David Beckham has been appointed as Ambassadorial President of the British Fashion Council (BFC). The former football player and Kent & Curwen founder will serve to support the British organization to create partnerships in the United States and Asia. During the first twelve months...

Felipe Oliveira Baptista is stepping down from the role of creative director of Lacoste, after helming the French label for eight years. Baptista, who is a two-time winner of the Andam prize and a Kingston University graduate took over from Christophe Lemaire in August 2010. He mixed...

Victoria’s Secret is finally opening its first full store in Australia, which until now was only available online. The lingerie giant announced that the store will be located in Melbourne’s Chadstone shopping center. It will occupy four current stores (Metallicus, Camper,...

Gucci has unveiled it’s ArtLab a center of 37,000 square meters just outside Florence. The new centre of 37,000 square meters focuses on work on innovation, sustainability and craftsmanship and will employ more than 800 people to work on product development and lab testing, with...

ZARA has announced that it will launch its own augmented reality (AR) app this month in its flagship stores. With augmented reality, customers can discover the new collection using the innovative technology on shop windows, delivery boxes or on ZARA’s online store. After downloading the...

After appointing Virgil Abloh as the new artistic director of its menswear collection, Louis Vuitton has opened two new factories in France dedicated to the production of leather goods. The French luxury house plans to hire 500 staff for the two factories so as to reduce production time from...

Haider Ackermann has stepped down as creative director at Berluti – the historic French fashion house which was founded in 1985 in Paris and entered the LVMH group’s portfolio in 1993. The Colombian designer left after only three seasons. Ackermann joined Berluti in September...

COS has opened their first store in Haarlem. Characteristic of the clothing label, the new boutique has a modern, functional design covering 337 square meters and houses both men’s and women’s collections. The new store opens in a historic building in one of the largest shopping...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...