The luxury group has narrowed down close to 1,700 applicants from around the world to 20 semi-finalists. Eight will be selected for the final at the end of February, when they will compete for a prize of 300,000 euros. 

The British Fashion Council has announced the shortlisted designers for the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund 2020, with several finalists vying again for the top prize. 

The house of Hermès unveiled its latest annual theme, which for 2020 is Innovation in the Making, with a multi-layered series of events spread across Manhattan on Thursday.

Luxury label Alexander McQueen has unveiled a new system that redirects surplus fabrics from the Kering-controlled business for students at fashion colleges in the UK to use in their work.

The collaboration works new versions of The North Face signature Expedition System -- a concept of detachable, layered pieces designed for extreme weather conditions -- into the MM6 fall collection.

In preparation for an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop in 2023, the Museum at FIT has announced that it is accepting donations for its Hip Hop Style Archive.

Pantone has released a new colour forecast for AW20 linked to the opening of London Fashion Week and the colour specialist is predicting “creatively conscious" tones that are all about an “optimistic sense of purpose”.

Dawei, Victoria/Tomas, Savoar Fer, Marco Rambaldi and Cinoh have co-created a capsule with the Italian brand, known for its eco-friendly Mongolian cashmere. The capsule will be unveiled at the next Première Classe show. 

The luxury label fears a sales slump in China following the many store closures, and is funding the restoration of some of Florence’s iconic Renaissance sculptures, including a bronze replica of Michelangelo’s ‘David’.

The British Fashion Council has announced the third recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design, Rosh Mahtani of jewellery brand Alighieri.

London's V&A Museum has another blockbuster fashion exhibition on its hands.

Net-A-Porter has unveiled the latest set of designers to join its Vanguard programme. The new quartet includes Christopher John Rogers, Gauchere, Ioannes and S. Joon.

Fashion-specialized search engine Tagwalk has examined the most frequent textiles used during the latest Paris, Milan, London and New York fashion weeks.

Stockholm-based fashion house Tiger of Sweden announced on Thursday the appointment of Bryan Conway as design director. 

The CFDA and Reebok let designers re-imagine Reebok's most popular sneaker models, with featured designers including Kenneth Nicholson, NIHL, Keenkee, Paa and Victor Li.