​Following the recent decision for Charles Jeffrey Loverboy to move from two collections a year to four, the label has launched its first-ever pre-spring offer for 2024.

​Premium footwear-to-fashion brand LK Bennett has announced its results for the year to January with both sales and profits leaping.

​The trend for staging shows in spectacular locations is continuing and even when those shows are part of a specific city’s fashion week, the mantra is… the more impressive the venue, the better.

Originally from Kansas, Mason Burns is the designer of the Los Angeles-based Lorraine brand. The young designer hopes to demonstrate that artisanal fashion can reverse the trend of the mass market.

Barely six months after Ludovic de Saint Sernin was appointed creative director of Ann Demeulemeester the house has announced the departure of the designer. No successor has been named.

Giorgio Armani will stage his latest One Night Only fashion and soirée event in September in Venice amidst the celebrations for the lagoon city’s annual film festival, its 80th edition.

​The year to January 2022 was a better one for Tory Burch’s UK arm, as the company bounced back from the full impact of the pandemic, even though Covid’s effects would still have been felt for much of the period.

Free Market Los Angeles opened its first space with the opening of a pop-up art gallery. Several brands including M5, Museum Peace and Quiet, and concept store Alchemy Works should be part of the project. 

​Farfetch’s Q1 was an underlying story of progress with talk of a return to profits soon. But it also suffered from the negative impact of currency exchange and a tough backdrop meant more red ink in the accounts.

Fresh from naming 16Arlington as the BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund winner this week, the British Fashion Council has now revealed the winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design. Step forward Labrum London.

Online fashion giant Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) has named Celine Lefebvre as its General Manager for the Middle East, effective 23 May.

​Luxury e-tailer Mytheresa has linked up with Dolce & Gabbana for an exclusive menswear capsule collection, available globally on the webstore from this month. 

​Burberry’s preliminary results for the year to 1 April saw more growth with its CEO calling it “a strong performance, supported by good progress in core leather goods and outerwear". And revenue accelerated in Q4.

Longchamp is reopening its store on Amsterdam's prestigious P.C. Hooftstraat, unveiling its new global design concept.

​Bespoke luxury sourcing and styling service BagsbyAppointment has taken a big step with the launch of a new website that widens access to its offer.

Zegna has named actor Mads Mikkelsen to be the Italian brand’s latest global testimonial, one day after he dressed in Zegna at the Cannes Opening Ceremony.