The weekend’s key show in London Fashion Week was by Erdem, where the designer was inspired by his new neighborhood Bloomsbury and two of its legendary eccentrics, Dame Edith Sitwell and Lady Ottoline Morrell.

After the all-out extravagance of the MTV Video Music Awards and the Met Gala, make way for the glamour of the Emmy Awards, with a return to floaty dresses, rhinestones and barely-there sheers.

Italian fashion house Cavalli said on Monday it would open a $545 million ultra-luxurious skyscraper in Dubai in collaboration with real estate developer Damac Properties, aimed at reviving the luxury brand.

Fashion consultant, stylist, and editor Harmeet Bajaj has launched Bunka as a new womenswear brand with the aim of promoting conscious fashion and giving crafts people across India employment opportunities. 

Mumbai’s Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone’s 149 gem and jewellery units have seen sales exceed pre-pandemic volume, reversing the economic slump of the previous three years. 

On September 24, the Nagaland Handmade Jewellery Exhibition 2021 will hold its second edition at The Heritage in Kohima, Nagaland, showcasing jewellery from ten brands from Mokochung, Dimapur, and Kohima.

French fashion house Balenciaga scored the biggest at the recent MET Gala, held on September 13, thanks to the influence of Rihanna and Kim Kardashian, whose outfits attracted significant attention and commentary.

​Leading jewellery maker Rajesh Exports Ltd has bagged an order worth Rs 691 crore ($94 million) of designer range of jewellery from Germany.

The pandemic and Brexit issues may have dented cross-border shopping in recent periods, but the channel is bouncing back and luxury is fuelling that comeback, a new reports shows.

The Italian luxury label has announced it will stage two simultaneous shows in Milan and Shanghai on September 25, to unveil its womenswear collection for the Spring/Summer 2022.

The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council held charity event ‘Jewellers for Hope’ on the evening of September 15 and congratulated India’s Tokyo Olympic 2020 champions and celebrated the industry at large. 

Gold jewellery sales are expected to grow by between 12% and 14% during the 2022 financial year and reverse two years of consecutive decline, thanks to stable gold prices and a move towards post-pandemic recovery. 

On September 25, the down jacket label will unveil in Milan the new Genius collections by 11 designers, with pop star Alicia Keys headlining an online event staged concurrently in New York, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul.

Few fashion houses pulled off a show with such aplomb in the tricky current conditions of the current pandemic as Carolina Herrera, where the house’s artistic director has carved out a freshly classical oeuvre.

All change at Kenzo. In the same week that the house announced the appointment of a new artistic director, it has named a new CEO, Sylvain Blanc, who joins the Paris fashion marque from underwear specialist Undiz.

The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council launched its first Bengaluru edition of India International Jewellery Show on September 16 with 300 international buyers and 1,300 exhibitors.