Luxury fashion company Michael Kors has acquired high-end footwear label Jimmy Choo for $1.2 billion. The ready-to-wear giant made the purchase through JAG Acquisitions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Michael Kor’s label. The takeover of Jimmy Choo comes two months after rival...

H & M is expanding its brand portfolio with Arket, a new label that follows on the lucrative success it has seen with its additional brands, such as Cos, Weekday and Cheap Monday. The name which means ‘a sheet of paper’ in Swedish, is the 11th brand from the H&M stable...

Zara, the flagship brand of the world’s largest fashion retailer Inditex SA, opened its largest store in India in Mumbai on Thusday. Located in the 111 year old heritage Ismail Building behind Flora Fountain Flora Fountain, the store spans a total area of 51,300 sq ft. With a five-year...

Luxury jewellery and watch brand Piaget has launched its creations on Net-a-porter. The pieces which are all from ‘Possession’, a signature Piaget collection marks the first time that the swiss maison’s creations will be sold through a luxury global online retailer. As the...

H & M is expanding its brand portfolio with Arket. Following the success of COS, & Other Stories, Monki and Weekday, Arket will mark the fifth label for the eponymous Swedish retail giant. Arket which is Swedish for ‘a piece of paper’, will offer modern fashion for...

Clare Waight Keller will helm Givenchy as its artistic director. The british designer replaces Riccardo Tisci who left the brand in February after 12 years. Waight Keller, held the role of creative director for six years at Chloe, which was succeeded by Louis Vuitton’s Natacha...

Natalie Massenet has joined The Farfetch Group. Following her exit from luxury e-commerce site Net-A-Porter, the digital pioneer was appointed by the rival site as non-executive Co-Chairman. She will work alongside Jose Neves, CEO, Founder and executive Co-Chairman of Farfetch to continue...

Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved Birman feline Choupette will soon be available as a plush toy. The creative director of Chanel has collaborated with German-based plush toy company Steiff to make 2,000 limited-edition pets. At 40 centimeters (16 inches) long, the iconic companion of Lagerfeld...

The house of Carolina Herrera is suing rival design house Oscar de la Renta, over a noncompete agreement with former senior designer and Monse founder, Laura Kim. According to Herrera’s lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of New York, Kim, joined the Carolina Herrera team in October 2015...

Yoox Net-a-Porter Group has partnered with Disney to create a new online lifestyle and fashion store. The new store offers Disney fans the opportunity to purchase exciting designer collaborations of their favorite characters online inspired by The Walt Disney Company, Disney Pixar, Star Wars...

New York-based fashion label Suno is closing down. The acclaimed women’s luxury lifestyle brand who recently showcased its resort 2017 collection, announced that it will be ceasing it operations and closing shop, after over seven years in business. ‘After eight extraordinary...

Italian luxury label Salvatore Ferragamo announced that Fulvio Rigoni will be the new head of its womenswear division. Rigoni who showed his first collection in September for the brand had previously worked with Christian Dior till 2015. Prior to that he had stints at Gucci (1999), Bally...

Peter Dundas is the latest in the list of creative directors to leave their positions after only a relatively brief period of time in the role. The Norwegian designer stepped down from the role of creative director of Italian fashion House Roberto Cavalli on Wednesday. Dundas who joined...