Italian designer Roberto Cavalli said he had agreed to sell a minority stake in his fashion house to private equity company Clessidra, a local business daily reported on Thursday.
Menswear designer Ferruccio Pozzoni has left Valentino, the Italian fashion house said on Monday.
Italian designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his bold animal prints, is lending some style to the other side of the retail counter.
KP Fashion Co, which is owned by Kira Plastinina, the 16-year-old fashion designer and daughter of Russian businessman Sergei Plastinin, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a U.S. court. The Los Angeles-based company listed $9.
Italian eyewear maker Marcolin has renewed licences with Sixty Group and Fashion Box to make glasses and sunglasses for brands Miss Sixty Glasses and Replay Eyes, respectively.
Italian designer Miuccia Prada, whose trend-setting creations are worn worldwide, said she was looking at savings as the global financial crisis bites.
In couture, cut is vital, but Marie Dupuis has found it can also apply to price. Thanks to a little bargaining, a Jean-Paul Gaultier dress she had her eye on for New Year's eve was hers at a 40 percent discount.
Fashion in China's largest city constantly begs double takes.Families window-shop in multicoloured pyjamas, young women sport pink, plush bear heads as winter hats, and even dogs wear denim.
Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz said celebrity designer Matthew Williamson would create its next guest collection.
Top fashion designer Marc Jacobs' company agreed to pay New York state $1 million for improper payments made to secure a venue to hold fashion shows, the New York attorney general's office said on Wednesday.
In Rio de Janeiro, one of the most glamorous spots on Earth where year-round beach culture has everyone vying for attention, the quest for a perfect body now can be an obsession indulged by even the city's poorest of poor.
Hennes & Mauritz , the fashion giant noted for its high-profile guest designers, on Thursday launched new lines by Comme des Garcons founder Rei Kawakubo.
Target Corp is launching a new fashion program aimed at collaborating with established designers, and the discount retailer will kick off the initiative in March with an apparel line by Alexander McQueen.
Lingerie maker Lucia Iorio says her new design targets the modern, techno-savvy woman, but the GPS-equipped "Find Me If You Can" line has raised the hackles of feminists who call it a 21st-century chastity belt.
Designer boutiques in Tokyo are still packed with well-dressed young people, but these days, few of them carry shopping bags.
