Topic: Fashion Design

Fashion's Hugo Boss expresses regret at Nazi past

FRANKFURT (Reuters Life!) - German fashion house Hugo Boss has apologized to people mistreated at a factory making uniforms during World War Two after revelations in a new book financed by the company.In the new book financed by Hugo Boss, researcher Roman ...

Luxury shoemaker Ferragamo in jewelry debut

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo launched its first jewelry collection this week, targeting wealthy clients who see gold, precious metals and jewels as a safe-haven amid uncertain financial times.Global sales of designer clothes, leather bags and jewels showed ...

London designers hail "elegant" Kate Middleton

LONDON (Reuters) - Inspiring, chic and effortlessly elegant -- that's what designers at London Fashion Week have hailed Kate Middleton's style, as her sartorial choices could prove a potential stimulus to Britain's clothing industry.Middleton has graced magazine covers since she announced her ...

Hermes to expand Chinese brand

Shang Xia, the brand Hermes launched a year ago in Shanghai, will open outlets in Paris and Beijing after sales beat expectations, the head of the French fashion label Patrick Thomas said.Industry experts are closely watching the new brand to see what ...
The spotlight turned to British fashion on Friday as London Fashion Week opened its doors only a day after the curtains went down on its sibling in New York.In a year when British designers have taken centre stage with the weddings of ...

Designer Giles Deacon to leave Ungaro

British fashion designer Giles Deacon, who took over as creative head of Emanuel Ungaro last year, is to leave the couture house, the French couture house said."Emanuel Ungaro SAS and Giles Deacon have mutually decided to end their collaboration," the fashion house ...

Edgy London takes over fashion season baton

LONDON (Reuters) - London kicked off the British leg of the fashion calendar on Friday, with designers eager to lift the gloom on the high street with the glitz of the catwalk through some of the edgiest shows in the season.As summer ...

Galliano gets 6,000 euro fine for anti-Semitic outburst

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court handed out a 6,000 euro ($8,421) suspended fine to John Galliano on Thursday after finding him guilty of anti-Semitic behavior, marking the end in a fall from grace for the former head designer of fashion house ...

Marc Jacobs may become Dior creative head: report

NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. designer Marc Jacobs is in talks with LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to replace John Galliano as the creative director of its Christian Dior fashion house, according to a report in Women's Wear Daily.Jacobs, who is currently ...

Biography claims Coco Chanel was a Nazi spy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new book about the life of Coco Chanel published in the United States on Tuesday aims to strengthen claims the French designer collaborated with the Nazis during World War II as a spy code-named "Westminster."The book, "Sleeping ...