Ralph Lauren Corporation named on Friday Deb Cupp, president of Microsoft North America, as a director for election at the company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. 

Menswear’s two most defiantly artistic designers – Craig Green and Jonathan Anderson – began Saturday with two strikingly unique visions in Paris, before Hermès presented a salutary lesson in nonchalant chic.

Rains designed a lineup suitable for next summer's warm weather featuring optimistic colors and cuts, while Cool T.M. stood out for its ironic street couture. 

The brand owned by the Kering group is putting its youth line on hold, which may well be discontinued for good, due to changes in the market. 

​Luxury outerwear brand Barbour has linked up with the National Trust to work on “the clean-up and restoration work at Wallington, Cragside and Hadrian’s Wall in the North East of England, following Storm Arwen.

London-based Threadology has secured a seven-figure loan from HSBC UK, as the formalwear supplier and retailer scales up operations as demand grows with weddings and formal events returning after restrictions ended.

Spanish fashion designers Victorio and Lucchino, who have dressed singers and aristocrats, on Thursday inaugurated a museum dedicated to their works in their southern home region of Andalusia.

Paris Fashion Week Men's opened on Tuesday with interesting collections by Egonlab, Taakk and Etudes, giving a foretaste of what looks like an extremely promising programme.

On Wednesday, the three labels closed the second day of Paris Fashion Week Men's with panache, each broadcasting their message loudly and clearly.

Salvatore Ferragamo is set to open on Friday a concept store in SoHo designed to offer a new retail experience and creative hub. 

On July 14, Louis Vuitton will open its newest freestanding store dedicated to the men’s universe on Rodeo Drive. Ready-to-wear, accessories, publishing, iconic trunks and Objets Nomades will be presented.  

Dior has inaugurated a new pop-up shop in the heart of the Miami Design District highlighting its Baby Dior collection. 

The co-founder of The Other Store, an e-commerce specialist for fashion brands, and most recently of training company Everywhere Anytime, was elected chairman on Thursday for a three-year term.

A triple-header at AZ Factory, where the brand unveiled the first looks by its three “amigos” inside a Marais pop-up, each of whom subtly channeled elements of founder Alber Elbaz’s oeuvre.

Paris will always be a city of contrasting ideas. Like this Thursday, where luxury brand Louis Vuitton blended French romanticism with hip hop, as Californian-born Rick Owens sought inspiration from Ancient Egypt.

The French luxury fashion house is back to traveling far and wide and will hold its next Métiers d'Art 2022/23 show in the Senegalese capital on December 6.