currently a particularly topical: "Buy the best!"