Victoria Beckham has become the latest fashion designer to ban the use of exotic skins in her collections.

Beckham’s label already adheres to a strict no-fur policy, but the ban on using animal skins is another step forward in ensuring her designs are cruelty free.

'Victoria Bekham will cease the use of exotic skins in all collections as of autumn/winter 2019,”"...

She has long been regarded as one of the world's most stylish royals, and it's a role that Queen Rania of Jordan appears to take rather seriously.

As well as sporting some of the world's most renowned labels, from Dior to Bottega Veneta, the mother-of-four also frequently champions both emerging and established brands from the Middle East.

Case in point: Queen"...

Designers such as H&M, Steve Madden, Zara, Forever21 and local African dress design companies such as P&H boutique, Africa Fashion House Pretoria, Africa Fashion House, Fashion World and Shifting Sands African Couture classify this category of clothing as ethnic fashion.

Most of these African traditional dresses are made out of Ankara fabric. Other fashion designers use African print fabrics include Kente, Kitenge, Aso Oke, Dashiki, and"...

Design company Alessi, famous for household items with a modernist twist, said it was cutting over a quarter of its workforce in Italy and was looking for an outside investor.

Some 80 jobs out of a total of 315 in Italy are to go, the firm said, blaming changing consumer habits and falling demand, especially in its home market.

Alessi's worldwide staff is 360.

From Princess Margaret’s 21st birthday gown to Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence’s red carpet dress, Christian Dior outfits that have made headlines go on show in a London exhibition dedicated to the French fashion house. With a supporting cast of accessories, sketches and perfume bottles, “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” takes a close look at the history of the luxury brand he founded in 1946 and which remains the epitome of haute couture. In all more than 500 items, the legacy of the late couturier"...

A much-anticipated sale of Catherine Deneuve’s personal wardrobe smashed estimates on Friday (January 25), with a five-hour auction surpassing $1 million.

The French actress put hundreds of haute couture outfits from her late friend, designer Yves Saint Laurent, under the hammer at auction house Christie's in Paris.

Every outfit from the 129-lot sale was snapped"...

He helped shape the fashion landscape of the late 20th century with his architectural, form-fitting designs, and his work has gone on to inspire further generations of creatives. And now Azzedine Alaia, the late French-Tunisian couturier, is a key focus of a new joint exhibition, launching in Paris this week.

Pieces from the designer, who passed away November 2017 at the age of 77, will be displayed at 18 Rue de la Verrerie from January 21 as part"...

Louis Vuitton’s designer Virgil Abloh transported celebrity guests at Paris Fashion Week to the graffitied streets of New York in a dramatic menswear ode to Michael Jackson. Abloh, the first African-American to head a major European fashion house, used his unique platform Thursday to celebrate one of America’s most globally recognized and celebrated black performers. Here are some highlights of Thursday’s fall-winter shows.

Vuitton’s"...