As the festive season approaches, brands are vying to dream up collaborations that blend style, craftsmanship and the art of living. From fashion and design to home décor, these worlds converge to give rise to unique, inspiring capsule collections.
Paul & Joe x Bonsoirs: couture comes to the bedroom
Paul & Joe x Bonsoirs Royal Garden bedding set – DR
Together, Bonsoirs and Paul & Joe are reimagining the home. For the festive season, the two brands have teamed up on a line of household linen with couture detailing. This collaboration offers linen crafted like fashion pieces, with delicate embroidery and exclusive finishes.
Founded in 1995 by Sophie Mechaly, Paul & Joe is a French maison known for its joyful style, floral prints and retro-chic spirit. Bonsoirs, meanwhile, is a bedlinen brand founded in 2019 that champions hotel-quality pieces at accessible prices, with production in France and Portugal.
Inspired by the Paul & Joe archives, the collection revisits the house codes in a fresh décor guise. Embroidery, exclusive motifs and meticulous finishing define each piece, designed to make a precious gift.
Prices start at €55 and go up to €310 for a bedspread. The collection will be available from November 18.
In the world of luxury, Moynat has teamed up with artist Kasing Lung, creator of the famous Monsters characters. These emblematic figures—Labubu, Zimomo and King Mon—appear on the Parisian maison’s iconic bags, from the Cabas to the Mini 48h, including the highly exclusive Mignon.
Moynat is one of France’s oldest leather goods houses, founded in Paris in 1849 and renowned for its craftsmanship and made-to-measure trunks.
Photographed by Xiangyu Liu, the campaign features Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung, Carine Roitfeld and Guillaume Diop.
The first chapter of this collaboration was launched in Shanghai on October 11, marking the 10th anniversary of the Monsters. The collection will be rolled out from late 2025 to early 2026, exclusively at Moynat boutiques in the cities hosting the exhibition, offering enthusiasts and collectors a singular, ephemeral experience of this creative dialogue.
Marseille-based brand Sessùn joins forces with Table for a collaboration that blends tableware and textile know-how. Together, they have created a capsule of table accessories—tablecloths, tea towels, aprons and napkins—made in Marseille using end-of-line Sessùn stock.
Founded in 1996 by Emma François, Sessùn offers subtle, considered womenswear that balances craftsmanship, quality and ethics. Table, created by Alice Moireau and Caroline Perdrix, celebrates the pleasure of sharing through colourful, responsibly produced objects and table linen.
A bright, sustainable and local collection, available since October 8 2025 exclusively at Sessùn Alma in Marseille. Prices start at €36 for napkins and rise to €315 for the XL tablecloth.
Conceived by Constance Gennari, founder of The Socialite Family, this collaboration with Figaret is an ode to ‘the night before’—those evenings that precede big occasions.
Founded in 1968, Figaret embodies a style rooted in French shirtmaking, balancing tradition and modernity. The Socialite Family, launched in 2013, is both a media platform and a 100% European furniture brand, renowned for its Franco-Italian aesthetic.
The La Notte Prima collection combines shirts, jackets and decorative objects in flannel, chambray and poplin, finished with gold buttons and embroidered crests.
The collaboration will be available from November 8 at Figaret and The Socialite Family, online and in selected boutiques.
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After two months of operating a Portuguese pop-up at Amoreiras Shopping Center in Lisbon, Granado, Brazil’s heritage perfumery and personal care house, has confirmed in a statement that the temporary space will remain open for six months, noting that this presence underscores its international expansion.
Granado
Granado began by launching a pop-up at El Corte Inglés, then invested in this kiosk, which opened on October 20, as part of a project to create a tropical oasis in the heart of one of the Portuguese capital’s most emblematic shopping centres, inviting visitors to immerse themselves in the world of luxury fragrances.
The pop-up showcases a little of almost everything the brand offers, from eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, soaps, perfumes, a home fragrance range, and coffrets ideal for Christmas.
Granado Pharmácias, founded in 1870 in Rio de Janeiro by the Portuguese José Antonio Coxito Granado, drew on empirical knowledge of botany and pharmacy to create remedies and hygiene products using plants from Brazil’s biodiversity. The brand stays true to this DNA and maintains a strong physical presence in Lisbon.
Since 2017, Granado has been bringing its carioca spirit to European capitals and leading retailers in Portugal, France and the UK, and sells online throughout Europe via its official website at Granado.eu.
