Paris’s Première Vision show will not be staged physically, but on February 15-19 it will hold a digital event featuring a revamped e-marketplace and several online debates with industry professionals and specialists.

Just when the first chill winds of schadenfreude were swirled around Hedi Slimane’s tenure at Celine, along came the creative director to silence his doubters with a brilliant video and teen rebel collection.

The British Fashion Council has signed TikTok as Principal Partner of its returning talent identification scheme NewGen. At the same time, BNPL payment firm Clearpay will also become the event’s Official Partner.

Pressure is building on the UK government to introduce an online sales tax in response to a major imbalance in trading conditions that has seen digital retail boom during a pandemic that has devastated physical stores.

​Frasers Group took advantage of a rising share price last week to sell its entire stake in struggling French Connection. The company had a stake adding up to a 24.93% holding in the firm prior to the sale.

​Toray has created a new polyester filament fabric, Camifu, that it says “combines the softness, smoothness, and comfort of synthetic fibres with the natural feel and random unevenness of traditional Japanese paper”.

​Dr Martens’ recent IPO valued the British bootmaker at £3.7 billion but the firm’s value has already risen to £4.9 billion as the shares have been popular purchases since the end of January.

​Boohoo has concluded a deal to buy the remaining Arcadia brands that hadn’t been take over by ASOS and City Chic. It’s paying £25.2m to acquire the three “British heritage brands” out of administration.

Despite seeing a dip in fourth quarter sales, the company's e-commerce skyrocketed to 142.7%.

Buy now, pay later services - offered by providers such as Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay and PayPal - have blossomed across retail websites during the coronavirus pandemic as people have turned more to shopping online.

Luxury giant LVMH has directed US administrative employees of jeweler Tiffany to resume working part-time at the office on March 1, a person close to the company told AFP Friday.

Trained in Milan, up-and-coming Spanish designer Nicolas Montenegro has dressed Beyonce and Kylie Minogue, but with the pandemic, he's gone back home to his village to launch his own brand.

The company's net sales for the quarter increased 14.8% to $1.078 billion compared to $938.7 million for the same period last year, powered by positive performance by its Ugg and Hoka One One brands. 

Los Angeles-based denim and lifestyle brand Guess is teaming up with social media icon Jen Selter for the launch of its spring 2021 activewear campaign. 

Milan's women's ready-to-wear fashion week will once again be taking place via a phygital format. The event runs from 23 February to 1 March and will feature 61 shows, including big-name brands and new arrivals.