Watanabe, who will star in Kate Spade's Spring 2020 handbag campaign, earned the crown as Japan's most followed person on Instagram in 2019, with a current follower count of 9 million. 

According to data analytics firm Launchmetrics, sustainability and diversity are two of the biggest themes currently driving the changing conversation around fashion weeks, as formats and front rows continue to evolve.

While fashion weeks come to an end along with the imploding calendars they bring, some labels have questioned the future of this system and the industy's predilection for overproduction and hyper-consumerism. 

Swiss watch exports to Hong Kong, the sector's biggest market, plunged 11.4 percent in 2019 due to a wave of pro-democracy protests there, the Swiss watch industry federation said Tuesday.

Lightweight gowns and architectural suits, fine lace and dramatic frills: the creations of Cristobal Balenciaga and Azzedine Alaïa interact in a Parisian exhibition, telling a tale of perfectionist fashion.

LVMH, the world’s largest luxury group, posted yet another year of record sales, racking up global turnover of €53.7 billion in 2020, a 15% increase on the previous year.

​Heritage and rural identity meet in a new collaboration between Barbour and Laura Ashley. The collection, spanning wax jackets, knitwear, dresses, blouses and accessories, launches in July.

Jeremy Scott has cancelled his upcoming runway show in New York, in a move that will significantly weaken the American fashion catwalk season. Instead, the designer will show during haute couture in Paris in July.

Just a few short years ago, Thomas Sabo was busy expanding its Canadian operations. Now, the Germany-based jewellery and watch brand confirmed on Monday it is shuttering all stores in the country. 

Tommy Hilfiger has kicked off its sponsorship as official fashion partner of the 2020 Hahnenkamm Ski Races in Kitzbühel, Austria with a performance from The Black Eyed Peas at the annual Kitz-Race-Party.

The Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion, French fashion’s governing body, has released the schedule for next month’s runway season in Paris, inviting four new designers onto its official calendar.

The US e-tail site has been applying stock market-inspired concepts to the sale of sneakers for three years. CEO Scott Cutler told FashionNetwork.com he wants to go further in deploying the IPO-for-products model.

British outdoor clothing expert Musto is set to launch an Autumn/Winter 2020 clothing range with UK car brand Land Rover as part of a new five-year global license agreement.

Alessandra Facchinetti has been named creative director of Harlan + Holden, an Asian fashion company that defines itself as the world’s first “time-saving” clothing brand.

Celebrities strutted their stuff along the Grammys red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday, where white was a big trend, along with strapless gowns -- and super-long glittering nails.

In the first business development since it was acquired by Puig in 2018, Dries Van Noten has appointed Matteo de Rosa as president. The former Ports 1961 managing director will join on 1 February.