Motor-racing is the watchword for this end-of-year season at Tag Heuer. The Swiss manufacture is paying homage to two legendary drivers in the history of the sport: Ayrton Senna and Fangio.

Tommy Hilfiger has once again teamed up with specialist winter sports brand Rossignol for a third collection of men's and women's ready-to-wear and accessories. The creations are already available in stores and online.

The luxury footwear brand has diversified into jewellery, releasing a debut collection inspired by the buckles of its shoes. For its launch campaign, the Tod's-owned label has hired model Sophia Hadjipanteli.

The news published by Bloomberg about a possible takeover of the down jacket label by the French luxury group fuelled plenty of speculations. FashionNetwork.com analyses the operation’s potential impact.

London's V&A Museum is set to launch an exhibition devoted to handbags next year. Titled "Bags: Inside Out," the show is being billed as "the UK's most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the ultimate accessory.

Bernard Arnault, the majority shareholder of luxury group LVMH, has published the financial statements of his personal holding company, Groupe Arnault, after being taken to court by the PCF’s secretary Fabien Roussel.

The French distance-selling menswear specialist, bought last June by Latour Capital, has expanded into 11 countries over the course of 20 years. In 2020, it is entering northern Europe, ahead of a push for the USA.

The brand’s only free-standing boutique in the US, located on West 54th St. in New York, has shut its doors following an abrupt breakup with the brand’s US president in April.

Problems in Hong Kong and at its Claudie Pierlot label led SMCP to reduce its guidance on Friday, although the company said that all other regions and brands are continuing to perform.

Brands are racing to establish their sustainability credentials and on Friday, Mulberry announced that it has launched its first 100% sustainable leather bag, with all proceeds going to a conservation charity.

The contract between the Interparfums-owned brand and the Italian designer, who has led its women's ready-to-wear collections since 2013, will not be extended, FashionNetwork.com has learned. 

Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co, which is being bought by France's LVMH, missed market expectations for quarterly profit and sales on Thursday, hit by lower spending by foreign tourists in the United States and Hong Kong.

Denim Première Vision seemed to shrug off the real and the economic chill as it returned to London this week with a busy show, an enlarged exhibitor list and a sustainability focus both for production and style trends.

The chief executive and top shareholder of Moncler played down speculation around a takeover by Gucci-owner Kering on Thursday, saying the two firms sometimes talked but that there was no deal in the works.

The next major fashion exhibition opening at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum will be all about bags, from designer handbags to vanity cases to military rucksacks.