American singer songwriter Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, has become the first celebrity to don an ensemble from the recently unveiled Saint Laurent Paris’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection, designed by the French brand’s creative director Hedi Slimane. The pop singer was initially seen in a 1970s inspired rock chick outfit, a combination of a sequinned jacket and a flowing black skirt. The 26-year-old singer also sported another look from the same collection

Karen Millen has made its debut in the Chinese market with the opening of its first store in Beijing. Located at the Parkview Green Mall in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, the store is divided into distinct apparel, footwear, and accessories areas, allowing customers to "build their complete look" with the Autumn Winter 2012 collections. A second store is planned in Shanghai next year, along with a local language transactional website. Karen Millen MD Gemma Metheringham is confident t

Luxury fashion label Burberry has seen underlying total sales jump eight per cent in its first quarter to ?883 million as it seeks to recover from a disappointing performance earlier in the year, it has been announced. In its trading update for the first half, the group reported that like-for-like sales grew three per cent as underlying retail revenue climbed 10 per cent to ?577 million, although trading in the UK and China slowed over the quarter. Despite a “modest improvement” across its

Primark opened its first store in Austria on 27 September 2012 at Innsbruck SILLPARK. The rush of customers was enormous. The anticipation leading up to the Irish fashion retailer opening its new anchor store made headlines, opened up new horizons of possibility and brought positive change to Austria. "SES is the trailblazer for retail concepts in Austria. Our most recent accomplishment is the opening of the hit fashion retailer Primark at the SILLPARK in Innsbruck," reported SES-CEO Mag. Ma

George Zaharoff, designer of fine tailored menswear and accessories, announces the opening of the Zaharoff brand’s first flagship retail store in Chicago at 110 E Oak Street. The Zaharoff store will open to the public on Saturday, October 27, 2012, with a VIP launch party hosted by Chicago Social and Men’s Book publishers Modern Luxury on Thursday, October 25. The three-floor, 6,000 square foot location will also offer the very first Marilyn Miglin Institute. The new store will showcase Zahar

JHaus has been selected to show in Style Fashion Week LA in downtown Los Angeles. Style Fashion Week LA is from October 15th-19th, 2012. The event will be held at Vibiana and JHaus’ runway show takes place on Thursday October 18th at 4 p.m. JHaus is a premium American-made denim collection inspired by strong American roots. JHaus offers 6 jean styles in a variety of washes. Each jean is named after a member of designer JLynn Hausmann’s family as an homage to tradition. The collection also off

The return of Downton Abbey has seen an increase in sales at luxury lingerie label Lucile after the show name dropped the 100 year old brand. Lucile was founded over a century ago by Lady Duff Gordon, an ‘It Girl’ of the Belle ?poque era. Her designs challenged and changed both the fashion industry and women’s perception of how they should look and feel. The female form was the inspiration behind each garment, draping beautiful fabrics to create feminine silhouettes. Today, Lady Gordon’s g

China will extend its anti-dumping duties on spandex yarn imported from Japan, Singapore, the United States, the Republic of Korea and the region of Taiwan for another five years, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday. The duties, effective from Saturday, will range from zero to 61 percent, according to a statement posted on the ministry's website. China first imposed anti-dumping duties on imported spandex in 2006 for five years. There was a possibility of further dumping activi

China is expected to increase its imports of white eucalyptus pulp from Brazil three-fold by 2025, according to a projection from P?yry Tecnologia cited by Brazilian financial newspaper Valor Económico. China is already the largest individual buyer of the Brazilian pulp. In 2011 China bought 3.9 million tons of eucalyptus pulp from Latin America, a region in which Brazil is the largest producer, and plans to increase its purchases until it reaches 12 million tons per year in 2025. The docume

The Victoria's Secret Angels have revealed their top seduction tips. Miranda Kerr and her fellow lingerie models shared their secret moves to make men swoon as part of the celebration for the brand's new limited edition Very Sexy Seduction line. Alessandra Ambrosio, 31, remained mysterious and kept hers "a secret", but Miranda - who is married to Orlando Bloom - was very open about her techniques. Whilst fanning herself in the sexy new ad, the 29-year-old advised: "Just undo one button