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Fox Head has appointed Matthieu Bazil as Director General Europe. The manager joins the American company after having left, to everyone’s great surprise, his duties as President of Oxbow last December, joined this American company. He...

K2 Sports, the ski and snowboarding equipment multibrand, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary is working on a first line of ski and snowboard technical textile for men and women. The new line should be available by the end of the...

Still as colorful, still pop, but a little less ethnic, with a preppy and well mannered side, the Kenzo man emerging from the first collection designed by Humberto Leon and Carol Lim goes back to the basics of the Japanese brand. Also, a...

A South African designer Thursday launched a fashion range inspired by the ruling party's motormouth youth leader Julius Malema.

Carrefour shares surged 8 percent on Thursday amid mounting speculation that respected retail veteran Georges Plassat could soon replace Lars Olofsson at the helm of the troubled French retailer.

Fox fur, organic cuts and graceful drapes in tones of moss green, rust and powdered gold: Yiqing Yin brought high fashion down to earth Wednesday with a look bursting with animal energy.

Amy Winehouse. There is no mistaking the look of the first model at Jean Paul Gaultier's couture show Wednesday, the beehive hair and thick eyeliner, black skirt and brassiere visible under a white top.

J.C. Penney Co Inc is doing away with deep discounts in favor of offering shoppers simpler pricing and promotions, its chief executive said at a presentation of the department store chain's strategy to reinvent itself.

German consumer goods group Beiersdorf beat forecasts for 2011 profit, helped by a restructure that axed unprofitable lines like haircare and make-up and by heavy investment in its Nivea brand, including campaigns that featured singer...

"Fashion 2012" is the fashion beacon for the Olympic year, initiated by the British Fashion Council who is getting even more serious about masculine fashion by giving it a fashion week of its own next June.

Upscale leather goods maker Coach Inc posted higher-than-expected earnings and sales for the holiday quarter, helped by its growing favor with male shoppers, and its shares rose more than 6 percent.

Italy's Luxottica SpA , the world's top premium eyewear maker, expects demand in America to boost revenue in 2012 after sales beat expectations last year.

Now the multibrand online store has launched in grand style on the 2nd of February in Paris as well as in cities in Germany and Great Britain. Because the goal is huge. Sojeans wants to become the Spartoo or the Sarenza of denim,...

The outdoor brands market is staying the course. According to the Sunday Times, Puma is looking to acquire shares in Helly Hansen. The Sport&Lifestyle division of PPR (to which Puma belongs), has never made a secret of its interest in...

Inter Parfums Inc's fourth-quarter sales trounced Wall Street expectations as the sales of its Burberry brand of fragrance nearly doubled in Europe.

An astonishing golden outfit made from the silk of spiders goes on display at London's Victoria and Albert Museum on Wednesday, the largest example of the material in the world.

Paris walked the wilder side of haute couture on Monday night as Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen conjured strange, otherworldly creatures inspired by the teeming, invisible world of the microscopic.

Christian Dior shrugged off talk about who might succeed John Galliano as the fallen star designer's stand-in enjoyed a well-received Spring/Summer Haute Couture show on Monday and seen roaring sales in spite of the global economic malaise.

Chanel flew the fashion crowd sky-high on Tuesday, conjuring up a life-sized plane as the runway for an all-blue spring collection as it headlined day two of the Paris haute couture shows.

Courreges, the futuristic fashion brand of the 1960s, is poised to bring its vinyl boots and A-line mini-dresses back into vogue, relaunching the French name online. A year after the brand was sold for more than 10 million euros ($13.05...

Reef has entrusted Eric Gigler with the task of developing the brand's identity. For the past two years, he has served as senior menswear designer for the for the VF brand. He now takes over the management of design and merchandising for...

Gearing up for the London Olympics, Adidas Originals joins Opening Ceremony in creating a premium capsule collection, reinterpreting their classic silhouettes.

Messe Frankfurt’s New York-based trade show has brought 3,363 textile industry professionals to the Javits Convention Center from the 16th to the 18th of January, an attendance increase of 22%.

With shoppers' disposable incomes squeezed by rising prices, muted wages growth and government austerity measures, UK retailers faced the toughest trading conditions since 2008 at Christmas.

Some time between their last Barbie doll and their first boyfriend, pre-teens have become a niche target for lingerie firms, vying to secure their favours as lifelong consumers of frilly underthings.

Lashings of leather, slinky knits, bomber jackets and iPad cases were hot trends on the Paris runways -- and ones likely to make it into men's wardrobes next autumn, buyers said as the menswear shows wrapped up Sunday.

Now that older men have ditched it to look cool, the stylish young are reclaiming the necktie as their own, with the once-derided accessory making a stealthy comeback on the menswear runways.

Although millions of Africans remain stuck in crushing poverty, the fast-growing continent is no longer defined solely by privation and disease. Luxury brand sellers are targeting the small but increasingly visible number of what South...