“Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, who made marketing her clothes in China a New Year resolution, plans to sell products online as part her efforts to win more customers in the world’s second-biggest economy.” (Bloomberg) “By using local factories and crafstmen, our top designers are doing wonders for the UK economy, says Sarah Mower.”...

“Something quite extraordinary is happening across Asia. In the big cities all across the continent, people are shopping as though their lives depended on it, day after day.” (BBC) “Karl Lagerfeld may have a lifetime contract with Chanel, but the high priest of Parisian chic demonstrated at his haute couture show Tuesday that he...

“The fashion cycle is turning yet again, and next spring it’s spinning toward a greater emphasis on other fabrics. Khaki, corduroy and twill pants are expected to knock premium denim off its pedestal and inspire fickle customers to shop.” (Reuters) “Union labor will be used at New York Fashion Week for the next three...

This image of Claudia Schiffer in blackface and an afro wig was shot by Karl Lagerfeld for an ad campaign for Dom Perignon two years ago. Supposedly the context of the shoot was to depict different men’s varying fantasies. Does this fantasy involves the whitest model dressing up as a black woman or is...

For me, it’s a totally nerve-racking experience to put on an event of any kind. There are simply too many unknowns in conceiving of an event that depends on a number of parts working in harmony to achieve success. So when I decided to produce SHOP, a private shopping day, I knew from that...

Vice interviews Karl Lagerfeld, “a guru, all right, and not just one of the fashion variety.” (Vice) Versace, the Italian fashion house seeking to turn the page on its chequered past, is on track to be profitable by 2011 and family owners have no intention of selling their shares. (Reuters) “A search for ‘Louis...