Victoria Beckham staged her latest show inside a fashion temple – Karl Lagerfeld’s old home in Saint Germain – and the result was the British designer’s best collection to date.

France’s culture ministry honored Giambattista Valli Friday night by awarding the Italian designer with the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. He returned the compliment with a first-rate runway show in Paris. 

Fashion and art have long had strong links but this year — and the new AW23 season in particular — has seen the industry doubling down on its art links.

​Manchester-based fashion wholesale group Whispering Smith has reported declining sales and a loss in its accounts that it had filed for the year to the end of March.

Christian Cowan showed in Paris for the first time last night at the American Cathedral. Party girl aesthetic was au rendez-vous, and the show included a Sam Smith performance and a giant faux fur ball worn as a dress. 

A real sense of event at Schiaparelli, as the brand staged its latest collection on Thursday night inside the beautiful Italian embassy on rue de Varenne in Paris.

People Tree's UK operations are about to go into liquidation, with the ethical fashion brand admitting debts to creditors have amounted to more than £8.5 million. 

All sorts of excitement outside Givenchy’s show, as thousands of K Pop fans mille around. But a faintly funereal air inside, with lots of black clothes ideal for a mortuary.

Rabanne, without the Paco, staged its latest collection amid much excitement Thursday morning at Palais de Tokyo, as the street photographers had a mad feeding frenzy both on the way in and out.

Olivier Rousteing continues to work with Balmain’s heritage, including iconic motifs from the 1940s and 50s, like polka dots and above all roses.

James Morelos, founder of the Mojave Flea Trading Post in Palm Springs, San Francisco and Yucca Valley, is launching a pop-up store at Platform in Los Angeles that will run until the end of the year.

Times are changing at Pepco. Not so long ago, the European retail giant was a beacon of success. But now the business isn’t glowing so brightly, announcing Thursday a downgrade, a change of management and a review.

​There’s been another big opening on London’s Oxford Street designed to confound the doom-mongers with premium footwear retailer Kurt Geiger having opened a flagship store at number 272-274.

Safilo Group announced on Thursday a new global licensing agreement with Stuart Weitzman for the design, manufacturing and distribution of the New York luxury footwear brand's sunglasses and optical eyewear collections.

Another battered building in mid-renovation as a location for Dries Van Noten and a truly excellent collection whose strength centered on the subtle art of juxtaposition. 

When it comes to generating cool, few designers are more adept than Francesco Risso of Marni. And for the brand’s Paris debut, his location was Karl Lagerfeld’s old apartment on rue de l’Université.