Levi Strauss & Co on Thursday raised its half-year revenue growth forecast, banking on Covid-19 vaccine rollouts to spur a return to normalcy, after the denim maker beat quarterly sales estimates on an e-commerce boost.

The Diesel x Diesel collection, 24 items drawn from the label’s 1980s wardrobe and given a fresh twist, has been launched with a new advertising campaign unveiled on Wednesday.

Finally, Paris Fashion Week had an actual live catwalk show. A drive-in runway event witnessed Thursday night by a few score of editors and influencers from inside Citroen DS7s and staged inside the AccorArena.

​Levi’s has signed Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone as its global brand ambassador. 

Pakistan-based vertically integrated denim company Soorty has collaborated with sustainable denim brand Oak & Acorn to create a 30-piece collection to retail in the U.S. and online.  

Glenn Martens, the recently installed creative director of Diesel, has unveiled his first ideas for the Italian marque, an amorous yet gritty neo-realist video.

No one could fault the latest crop of designer showing, in New York, for effort. In a busy Monday, with almost 30 collections, their arty videos and polished ideas were a reminder of how hard  people have been working.

Jason Wu opened this month’s New York Fashion Week on the Sunday night of Valentine’s Day, with a nostalgic ode to Coca Cola capitalism. Imitation of Christ followed him with pure whimsicality.

Opening Ceremony may have closed down its destination boutique in Soho last spring, but the brand is very much alive and kicking, as the latest collection from its founders – Carol Lim and Humberto Leon - trumpets.

​Diesel and Maison Margiela owner OTB saw sales and profits being dented by the pandemic last year, a disappointing result after it had returned to profit in 2019.

Alber Elbaz debuted his brand new AZ Factory Tuesday evening in this week’s Paris haute couture season, marking a dynamic change in direction by one of fashion’s most influential designers.

The opening day of Paris haute couture week ended with three experienced designers -- Giambattista Valli, Julie de Libran and Olivier Theyskens at Azzaro -- showing collections that captured the couture's energy.

Fresh from news of its forthcoming Simone Rocha collab, H&M has unveiled two more collabs with a sustainable Lee jeans hook-up for kids and a loungewear launch with “writer, performer and storyteller” Yrsa Daley-Ward.

It says a great deal about the current Covid confusion in fashion weeks when the Paris menswear season for fall 2021, the biggest annual series of menswear collections in the world, began on Tuesday with a teaser.

U.S.-based Kontoor Brands plans to transform the retail strategy for its denim brands Lee and Wrangler in India in partnership with Ace Turtle, and pursue an omni-channel strategy to double its sales. 

Elie Saab has called off his haute couture presentation scheduled for the Paris season next week, as the couturier delays shooting any look-book video in the wake of the crisis in Lebanon.