Watch and lifestyle business Titan Company expects its premium brands segment to continue to drive growth as luxury goods are gaining more momentum than mass market products.

On the 8th day of Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024, French brand Pierre Cardin took his signature space-girls underwater, while the duo behind Coperni made theirs trace a pathway to the stardust.

One looked east on Monday in Paris with two powerful statements by much-admired brands Sacai and Rokh, one by Chitose Abe of Japan, the other by Rok Hwang from Korea.

A brisk, breezy Sunday saw thousands of fans crowd around the entrance to shows by two of the classiest brands in fashion, Valentino and Akris, where dark reflection was the unifying theme.

Now that’s what we call a great fashion show. A dramatic reworking of Balenciaga’s canon in the thoroughly modern collection staged inside a truly stunning set.

Alexander McQueen once staged a show in a garbage incinerator plant along the Thames. Sean McGirr staged his impressive debut for the house on Saturday night inside a scruffy former railway depot in Paris’ Chinatown. 

In a day of teaming rain, protests marches and traffic, Paris witnessed three shows by designers determined to think out of the box when it came to their brand’s DNA - Vivienne Westwood, Hermès and Elie Saab. 

Cubist cool in City Hall with Yohji Yamamoto; Picasso and PETA at Victoria Beckham; Cher and confusion at Vêtements, in a jam-packed day of shows in Paris Fashion Week on Friday

Paris Fashion Week’s main action on Thursday began and ended with two historic marques, Chloé and Schiaparelli, strutting their stuff with brio, the first with a debut, the second with fresh impetus.

Tapestry Inc. announced on Thursday the appointment of Kevin Hourican and David Elkins to the fashion group's board of directors, taking the total board count to eleven. 

​Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce giant, reported its annual and Q4 results this week with sales and profits both rising. But importantly, it also made some key comments about its thinking around its Farfetch buy.

A sunny Wednesday afternoon in Paris Fashion Week could be profitably spent at two shows: Dries Van Noten and Casablanca, where the connecting thread was the euphoria blending of unlikely materials, hues and moods.

If you like a brand that respects its DNA even as it playfully reinvents it, then one has to admire Karl Lagerfeld, which presented swish new array of clothes on Tuesday.

Boult, a leading wearables brand has partnered with Dikazo Solutions Private Limited to expand its retail presence in the south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets.

Fashion magazine Vogue announced Monday it is bringing together some of France's top luxury brands for a one-off show to kick off the Olympics in Paris.

Paris Fashion Week opened Monday a with Masters student show at the Institut Français de la Mode, attended by Brigitte Macron, followed across town by a Pressiat Woke'n'Roll collection.