​British indie eyewear brand Kirk & Kirk is targeting fast growth and has announced “major expansion plans after a boom in demand following the pandemic”.

YNAP’s men’s luxury fashion and lifestyle platform Mr Porter is expanding its luxury watch category — initially for US customers — introducing a “unique assortment of vintage timepieces”.

​Leonardo Del Vecchio, the billionaire founder of eyewear giant Luxottica and president of EssilorLuxottica, has died aged 87. 

Hyve Group, the organiser of Pure London, Moda and many other tradeshows, has issued a business update and said that the pace of in-person event recovery is “considerably ahead of anticipated levels”.

The Canadian luxury outerwear label has announced three new senior appointments, as it aims to bolster growth and achieve its strategic objectives.

Paris menswear witnessed two contrasting visions on Sunday: Thom Browne posh demi-cross dressing in wool bouclé, and Hedi Slimane’s retro rocker statement amid thousands of millennial teeny boppers.

Yogesh Zanzamera lays out his bed on the floor of the factory where he works and lives, one of around two million Indians polishing diamonds in an industry being hit hard by the Ukraine war.

Ralph Lauren Corporation named on Friday Deb Cupp, president of Microsoft North America, as a director for election at the company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. 

Menswear’s two most defiantly artistic designers – Craig Green and Jonathan Anderson – began Saturday with two strikingly unique visions in Paris, before Hermès presented a salutary lesson in nonchalant chic.

Fashionistas roamed across Paris on Friday, beginning the day in a disused post office with Paul Smith, moving to a holy site for a Dior Men runway, and pausing near the Opera for Comme des Garçons.

At Kering’s Imagination Lab in Paris, Grégory Boutté, the luxury group's chief client & digital officer, spoke to the press about cryptocurrencies, AI, test-and-learn and his vision for the metaverse and Web3.

Rains designed a lineup suitable for next summer's warm weather featuring optimistic colors and cuts, while Cool T.M. stood out for its ironic street couture. 

The brand owned by the Kering group is putting its youth line on hold, which may well be discontinued for good, due to changes in the market. 

UK consumer confidence fell to a record low in June as shoppers grappled with a stark new economic reality, figures from Gfk’s long-running series of reports show. Its confidence Index dipped one point to -41.

German online fashion e-tailer Zalando has been forced to revise its guidance for the year. It cited a further deterioration in macroeconomic conditions as the EU consumer confidence index fell further in June.

​The first monthly retail sales report for June is out and it doesn’t look good. The Confederation of British Industry has released its regular report and said retail sales volumes fell slightly in the year to June.