Bad boy of the fashion world Philipp Plein is launching a new line for sportswear, Philipp Plein Active. Dubbed as a line of 'functional luxury sportswear', it offers a full range of active equipment for both men and women. The iconic skull and signature PP hexagon is featured heavily in the mostly monochromatic collection of black, white and...
Nov 13, 2018
The German designer, whose label of blingtastic excess offers an unashamed more-is-more fashion proposition, has a loyal following amongst the nouveau riche, not unlike the tribes aligned with streetwear labels like Marcelo Burlon or even Supreme. Philipp Plein concedes to be the most hated man in fashion, according to an interview with British...
Oct 16, 2018
Philipp Plein Resort 2019 collection, Source: FF Channel, YouTube.
May 22, 2018
Pop-up's have become a major part of retail strategy, and as he is one of the most talked about designers at New York Fashion Week, Philipp Plein has capitalized on both his celebrity and vacant retail space in SoHo to present his No Mercy on Mercer Street pop-up store. On February 11, the designer celebrated the launch of the store with a party...
Feb 14, 2018
Alexander Wang, the designer who embodies the downtown New York cool so beloved of off-duty models, and Philipp Plein offered contrasting perspectives on the point of Fashion Week Saturday. Is it about the clothes or the mother of all stunts? For Wang, the US wunderkind and ex-creative director of Balenciaga, the clothes spoke for themselves,...
Feb 12, 2018
Philipp Plein collection Fall Winter 2018/2019, February 2018, New York Fashion Week. Source: FF Channel, YouTube
The battle between Puma and Philipp Plein is on. Puma recently won an injunction to stop Philipp Plein from using a leaping tiger logo that they say is too similar to its leaping Puma logo. "At the end of 2017, we found out that he had started the new Plein-Sport line in which he reproduced this particular cat on T-shirts, hoodies, shoes and so...
Jan 11, 2018
Edgy designer label Philipp Plein just opened a new store at the Americana Manhasset in New York. The luxury shopping center, located on Long Island's North Store, just added this new boutique on November 27. A post shared by Philipp Plein (@philippplein78) on Nov 22, 2017 at 1:11pm PST With over 60 shops, the shopping center is home to various...
Nov 28, 2017
Two of fashion's most flamboyant headline grabbers went head to head Saturday, as king of cool Alexander Wang bussed some of the world's most famous models to an open-air Brooklyn runway and king of bling Philipp Plein laid on a striptease and invited Nicki Minaj. New York Fashion Week, which kicks off the spring/summer 2018 season before the...
Sep 11, 2017
German designer and Lugano based Philipp Plein Group has appointed Peter Tannenbaum as president and CEO Western Hemisphere. Tannenbaum, a veteran fashion executive and New York City native, has held various brand management positions focused on North American business and development most recently serving as chief operating officer of Tod’s...
Sep 5, 2017
Philipp Plein has been announced as the new gold sponsor and official fashion partner of the Hockey Club Lugano. The two year agreement represents a collaboration that is unique in Switzerland, which includes the brand image on the players jerseys and the naming and redesign of the Ice Lounge: “Plein Sport on the Rocks.” Most notably, this year...
Jul 26, 2017
Edwin Navez has recently been appointed CFO and COO of the Lugano based Philipp Plein Group, the rapidly expanding company founded by German designer and entrepreneur Philipp Plein. Navez, a seasoned finance expert, brings with him a vast experience accumulated in publicly listed companies engaged in various fields from engineering to...
Jun 29, 2017
