“Designers craft their comebacks and show what happens after a dream job ends.” (WSJ) “Louis Vuitton’s Young Arts Project launches a ground-breaking website to inspire, inform and give a voice to aspiring young artists.” (Telegraph) “Hedi Slimane, who last acted as creative director of Dior Homme before leaving the brand in 2007 (and has...

“Zegna has not been left unscathed by globalisation, an economic downturn and the capriciousness of fashion…This year things look brighter: the firm hopes to achieve double-digit sales growth.” (The Economist) “Givenchy has filed a lawsuit against BCBG’s diffusion line, BCBGeneration, for ripping off their Nightingale bag.” (Bloomberg) “International brands are falling over themselves trying...

“In his Spring-Summer 2011 collections for Louis Vuitton—menswear in July  and womenswear last week—Marc Jacobs has been exploring the influence of Chinese design, a development that has drawn a great deal of media attention.” (Jing Daily) “With luxury inventories tighter, outlets must stock less tony goods.” (Businessweek) “It’s a grand cut, and we’re not...

“Helen Seamons picks her 10 favourite shows from Paris fashion week, from Spanish dressage horses at Hermes to vintage cars at Emanuel Ungaro.” (Guardian) “Luxury designers such as Lanvin and Valentino were playing safe at Paris fashion week with collections strongly focused on their traditional styles, though they were declaring the downturn over.” (Reuters)...

“Maria Luisa, the iconic French designer independent, is to shut up shop in Paris to focus on trading in department stores and online, claiming they are ’100 times’ more powerful routes to market than destination boutique.” (Drapers) “The famous dress that earned Princess Diana the nickname “Daring Di” was auctioned yesterday at £192,000, far...

“Prada SpA, buoyed by surging profit at the eponymous fashion label, is exploring options to revive an initial public offering.” (Businessweek) “French fashion and handbags house Louis Vuitton, with help from supermodel Naomi Campbell, has unveiled an elegant leather-bound case that it produced to carry the trophy to South Africa .” (Associated Press) “A...

“As the world’s most famous luggage brand opens a landmark store in London, Patrick-Louis Vuitton tells Susannah Frankel why customers can’t get enough LV.” (The Independent) “Like the success of Spanx, men’s shapewear is a huge retail hit.” (New York Times) “They live in a mass slum; she lives in luxury. But Ali Hewson...

“Louis Vuitton has been ordered to pull an advert after the Advertising Standards Authority found that the luxury brand misled customers by suggesting its handbags were handmade.” (Drapers) “As Marc Jacobs opens his new Louis Vuitton flagship store, the fearless designer talks exclusively to Hilary Alexander about his ongoing love affair with luxury.” (Telegraph)...

“Gilt, the well-funded company that sells high-end luxury goods online at steep discounts in short-term “flash sales”, has its eyes set on a new target: Groupon. At least, it’s launching a new service that has a very similar model.” (Tech Crunch) “New rules approved in Brussels mean brands such as Burberry, Giorgio Armani and...

“While Louis Vuitton has expanded its customer base among general consumers to become one of the most popular luxury brands in Korea, its appeal seems to be diminishing in the affluent Gangnam area of Seoul.”(The Chosun Iibo) Lars Nilsson is back. “This time with a new men’s-wear collection, Mr. Nils, which is being produced...