The French fashion house was started in 1945 by designer Pierre Balmain and has passed through several hands and periods of financial difficulty over the years.
Today a Qatari investment fund, already owner of the Italian Valentino label, will take over French luxury fashion house Balmain, which has become a favourite of film stars, the advisor for the acquisition announced Tuesday.
“After completing this transaction, Mayhoola for Investments will hold 100 percent of Balmain’s capital,” Bucephale Finance, specialists in mergers and acquisitions, said in a statement without revealing how much the Qataris paid for Balmain.
French financial daily Les Echos in reporting on the acquisition said the Qataris offered 485 million euros ($546 million) for Balmain, which is 70 percent held by the heirs of the former CEO Alain Hivelin who died in December 2014, with the remaining 30 percent held by management. Continue reading
Established in 1856 by Thomas Burberry, originally focusing on the development of outdoors attire, the fashion house has moved on to the high fashion market developing pattern-based scarves, trench coats, and other fashion accessories. The first shop opened up in the Haymarket, London, in 1891.
Next September, LVMH, the Luxury French trunk-maker, launches its fragrance collection. The label’s last perfume dates back to 1946. You can imagine how the new fragrance is eagerly expected.
Burberry announced on Friday that Chief Operating Officer John Smith has decided to leave the company to pursue new interests. Smith will part ways with the company and step down from the Board by the summer of 2017.
The man, who did not like women, or the Calvinist of Fashion has just been nominated at Calvin Klein as Artistic Director. The press release does not mention the amount of the transaction.
Take a look around you. Everything changes, but nothing changes ! We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in your environment, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. 
Women’s fashion of the 1950s reflected a complicated mix of conservatism and glamor. Women who had lived through the privations of the Great Depression and World War II were now able to afford new styles and embraced them all, from the elegance of grand, sweeping skirts to shorts and trousers.
The designers Arnaud Maillard and Alvaro Castejon announced Wednesday night the end of their collaboration with the brand Loris Azzaro.
“Clothing must reflect the way we feel, and we must all feel free to express ourselves.” Gucci has explained how the fashion label’s new DIY service, allowing customers to personalise some of the brand’s products, was inspired by Creative Director Alessandro Michele.
If you compare yesterday front rows to those of today, you will be very disappointed. Yesterday at front rows, were sat glamorous and elegant women. They were wearing well made clothes of famous designers. 
The Georgian trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in Belgium (alma mater of the likes of Dries Van Noten and Ann Demeulemeester) before leading design teams at Maison Martin Margiela and Louis Vuitton. Mr. Gvasalia was recently the primary designer behind Vetements, one of the coolest and most hyped labels to emerge in Paris in recent seasons. Its spring show on Thursday took place on the upper floor of a gaudy Chinese restaurant, and it attracted attention from style-set movers and shakers as well as celebrities, including Kanye West. Vetements was a finalist for the LVMH Young Fashion Designer Prize this year.
Helsinki Airport and Finnair promote creations by top designers at a fashion show at the airport . Helsinki Airport will be transformed into the ultimate fashion catwalk where seven top designers from China, Korea, Japan, the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Finland will present their collections. The Fashion industry tries to find 
The Qatari investment fund, Mayhoola For Investments, owner of the Italian fashion brand , Valentino, will go public beginning of 2016.