“Swedish fashion retailer H&M’s next fashion collaborator won’t be a designer on the scale of Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz, whose capsule collection was highly anticipated and quickly sold out — or a designer at all, for that matter. It’s producing a limited collection by fellow Swede Elin Kling.” (Brand Channel) “Social media might be sexy...

“So which is better: a print magazine or its digital version? The newest ad for the nation’s major magazine publishers, which have been running a promotional campaign to counter perceptions that print is a dying medium, doesn’t side with its newer medium.” (New York Times) “Tamara Mellon, the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of...

“San Francisco has historically been an also-ran in fashion, but members of its varied style tribes sport an off-hand cool manner.” (New York Times) “Lanvin and its star designer Alber Elbaz will collaborate with Swedish fast-fashion behemoth H&M for a one-time holiday collection.” (WWD) “FashionStake, a New York City-based company that allows consumers to...

“It looks like H&M has snared one of the hottest labels in Europe — Lanvin — for its next designer collaboration.” (WWD) “Environmentally friendly fashion will be putting its best foot forward in a special two-day show at the Metropolitan Pavilion during New York Fashion Week.” (The Independent) “Top global luxury brands like Burberry...

“Copenhagen Fashion Week set a record for the world’s longest catwalk today after 220 models walked one mile (1.6 kilometers) showcasing clothes from 500 Scandinavian fashion labels.” (Bloomberg Businessweek) “Today’s truly fashion-forward have a more radical ambition: zero waste. ” (New York Times) “Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB beat expectations Monday with...

“Marc Jacobs is to become the first top fashion label to produce a plus size line.” (Luxury Insider) “Target Depends on gay designers for fashioncCred, Yet Gives Money to Anti-Gay Candidates.” (Huffington Post) “Fashion chains H&M and Zara launch online operations.” (Guardian) “The owner of the luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo is evaluating strategic...

“Gap has revealed plans to enter into the Chinese market, starting with four stores and an online site to launch towards the end of this year.” (Drapers) “Asian millionaires are worth more than their European counterparts for the first time, with China and India leading the way.” (Plush Asia) “Swedish fashion group H&M reported...

“Valentino’s owners plan to build up the Italian fashion house before selling it and are not putting out feelers to potential buyers.” (Reuters) “With a number of companies now being run by equity-market managers, you can bet your bottom dollar that they would love to get their hands on an experienced design maestro —...