The store in central Lisbon is at 98 Rua Garrett, in Chiado; and the one in the heart of Porto is at 354-360 Rua de Cedofeita. In Paris, it has stores at 21 Rue Bonaparte, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés; 11 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, in the Marais; 4 Rue du Marché Saint-Honoré; and in major Parisian department stores such as Galeries Lafayette, Samaritaine, and BHV. In London, it can be found at 44 Floral Street, in Covent Garden; and 59 King’s Road, in Chelsea; as well as in selected department stores, such as Liberty of London. It is also present in Brussels, at INNO.
In the US, it has its own stores in New York at 611 Madison Avenue; at 51 Prince Street in SoHo; and at Aventura Mall, Florida, among others. Not to mention the more than 100 standalone stores across Brazil.
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Swiss watch exports fell for a fourth month as companies waited for the US agreement to ease punitive import tariffs to take effect.
A watch by Tag Heuer – DMR/Tag Heuer
Exports dropped 7.3% in November from a year earlier, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said Thursday, the most since August when President Donald Trump’s administration slapped a 39% levy on Switzerland’s products. Exports to the US, the industry’s biggest market, fell 52% last month.
Manufacturers of watches, machines, and precision instruments were among sectors hit hardest by the US trade tariffs on Switzerland, according to the country’s central bank. A deal to reduce the levy to 15% finally came on November 14, but companies only found out in December that the lower tariffs would be backdated to the day the agreement was announced.
Watch exports are likely to pick up in the coming months as the tariff deal reassures companies, Citigroup analyst Thomas Chauvet said in a note.
Still, Switzerland’s overall exports to the US rose in November, underscoring the challenging backdrop facing the watch sector. The 15% import levy is still higher than the 2% faced by companies before Trump’s trade measures.
Shares of both Richemont and Swatch Group AG slipped in early Zurich trading. Overall, exports were down in almost all price bands, and in every material, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said.
Exports to Japan dropped, while the picture also turned negative in China after two months of growth. That’s dampening hopes for a recovery in luxury demand in the country, especially given its recent slow retail sales growth.
“The luxury watch sector enters 2026 with mixed fundamentals,” Vontobel analyst Jean-Philippe Bertschy said in a note. Asia comparisons will ease, he said, “but the US remains unpredictable, and discretionary spending in Europe is showing fatigue.”
Intimates and swim specialist Bravissimo Limited has filed its accounts for the period to the end of March and they showed much higher sales. However, it’s hard to get a clear picture of just how the company is faring.
Bravissimo
The UK-based company is part of Bravissimo Group Limited, which acts as its holding entity, as well as being the holding company for the US arm of the business.
That parent company was wholly acquired by Wacoal Europe Ltd partway through the period in late September last year. But the firm’s year-end date was changed to 31 March from 31 October at that point, which means the current period is 17 months against 12 months the ‘year’ before.
But with that in mind, its’s still worth looking at the figures for the UK operation.
For the 17 months reported, the company’s revenue was £79.3 million. For the comparison period (the 12 months to the end of October 2023) it was £57.6 million. Gross profit in the latest period was £49 million compared to £36.2 million for the shorter period previously. The gross profit margin for the most recent extra long ‘year’ was 61.8% compared to 6.2% in the previous year. That’s because the elongated period included two autumn seasons and autumn and winter sales typically have lower margins due to fewer swimwear pieces being shifted (swimwear has higher margins).
But the company said that despite the challenging inflationary environment cost were well controlled and the reported operating profit for the 17 months was £1.4 million. Had the firm being reporting its financial year as it did previously, that figure would have been £2.6 million, up from £2.5 million the year before.
Bravissimo also said that it had more active customers at the end of the latest period compared to the previous year and its website traffic was up as well, although retail store footfall dropped slightly. The website conversion rate edged upwards and the retail conversion rate was broadly stable.
In the previous year, the company said it had fully recovered from the effects of the pandemic, but it’s likely that the current year will feature worse results than those just filed.
In June 2025, the company said a warehouse fire meant disruption and delays to supply chains for its online customers. The fire was quickly extinguished, but the disruptions involving having to find temporary storage facilities. The brand stopped accepting orders online or over the phone until the issue was resolved.
It only reported being back online in late September but at least it said the business saw a 70% year-on-year rise in total sales on the day of its relaunch. Lingerie sales alone were up 90% compared to the same day last year.