Our Newsmaker this week is Sonia Rykiel. The pioneer of Parisian womenswear died aged 86 in the early hours of Thursday morning at her home in Paris. A visionary and fashion legend she was born Sonia Flis in May 1930. With no formal training at the age of 17 she started out her career as a...

Our Newsmaker this week is Marco Gobbetti. The luxury veteran was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer by British luxury brand Burberry, a position that was held by Christopher Bailey since May 2014. With more than 20 years experience in the luxury sector, Gobbetti has worked on brands...

Our newsmaker this week is Maria Grazia Chiuri. The design maven was appointed Christian Dior’s first female Creative Director in it’s 69-year history, a post which was left vacant following Raf Simons’s October 2015 exit. A graduate from the Istituto Europeo di Design in...

Our newsmaker this week is Presley Gerber. The 16-year-old son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and former model/businessman Rande Gerber who recently made his runway debut at the Moschino 2017 resort show in Los Angeles also walked for fashion powerhouse Dolce and Gabbana at their Spring/Summer...

Our newsmaker this week is Imaan Hammam. The 19 year old dutch beauty who is of Moroccan and Egyptian descent made headlines last week after posing for legendary photographer Mario Testino’s famous ‘Towel’ series. Imaan (pronounced Ee-men) was raised in Amsterdam, speaks...

Our newsmaker this week is Ciara. The 30-year-old Grammy-winning artist landed a modeling deal with famed modeling agency IMG Models. No stranger to the world of fashion, Ciara has been represented by William Morris Endeavor sister agency WME for music and other areas. IMG will now handle...

Our newsmaker this week is Jonathan Saunders. The 38-year-old designer took over the reins of Diane von Furstenberg’s eponymous label having being been named chief creative officer. Born in Scotland, Saunders graduated in Printed Textiles from Glasgow School of Art in 1999 and from...

Our newsmaker this week is Alessandra Facchinetti. The Italian fashion designer stepped down from her role as creative director of Tod’s women’s collections earlier last week. The daughter of famed Italian singer Roby Facchinetti, took over the company’s creative...

Our newsmaker this week is none other than Anthony Vaccarello. The 36 year-old Italian-Belgian fashion designer was announced last week as the new designer of Saint Laurent. He left his previous role at Versus Versace which he held since January 2015. Born on September 4, 1982 in Brussels...

Our Newsmaker this week is American fashion model and Justin Bieber’s new love interest, Hailey Baldwin. The 19 year old, who is making waves in the fashion world, is the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, niece of actor Alec Baldwin and cousin of Ireland Baldwin. The half American,...

Our Newsmaker this week is British model Jourdan Dunn. The 25 year old recently won the trophy for Model of the Year at The British Fashion Awards beating fellow nominees Georgia May Jagger & Malaika Firthtook. Dunn is arguably the most popular British model today. Born in 1990 in...

Our newsmaker this week is Model, DJ, and actor Ruby Rose. The 29 year old Australian who shot to fame after landing the role of inmate Stella in the Netflix series ‘Orange is the New Black’ was recently awarded the 2015 Woman of the Year by GQ Australia. Rose began her modeling...

Each week, FMD’s news-desk team highlights one name to note from all that’s happened in the Fashion industry. This week for the first time we have not one, but two Newsmakers as we turn our attention to Kate Lanphear and Raf Simons. Lanphear and Simons, both announced last week...