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Li Lin’s spring collection began with several all-white looks that were relaxed and elegantly casual.

For spring, designer Masanori Morikawa presented a collection heavy on his signature black with flourishes of embroidery.

After turning out a Sixties-inspired collection last season, Hidenori Kumakiri seemed to look to the Seventies for spring.

The collection included some very literal takes on its Spanish theme, including a bull fighting vignette print on baseball jackets and tailored pieces.

The designer combined his two brands into one show this season.

The 2000 Lars von Trier movie “Dancer in the Dark” and its lead character Selma, as played by Bjork, inspired the designer this season.

The designers seemed to take inspiration from a Gatsby-era country club.

The designer drew inspiration from Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí for his spring collection.

Hiromichi Ochiai staged a unisex show that worked an edgy mix of creative layering and geometric prints.

Jei Kim said Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night” video and California teenage culture from the 1970s and 1980s inspired her spring collection.

Sheh Jen-Fang’s show, staged in a skate park as part of an outdoor fashion festival, offered up plenty of eccentric looks.

Hideaki Sakaguchi once again presented a collection of chic modern classics, staging his show in a park as part of a fashion festival.

Yasutaka Funakoshi showed a somewhat brighter take on the goth genre, turning out a collection that was mostly white and ivory.

With Q3 profits higher than expected, company pads ad budget by $30 million.

A modern fiber with a combination of performance and sustainable characteristics, it is leading the company back as a player in the sector.

The Japanese artist is having a very big autumn in the French capital.

The amended agreement covers a more focused range of product categories over a shorter period of time, through June 30, 2017.

Known for reconstructing vintage clothing pieces, Darren Romanelli is creating a line of 200 pieces inspired by the brand’s famous iconography.

The author chatted with WWD at Thursday’s National Design Awards, where he loquaciously honored Lifetime Achievement award winner James Wines.

Stores are most vulnerable to consumer “switches” among 10 business sectors, the ninth annual Global Consumer Pulse Survey finds.

Retailers and brand chiefs defended their formats in the wake of Leslie Wexner’s dour appraisal last week.

The American version of the pair’s “Ottolenghi” was published last month by Ten Speed Press.

The bulk of the presentation focused on highlighting sustainable designers, all of whom are featured in her latest book, a follow-up to 2010’s “Eco Fashion.”

The New York-based Argentine designer returned to his alma mater’s city last week to pick up the Fashion Achievement Award and premiere his spring collection.

The ninth annual event and fashion show at Santa Monica Airport raised $1.7 million for the Women’s Cancer Center at Cedars Sinai.

The public offering on London’s Alternative Investment Market is expected to occur next month, with about 40 percent of its shares to be traded publicly.

The 32,000-square-foot flagship in the historic French Quarter will be the first in the U.S. to carry a full home collection department.

The site was built by Sweden Unlimited, which has done Web sites for such brands as Alexander Wang, Michael Kors and Marchesa.

The owners said they deemed the ongoing costs of building the brand to leadership to be too high to warrant continued investment.

Separately, founder Luca Caprai donated 600,000 of its signature macramé lace bracelets to raise funds for the Miami Children’s Hospital.