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.

AZ Factory, the fashion house led by Alber Elbaz that is the most widely anticipated new brand in the industry, is planning a talk show as well as exclusives on Net-A-Porter and Farfetch as part of its launch next week.

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. 

Brunello Cucinelli, who opened the famed Florentine trade fair Pitti on Tuesday, is fashion's resident philanthropic designer entrepreneur. One of fashion's busiest men discusses his idea for a new social contract.

After an unusual 2020 strongly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the French luxury giant is relaunching its competition for young designers with a digital semi-final. Applications are open until 28 February. 

Kering is sponsoring a key element of the renovation of the famed Michelozzo courtyard of Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio, the city hall of the Renaissance capital. 

Fawaz Gruosi, the former star designer of de Grisogono and one of the most influential jewelers in the industry, has launched his own eponymous jewelry brand, with a debut store in Mayfair, London.

The deal will see Lorenzo drive the creative and business strategy for Adidas basketball globally, and will solidify the establishment and formation of the third pillar of the Fear of God house, Fear of God Athletics. 

Virgil Abloh unveiled his latest menswear collection for Louis Vuitton, ideas for pre-fall 2021 that played on the concept of conformity even as he subverted traditionalism with unorthodox materials and finishes.

Almost last but very definitely not least, Junya Watanabe unveiled his latest menswear ideas in book form, one of the final collections to be presented in 2020, in the never-ending fashion season due to Covid-19. 

Inspiration for high fashion can come from strange places. For one Taiwanese designer, it’s upcycling old wires and bolts from the power industry.

Think of Valentino’s brand-new brand experience Re-signify Part One Shanghai, which opened this weekend, as the ultimate in semiotic chic from the Italian house, staged in China’s biggest boomtown.

The craftmanship of Swiss and French mechanical watchmaking on Wednesday won UNESCO intangible heritage status, casting the spotlight on an art practised for centuries in the Jura mountain region.

It’s off to the former stock exchange for Kim Jones, who will present his debut collection for the house of Fendi inside the Paris Bourse during the next French haute couture season, in January 2021.

Dior released the lookbook and video of its Pre-Fall 2021 collection on Monday and these are definitely not clothes for blushing violets. Clearly Dior expects the good times to roll by in the second half of 2021.