The Parisian luxury brand has opened its first location in Michigan, at the Somerset Collection mall, in the northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Troy, revealing a store design that channels the landscape of the Midwest.

​Selfridges is reportedly up for sale — or at least its owners are exploring their options — after a mystery buyer approached the business with an offer, reports claimed on Friday.

The international jewelry retailer reported total first-quarter sales of $1.7 billion on Thursday, an increase of 98.2% from $852.1 million in the same period in the previous year, led by strong growth in North America.

Copenhagen Fashion Week’s return to a physical format for SS22 comes with a strong line-up of labels showing at the event from August 10-13. There will be 38 labels showing, including established names and new talent.

Dubbed 'Scott Bros', the line borrows the brand’s signature use of natural stones and elevated details to create a collection of men's jewelry and gender-neutral designs.

The New York-based non-profit has announced that entries are now open for the third annual Design Excellence Awards, a competition that seeks to recognize outstanding products in the fashion accessories sector.

The stock market is bullish, the economy is recovering, consumer confidence is growing: all indicators are positive, fuelling luxury purchases on a North American market that is highly dynamic and promising for labels.

Cartier has unveiled the names of the eight laureates in this Cartier Women’s Initiative, revealed in an entirely digital ceremony, the climax of a three-day gathering evolving around the concept of a Ripple Effect.

Jewellery-to-clothing designer Serge DeNimes has opened a pop-up in London’s Carnaby district to celebrate 10 years of the brand. 

As part of its partnership with e-commerce platform Ebay, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council will launch an ‘Exclusive Jewellery Store’ on Ebay with the aim of boosting Indian jewellery exports.

The Italian luxury brand has announced the opening of a new store in East Hampton, New York, marking the company’s return to the Hamptons in a permanent capacity following a series of pop-ups in recent years.

Capri Holdings may have made a loss in Q4, but the company remains upbeat that in a post-pandemic world, its trio of power brands can be a profits-generating machine.

For his latest collection for Christian Dior, creative director of menswear Kim Jones has channelled multiple ideas by the brand’s former creative director, Marc Bohan, the longest-reigning designer at the couture house.

The French auction house Millon is paying homage to the designer with a sale of outfits and accessories, May 31 at 3pm (CEST), streaming on Drouot Live. 

From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record.

​The trading environment may have been volatile but luxury giant Richemont still managed to see net profit rising almost 40% in the financial year to the end of March, beating forecasts by a wide margin.