Guillaume Henry steps down as creative director of Nina Ricci Mar 16

Guillaume Henry steps down as creative director of Nina R...

After three years as creative director for French fashion house Nina Ricci, Guillaume Henry announced yesterday that he would be stepping down from the role. Prior to his Autumn / Winter 2018 collection, there were rumors that he would leave the brand, but yesterday the fashion house...

Self-Portrait opens first boutique in London Mar 14

Self-Portrait opens first boutique in London

British fashion label Self-Portrait will open its very first boutique in London on March 22. The 223sqm two-floor concept store was designed by Casper Mueller Kneer Architects. The boutique will sell ready-to-wear and accessories, which spans separates, dresses, and footwear and will also...

Riccardo Tisci is the new creative director of Burberry Mar 02

Riccardo Tisci is the new creative director of Burberry

The guessing is over as to who would become Christopher Bailey’s successor at Burberry. Yesterday, the British luxury fashion house announced that Ricardo Tisci will be its chief creative officer, effective March 12, 2018. The news puts an end to rumors which were circulating last...

Bruno Frisoni leaves Roger Vivier Feb 06

Bruno Frisoni leaves Roger Vivier

Bruno Frisoni is leaving Roger Vivier after 16 years as head of design at the prestigious Parisian accessories brand owned by the Della Valle group. Frisoni joined Roger Vivier as creative director in 2003 and maintained the heritage of Roger Vivier whilst adding his own accents of...

Isabel Marant to open first store in the Netherlands Jan 31

Isabel Marant to open first store in the Netherlands

French fashion house Isabel Marant will open its first store in the Netherlands later this year. The store will be located at the PC Hooftstraat 114 in Amsterdam, where Dutch clothing chain McGregor had their flasgship store for many years, until they had to leave due to bankruptcy in early...

Hedi Slimane becomes creative director of Celine Jan 23

Hedi Slimane becomes creative director of Celine

Hedi Slimane has been named artistic director of Celine. The announcement was made by LVMH on the morning of January 21. The former creative director of Saint Laurent will take over Phoebe Philo’s post who left the French fashion house after ten years. He will direct all Celine...

H & M launches new brand Nyden Dec 29

H & M launches new brand Nyden

H & M has added a new brand to its portfolio called Nyden. Just months after launching Arket, a brand that focuses on quality products, the sweedish clothing company announced that the new brand will be unveiled in early 2018. The name combines two Swedish words, meaning...

Nicola Formichetti leaves Diesel Dec 19

Nicola Formichetti leaves Diesel

Nicola Formichetti announced his departure today from Diesel after five years. The Japanese-Italian designer was the first artistic director, after Rosso decided to stop designing for his own brand. He had been head of ‘global vision’ at Diesel, and the driving force of its...

Jonathan Saunders steps down as creative director of DVF Dec 18

Jonathan Saunders steps down as creative director of DVF

Jonathan Saunders resiged as chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg on Friday, after 18 months. The American fashion label is officially searching for a new creative director. The 38-year-old Scottish designer who was tapped by von Furstenberg was tasked with with reviving the...

Celine launches an e-commerce site Dec 06

Celine launches an e-commerce site

Celine has launched its e-commerce store in France. The French fashion house which is owned by LVMH, was the only brand so far to not have its own webshop. Fans had to visit boutiques across the world or online portals, such as Net-a-Porter and Farfetch. The new version of celine.com will...

Mugler has a new creative director Dec 05

Mugler has a new creative director

Mugler has enlisted Casey Cadwallader to take over the reins as its artistic director, after announcing the departure of David Koma this morning. Koma who has been with the house for four years, is leaving the role to devote his time to his eponymous London-based line. He succeed stylist...

Coach Inc. changes its corporate name Oct 12

Coach Inc. changes its corporate name

Coach Inc. has changed its corporate name to Tapestry. The move is a first step in the company’s strategy to create an American luxury conglomerate modeled after LVMH and Kering. In 2014 Coach Inc. announced its intention to reinvent itself beyond a monobrand specialty retailer and in...

Christian Louboutin launches a collection of baby shoes Oct 06

Christian Louboutin launches a collection of baby shoes

Christian Louboutin is launching a limited-edition capsule collection of children’s shoes. Aptly called as ‘Loubibabys’, the collection was designed in collaboration with Goop’s CEO Gwyneth Paltrow. Priced at $250, it will include mini Mary Janes with a handmade bow,...

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