Pharrell Williams took over the center of Paris Tuesday evening for his debut runway show for Louis Vuitton, staged open air on Pont Neuf painted gold damier for one night.

​Will Frasers Group ever stop buying business or snapping up stakes in other companies? At the moment it seems unlikely and its latest buys this week are stakes in Boohoo Group and electricals retailer Currys.

​Unscheduled trading updates are usually cause for alarm. But Monday saw one from Next and given that this is one of the most successful retailers in the UK, it's unsurprising that it contained good news, not bad.

Just when everyone in Italy has been sending out classic tailoring on their menswear runway, leave it to Prada to go in the opposite direction, and with punch.

Greg Pateras, the fashion CEO at Frasers Group has left the company after just under a year. He’d been in charge of acquired Manchester-based brands Misguided and I Saw It First.

The debut of star Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton is the hottest ticket at Paris Fashion Week as it kicks off on Tuesday, seen as a significant moment in the evolution of the multi-billion-dollar industry.

Giorgio Armani looked east this season, ranging around Asia for influences, models and music in a beautiful Emporio Armani collection staged in his fashion theatre on Saturday evening.

Few designers in history can cut a snappier suit than Dolce & Gabbana, who staged an impressive lesson in stylish dressing and a brilliant display on directional tailoring on a sunny Saturday in Milan. 

The Roman house of Valentino opened the menswear runway season in Milan on a sunny Friday with a gently gentlemanly fashion statement in the city’s most famous university. 

LPP — the Poland-based owner of the Reserved and Sinsay brands, among others — has reported strong Q1 results with its revenues topping PLN3.6 billion, an increase of almost 20% year on year.

Silvia Fendi took her latest menswear collection to a novel destination on Thursday, the brand’s new eco-friendly factory located on a Tuscan hillside north of Florence, feting the finale with hundreds of proud workers. 

​The fashion retail sector is working hard to boost its green credentials but it will get nowhere “without better supply chain engagement”, a new report claimed on Thursday.

​It’s only a month since ASOS released its H1 results but with the news swirling round the company at present it’s clearly aiming to keep the world informed of its progress and on Thursday it issued a trading update.

Retviews has just shared its latest study on the trends for spring 2023. Several market dynamics stand out: March and May are all about maxi dresses, linen and denim, and the colour orange.

​Daniel W Fletcher is leaving Fiorucci after three-and-a-half years as its menswear artistic director. He joined the relaunched brand in 2019 with a remit to re-set and drive it forward as it targeted major growth.

With Milan-based Directa Plus, Candiani Denim (which topped the €100 million revenue mark in 2022) has created Graphito, the first antibacterial, antiviral, thermoregulating denim, a greener and more durable fabric.