Moda Operandi announced on Friday the appointment of Marc Rofsky to the role of director of buying, ready-to-wear, effective July 11. 

After opening its first flagship store in Milan, the high-end streetwear brand led by Francesco Ragazzi has just announced that it will open a store on Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris.

Testimony to Karl Lagerfeld's passion for both fashion and drawing, a collection of 180 sketches by the legendary designer will go under the hammer on July 6.

The Venetian retailer unveils its third U.S. location in the buzzy Noho shopping district on Lafayette, twice the size of its first Manhattan location with added amenities.

Bruno Pavlovsky was elected president of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode on Friday, succeeding Ralph Toledano. We spoke to the executive to hear his vision for Paris Fashion Week and French fashion. 

​Castore is continuing to expand at retail and has just opened a new flagship store in London, in the heart of one of the city’s key shopping districts. The company has opened on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge.

Boss is continuing its marketing drive to reach key consumers and has announced a new deal with the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team (AMF1) that sees it being named the team’s official fashion partner. 

Dior revealed this week it will drop this month the Travis Scott collaborative collection for men announced late last year, after it was put on hold following the Astroworld festival tragedy in January.  

Botter, the duo of Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herreburgh, has won the ANDAM 2022 Grand Prize; as Robert Wun was awarded the Prix Spécial, and Anthony Alvarez of Bluemarble picked up the Pierre Bergé Prize.

This Friday marked the passing of a baton, as Ralph Toledano retires as president of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, French high fashion’s governing body. He met Fashion Network to consider his tenure.

​Isabella Burley has been named as the new chief marketing officer of Acne Studios. She continues the long tradition of prominent journalists moving into the fashion industry and particularly into marketing roles.

UK-based menswear retailer/wholesaler Baird Group has secured £7 million in funding from Bibby Financial Services (BFS). The additional financing will go to support international growth while increasing stock volumes.

​Frasers Group has acquired a big stake in Australian fashion marketplace, MySale. It sees it as "an opportunity for a strategic partnership" to sell end-of-line group products via an established clearance channel.

A new BCG and Comité Colbert study shows that 65% of consumers “take into account companies' commitment to sustainable development when deciding on their purchases” and that luxury still needs to do more to excel online.

The Armani Group opened on Wednesday its first Emporio Armani store in Canada, in Toronto, Ontario, at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. 

The Lebanese fashion designer, who will be showing at the opening of Paris Haute Couture Week on July 4, has officially named his son Jad Hobeika as his label's joint creative director.