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The passing of a giant: Giorgio Armani dead at 91

September 4, 2025/15.25

One of the most influential fashion designers of the last half-century, Giorgio Armani has died in Milano, according to his company […]

All life calls for is basic courtesy

April 9, 2025/13.31

Jack Yan on how incivility occasionally creeps up in publishing—even though it’s bound to end in a lose–lose […]

Riyadh Modest Fashion Show: in for a treat; Stitch Fix forecasts 2023; Kathy Ireland honoured

December 14, 2022/11.46

Photos from earlier Modest Fashion Week events show fun, vibrant events; Stitch Fix predicts 2023; Kathy Ireland honoured for her work in licensing […]

Estée Lauder to acquire Tom Ford brand outright

November 16, 2022/8.14

Tom Ford International’s intellectual property is now in the hands of the US beauty giant, with Zegna and Marcolin inking long-term licensing deals with the new owner […]

Revlon files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

June 16, 2022/6.36

With financial difficulties, and competition from more prominent brands, the 90-year-old cosmetics’ group files for bankruptcy protection in New York. […]

Laura Ashley, partnering with IMG, could make comeback through licensing

April 13, 2022/22.54

Mabalu/Creative Commons 4·0 Above: Laura Ashley dresses from the 1970s. Laura Ashley could be making a bigger comeback, if its owner’s partnership with IMG bears fruit. Laura Ashley dates from the early 1950s and started in a flat in Pimlico. The brand’s dresses were particularly popular in the 1970s, when the floral, lengthy look […]

Carla Zampatti, legendary Australian designer, dies from injuries after serious fall

April 3, 2021/3.22

Eva Rinaldi/Creative Commons 2·0 Above: Carla Zampatti photographed in 2011. Legendary Australian designer Carla Zampatti, AC died today (Saturday) from injuries resulting from a fall at the opening night of La Traviata at Mrs Macquarie’s Pt in Sydney last week that left her conscious. Her family announced her death today. She died at St […]

After the events of January 6, Emily Ratajkowski and others point to the real dangers

January 8, 2021/12.53

Inez & Vinoodh/Kérastase Above: Emily Ratajkowski (centre) in a new promotion for Kérastase, as promoted on her Instagram. But it’s what she wrote on Twitter that’s far more on point with the events of January 6 in the US. When you have US friends on all sides of the political spectrum—greens, Democrats, Republicans, libertarians—you tend […]

Pierre Cardin, visionary designer, dies aged 98

December 29, 2020/13.43

Claude Iverné/Creative Commons 3·0 Top: Pierre Cardin’s official portrait in 1992. Above: The cover of the book accompanying Pierre Cardin’s 60th anniversary retrospectives in 2010. Legendary fashion designer Pierre Cardin died December 29 aged 98, according to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, of which he had been a member since 1992. Born Pietro Costante Cardin […]

British Fashion Council opens second round of applications for BFC Foundation Fashion Fund

July 29, 2020/9.14

The British Fashion Council has raised £500,000 for its BFC Foundation Fashion Fund, and is now receiving applications for a second round to help businesses through the COVID-19 crisis. The Council had already distributed the first £1,000,000 of grants from its emergency fund in May to 37 designers. It was always intended that once […]