Belgian fashion house Ann Demeulemeester has appointed Stefano Gallici as its new creative director. The announcement comes in the wake of Ludovic de Saint Sernin abrupt departure last month from his role after less than six months at its helm with only a single season. Gallici is not new to...

ANDAM (National Association of the Development of the Fashion Arts) has announced the 12 Finalists of its 2023 Andam Fashion Awards. The designers were selected by the 31 members of the 2023 judges panel, after reviewing the applications received this year. The twelve finalists are: Grand...

French fashion house Dior has unveiled a new coffee table book that chronicles Raf Simons’ three-year trailblazing tenure. Titled ‘Dior Raf Simons 2012-2015’ the 344 page tome was written by fashion journalist Tim Blanks and published by Assouline. The cover features a...

British shoe company Clarks has appointed British-Jamaican designer Martine Rose as its first ever Guest Creative Director. The London based designer was approached by Clarks last year, following which she visited it’s headquarters in Somerset and immersed herself into its nearly...

Swiss-based investment group Bidayat will be relaunching luxury Italian brand Walter Albini after nearly 40 years. Last week, the group updated its website portfolio to include Walter Albini and announced that they had acquired the Italian designer’s archives, and plan to relaunch the...

Vietnamese-American designer Peter Do has been appointed creative director for the Helmut Lang brand. Effective May 15, 2023, he will oversee the brand’s women’s and men’s collections and will report directly to Dinesh Tandon, chief executive officer of Helmut Lang. He will...

French luxury Jeweler Cartier has appointed award-winning actress Elle Fanning as their newest Global Ambassador and the face of the Grain de Cafe collection. The Grain de Cafe was originally unveiled in 1938 by iconic Creative Director Jeanne Toussaint. The coffee bean-inspired collection...

Charles de Vilmorin French luxury fashion house Rochas have parted ways after over 2 years. According to WWD, Rochas’ parent company Interparfums SA did not renew its contract with the 26-year-old French designer after it had expired on March 31. ‘We would like to thank Charles...

Bruno Sialelli has stepped down as Creative Director of the oldest French luxury fashion house Lanvin. Sialelli was appointed Lanvin’s creative director in January 2019 after Olivier Lapidus left in March 2018 and was it’s fourth designer in four years. ‘I am deeply proud of...

British luxury fashion house is celebrating its British heritage with a new coffee table book. Simply titled ‘Burberry’ the 252 tome from Parisian luxury publisher Assouline features text by fashion journalist, author and critic Alexander Fury with a foreword by Carly Eck, Brand...

Luxury conglomerate Louis Vuitton has announced the names of 9 finalists for the tenth edition of its LVMH Prize for Young Designers. The young designers were chosen from a pool of 22 semifinalists (selected from among 2,400 candidates) who presented their collections on March 2nd and 3rd at...

Jeremy Scott has stepped down as Creative Director of Italian luxury fashion house Moschino after nearly 10 years at its helm. The announcement was made this morning by the American Designer in an Instagram post. ‘After 10 years I am announcing today that I will be leaving Moschino....

Marseilles label Sessun has launched an international prize on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Titled ‘Sessun Craft Prize’ the contest is open to all students and young professionals under the age of 35. Organized in collaboration with the Marseille based design workplace...