The governing fashion bodies in France and Italy have decided to postpone their next menswear seasons and the Paris haute couture runway season this summer.

While fashion museums have had to close and even postpone the launch of upcoming exhibitions and events, many are getting creative and going digital to bring their exclusive work to people around the globe. 

Adarsh Gill has already felt the financial effects of Covid-19 and expects the slowdown to especially impact luxury fashion sales, prompting the designer to focus on her brand's affordable diffusion line, ‘Defiance’.

Bengaluru-based jewellery brand Nirwaana will launch four new product categories, as its first-ever men’s jewellery line and continues to expand its online presence, now delivering pan-India and internationally. 

Minster for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani plans to launch a pilot shopping festival in Bengaluru in 2020 or 2021 to showcase Indian-made artisan products and take the festival to other metros in future.

The brand, known for its casual apparel and 'radical transparency' policy, has announced a commitment to transition to all organic cotton by 2023, starting on March 24 with new organic cotton t-shirts.

The Consul General of India, Sydney will take part in Fashions of Multicultural Australia’s Runway Show in Sydney, Australia for the first time this summer and celebrate the nation’s fashion industry.

A clothing label that describes itself as “India’s first fully compostable fashion brand” has launched its first womenswear collection, ‘Delta and Dawn’, and plans to launch its second in April with a menswear line. 

Johnny Coca has left his position as creative director of Mulberry, the British fashion and accessories house, as announced on Tuesday, bringing down the curtains on a five-year stint at the famed UK marque.

Chanel has called off its May cruise show in Capri, making it the last major fashion house to annul a resort runway show planned for this spring, as coronavirus forces the cancellation of a final important resort show.

​Jewellery designer Queenie Singh launched her debut capsule cocktail wear fashion line, 'The Black Silhouette', with a fashion show.

Christian Dior has called off its next cruise runway show, which had been scheduled to be staged in Lecce,  Italy, making it the latest important fashion event called off due to coronavirus.

Masaba Gupta’s fashion and lifestyle brand, House of Masaba, has announced new measures and initiatives across its stores to prevent the spread of coronavirus as the label increases its home shopping services.

Sustainable designer Anita Dongre was awarded the ‘Outstanding Entrepreneur’ prize for fashion and lifestyle at the entrepreneurial leadership conclave Tiecon in Mumbai.

Hermès has cancelled its annual Saut Hermès show-jumping event in the Grand Palais, originally scheduled for the weekend of March 20 to 22. Coronavirus also led the house to call off its April 28 cruise show in London.