Fashion

UPDATE 1-Fashion house Versace may seek outside investors

MILAN, May 25 - Italian family-owned fashion house Versace may seek outside investors and could consider an initial public offering to fund growth and help it better compete in the global luxury industry, its chief executive said on Friday.

Fashion house Versace may seek outside investors

MILAN, May 25 - Italian family-owned fashion house Versace may seek outside investors and could consider an initial public offering to fund growth and help it better compete in the global luxury industry, a top executive said on Friday.

25 May 2012

Armani has no plans to sell: report

MILAN - Giorgio Armani, the 77-year-old designer is seeing double digit growth in his business and has no plans just yet to let go of the reins of his eponymous fashion house, he was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Kazakh socialite "Lady Goga" bags Vionnet

MILAN - Kazakh billionaire Goga Ashkenazi, best known for her opulent lifestyle and high-society friends, has agreed to buy a majority stake in fashion house Vionnet, the latest acquisition of a European luxury brand by new-money investors.

Lifestyle, People 22 May 2012

Gucci wins $4.66 million, ban on Guess knock-offs

- A U.S. judge said Gucci may recover just $4.66 million in its lawsuit accusing apparel retailer Guess Inc of copying its trademarked designs, a small fraction of the more than $120 million sought by the Italian luxury goods company.

21 May 2012

Gucci wins $4.66 million, ban on Guess knock-offs

- A U.S. judge said Gucci may recover just $4.66 million in its lawsuit accusing apparel retailer Guess Inc of copying its trademarked designs, a small fraction of the more than $120 million sought by the Italian luxury goods company.

21 May 2012

North Korea evading UN luxury goods ban to smoke, drink, drive: panel

UNITED NATIONS - Ten thousand rolls of tobacco, 12 bottles of Sake, and a handful of second-hand Mercedes-Benz cars are among the latest reported breaches by North Korea of a U.N. ban on luxury goods sales to the reclusive state, according to a confidential draft U.N. report.

Exhibit shines spotlight on Schiaparelli, Prada

NEW YORK - They are both women, Italian and innovative fashion designers but Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada worked in different eras and had distinctive views and approaches to their work.

09 May 2012

Exhibit shines spotlight on Schiaparelli, Prada

NEW YORK - They are both women, Italian and innovative fashion designers but Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada worked in different eras and had distinctive views and approaches to their work.

Lifestyle, Italy 09 May 2012

"India's Galliano" says it's all about the product

NEW DELHI - Indian designers are famous for their elaborate embroideries and rich textiles but have yet to come up with products to woo the world's fashion hotspots in the West, says Manish Arora, the international face of India's fashion industry.