French luxury group LVMH said Thursday September 4th it had appointed British designer Phoebe Philo creative director at the Celine luxury women's ready-to-wear label and Marco Gobbetti as its president and managing director.

Expected to fetch at least 300 million euro (almost half a billion dollars), an art collection amassed over four decades by late fashion king Yves Saint Laurent and his companion Pierre Berge goes up for sale next February.

Years ago, when the first Armani boutiques opened in China, a furious customer walked into one of the shops, brandishing two Armani T-shirts.

Smart-casual fashion house Tommy Hilfiger is focusing on expansion after turning around its U.S. business and currently has no plans for a stock market listing, its chief executive said.

Private equity firms Carlyle CYL.UL, TPG TPG.UL, Candover and Doughty Hanson are likely to bid in the second round of the auction of Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli, set for mid-July, people close to the matter said.

Clothing and shoe company Jones Apparel Group Inc is expected to announce it has bought half of up and coming luxury fashion label Rachel Roy, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Dazzling jewels belonging to the late Greek shipping heiress Christina Onassis fetched 6.8 million pounds (8.6 million euros, 13.3 million dollars) in an auction, Christie's said Wednesday June 11th.

A gang of black-clad horsemen gallop past a line of gallows, splattering tufts of snow against frozen corpses. They are the 'oprichniki', loyal henchmen of Russia's sixteenth century tsar, Ivan the Terrible.

Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, the CEO of leading French fashion house Christian Dior Couture, was Thursday May 13th named head of German ready-to-wear company Hugo Boss, a statement from that company said.

Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, the CEO of leading French fashion house Christian Dior Couture, will become head of German ready-to-wear company Hugo Boss, German daily Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday 14th.

Japan's top cosmetics maker Shiseido Co. said Wednesday May 1st net profits rose 40.2 percent in the fiscal year to March as it cashed in on booming demand for beauty products in China.

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Fashion house Versace takes a trip around the world in its new furniture collection by rolling out luxurious period sofas and majestic white beds for its wealthy admirers.

Dazzling jewellery from the collection of Greek shipping heiress Christina Onassis is to go under the hammer in London on June 11, auction house Christie's told AFP on Friday, April 18th.

Swedish cheap'n chic clothing chain H&M said on Thursday the Japanese founder of the Comme des Garcons fashion house, Rei Kawakubo, would guest design its autumn collection.

In Russia, nationalism now comes pret-a-porter. After three years working on pro-Kremlin rallies, Antonia Shapovalova, 20, is now putting patriotic slogans on a catwalk collection.