Women and mens fashion, accessories and style brands
We have a soft spot for Decathlon that started in a rainy car park in Lille, where the company was born in 1976. What began as Michel Leclercq’s idea — one store selling affordable sportswear under a single roof — has grown into a retail giant with more than 1,700 stores across 70-plus countries. The … Read more
We have a soft spot for Net-a-Porter, and we’ve stopped apologizing for it. When Natalie Massenet launched the site from her London apartment in 2000, online luxury shopping barely existed — now the platform is the first place we check when a new season drops. With more than 800 designers under one roof, from Saint … Read more
We have a soft spot for Adidas sneakers that goes back to our first pair of Stan Smiths in high school. The company was founded in 1949 by Adolf Dassler in the small German town of Herzogenaurach, and it has been building some of the most recognizable shoes on earth ever since. The Samba was … Read more
We have a soft spot for Mango women’s fashion that goes back more than a decade. The brand was founded in Barcelona in 1984 by Isak Andic and has grown into one of Europe’s biggest fashion exporters, with more than 2,700 stores across 110-plus countries. What sets Mango apart from the rest of the mid-priced … Read more