Giambattista Valli chief executive officer Charlotte Werner announced her resignation on Friday, just three years after the fashion executive took the helm at the luxury brand.  

On a sunny Saturday in London, three bold-face name designers presented contrasting visions of fashion, though unified in their common attempts to explore unexpected silhouettes, made of unlikely raw materials. 

The National Retail Federation estimates the cost of “shrink” and other inventory losses has climbed to almost $100 billion a year, ranging from small-time pilfering to Mafia-type cargo heists. 

Saks is celebrating the third class of its designer accelerator program, The New Wave, presented by Mastercard, with a dedicated marketing campaign.

London Fashion Week’s busy opening Friday afternoon of shows starred an erotic Greek revival at Di Petsa, East-meets-West sophistication at Huishan Zhang, and clubbing cool at Mark Fast.   

A ban on imports of Russian diamonds is expected to be agreed by Group of Seven nations in the next two or three weeks, a Belgian official said Friday.

Gucci, Cartier and Louis Vuitton are among brands to sign leases for stores in Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani's new Mumbai mall, as luxury firms and Reliance Industries seek to profit from strong economic growth.

A crop of indie designers such as Puppets and Puppets, Willy Chavarria, and Luar demonstrated a distinctive New York point of view, during New York Fashion Week.

​Luxury fashion retailer Mytheresa’s Q4 and full-year results have showed sales rising and continuing profitability. Although certain headline profit numbers dipped in a “very difficult” market, gross profit improved.

U.S. luxury department store Nordstrom announced on Wednesday several executive leadership appointments in the company's merchandising and store organisations, effective immediately.  

New York Fashion Week’s final day threw up some cool, cerebral, cultish and clever collections on a wet Wednesday, from Yohji Yamamoto ex Ashlynn Park, veteran Bibhu Mohapatra, and an impressive new Salon 1884.

New York celebrated Tuesday with two uptown brands, Carolina Herrera and Love Shack Fancy, staging impressively romantic shows in sacred downtown locations – a museum and a seminary. 

De Beers decided to call time on offering lab-grown diamonds for engagement rings even as the man-made alternatives continue to cannibalize demand in one of the company’s most important markets.

As day four of NYFW spilled into day five, the remnants of Hurricane Lee caused one last burst of havoc while the city remembered 22 years since September 11, 2001.

American Exchange Group (AXNY Group) announced on Tuesday the acquisition of jewelry company, Danecraft, along with its Primavera Italy brand.

Great-great-grandson of Louis Cartier and L.A-based Frenchman Jean Dousset has opened his first boutique in West Hollywood, dedicated to synthetic luxury diamonds or lab-grown diamonds.