A welcome return to ruddy health at Prada, where Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons unveiled their best menswear collection to date, worn by the city’s best cast, on a sunny Sunday in Milan.

The brothers Caten returned to their Canadian roots this season with a DSquared2 collection ideal for Deep North dandies and hipster trappers presented Friday, the opening day of the Milan menswear season.

Right when you were thinking one could drown in all the laudable sustainable menswear on display in Milan, along comes Dolce & Gabbana to wake the whole city up with some moda alla Machine Gun Kelly on Saturday. 

The Council of Fashion Designers of America has released its official New York Fashion Week lineup for February, which sees a host of new and big-name designers set to showcase their latest collections in the Big Apple.

Finally, a proper actual live runway show of re-defined masculine menswear in Pitti, staged late Wednesday inside a Pucci family Palazzo in Florence, courtesy of gender-bender designer Ervin Latimer.

They may be letting unvaccinated tennis players into Australia, but here at Pitti Uomo 101 in Florence, Covid passes are obligatory, each entrant is temperature checked, and everyone wears a PPF8 masks. 

Designer JW Anderson has called off his planned Milan runway show for next weekend and will instead unveil his next menswear collection digitally.

​Mensa Brands has strengthened its brand portfolio with the acquisition of home-grown denim brand High Star.

The cancellations concern five shows scheduled in Frankfurt, Germany: Premium, Neonyt, Seek, The Ground and new event Val:ue. The organisers are trying to stage an alternative programme.

Fashion retail giant Inditex delivered its nine-month and Q3 results report on Wednesday and it showed its recovery continuing to gain momentum. Sales at the start of Q4 have also risen impressively.

​H&M Group issued its Q4 and full-year sales report Wednesday and while it was fairly short on detail — as is usual — it did show that sales are continuing to recover and heading back to pre-pandemic levels.

Kim Jones returned to his hometown on Thursday with a Dior Men counter-culture couture collection inspired by Jack Kerouac’s key novel 'On the Road', and feted by Grace Jones.

​Global fashion brand Guess has expanded its retail presence with the addition of a new store in Phoenix Palladium, Mumbai.

Sustainable womenswear and menswear brand Doodlage has launched a recycled denim line as the brand adds to its upcycled product selection with the aim of reducing textile waste.  

​Google is aiming to help the fashion industry become more sustainable and has linked with Stella McCartney, The Textile Exchange and the World Wide Fund for Nature on the Global Fibre Impact Explorer tool.

​Pepe Jeans has decided to exit its 50:50 joint venture, Pepe Jeans Innerfashion, in India with Dollar Industries Ltd, by selling its stake to GOAT Brands Ltd.