Pandemic or not, the ultimate expression of luxury in fashion, the Paris haute couture season, will debut digitally Monday with almost 30 houses vying for the attention of the world’s most expensively dressed women.

Scandinavian fashion label Filippa K has named Alexander Wang’s Rikard Frost as its new CEO as of April, marking “an exciting new chapter for the brand” as it grows internationally.

​The founder of shirts specialist Charles Tyrwhitt said business “fell off a cliff” last year as stores were forced to close, consumers reined-in spending and worked from home so his products stayed on the rails.

Losses widened at Victoria Beckham’s fashion company, despite rising sales, in the year before the pandemic as it invested in its beauty launch, results due to be filed at Companies House have shown.

Ahead of the 2021 fashion season, Australian Fashion Week has gained a new title sponsor as it evolves its mission to focus on accessibility, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability. 

According to LaunchMetrics, the looks worn by the U.S.’s first female vice president at this week’s Presidential Inauguration stirred up significant interest around Christopher John Rogers, Sergio Hudson and Pyer Moss.

President Joe Biden began his presidency honoring the fallen dead at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington on Wednesday. A day later, Rick Owens staged his  show at a Venetian shrine to soldiers lost in war.

If anyone is enjoying a great January it has to be Michael Kliger, CEO of Mytheresa.com, who this month pulled off an IPO valuing the online retailer at $2.2 billion. We spoke with him three hours before going  public.

The Italian ready-to-wear brand has launched the latest collection from Canvas, a digital line open to customisation by a selection of retailers, and now accessible to the public. 

​Clipper Logistics had big news on Thursday as it announced a deal with Farfetch that will extend Clipper’s European ops and boost Farfetch’s delivery capabilities.

​Selfridges weathered the 2020 storm, despite enduring the toughest retail year in decades. That’s according to company chief Anne Pitcher who admitted that it was the “most difficult” period in its 113 years.

Politicians, family and performers appeared for the inauguration of President Joe Biden wearing designers from Ralph Lauren and Schiaparelli, to Christopher John Rogers and Sergio Hudson.

German online luxury retailer Mytheresa was valued at $2.2 billion in its initial public offering in New York on Wednesday.

The Spanish tailor returned to Paris Fashion Week this season, with a video presentation starring model Laura Ponte that returned to the brand's traditional roots and blurred the boundaries of gender. 

Menswear brand De Fursac, acquired by SMCP Group in late 2019, is changing its tone and has appointed co-founder of magazine So Press, Gauthier Borsarello, to take over from Alix Le Naour.

Luxury footwear pioneer Jimmy Choo is to launch a higher education fashion academy in London this September “to find the next wave of global fashion designers”.