One of the most radical innovations in high jewellery is the creation and widespread use of laboratory diamonds.

The Diamond Lab / Harper’s Bazaar by Demi Karanikolaou

Alice Temperley speaks to Demi Karanikolaou and Harper’s Bazaar GR for her upcoming SS23 collection at Temperley London

Potential future spending slowdowns in luxury’s main market - China, new complex generations and new innovative technological advances. The luxury industry surely has a lot to prepare for. But despite all of this complexity, the future does indeed seem bright. A new type of commerce is emerging: one powered through data and a 360 approach, made for customers that experience their lives both online and offline. Ambient (surrounding on all sides) retail is the data-driven, constantly on, integrated end result of a centralised search driven retail strategy, made possible through the powers of the internet of things (IoT). This new approach, combined with the subscription type retail model and new virtual offerings -such as NFTs- are about to revolutionise the world of luxury and propel it into the future.

Demi Karanikolaou piece published in Madame Figaro GR May 2022

Beyond its obvious success and despite some slight issues, Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week proves a whole industry's ability to overcome a great technological barrier forming in the horizon

Virtual influencers are now driven by real human values. Perhaps the best positioned for an upcoming introduction to the Metaverse and NFTs, their story is one focusing on innovation and the future of influencing.

Partywear and athleisure, tight and over-sized silhouettes, physical and digital garments! 2022 style has everything. Have consumer needs finally gotten to dictate the future of fashion?