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The Milan collections took endless trips down memory lane, but the likes of Francesco Risso’s Marni and Simone Bellotti’s Bally delivered originality, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

As the fashion industry takes a breather in August, luxury brands grapple with creative leadership gaps, plummeting profits, and evolving consumer priorities, raising questions about whether current struggles signal a permanent shift in the market landscape, writes Imran Amed.

Owner Prada Group reported first-half retail sales up 18 percent, spurred by red-hot Miu Miu, even as the sector's biggest groups reported falling sales.

Chanel, Prada, Hermès, Loewe and Louis Vuitton have been collaborating with museums, artists and art fairs in China to generate marketing buzz and expand their client base amid a slowdown in the key luxury market.

Milan men’s fashion week pitted a macho late-50s charm against the messiness of youth, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

The group’s flagship Prada brand grew more slowly but remained resilient in the face of a sector-wide slowdown, with retail sales up 7 percent.

Prestige makeup is fashion’s category expansion du jour. But even the market’s most powerful players could learn a thing or two from its celebrity-backed competition.

This week, more luxury brands will report first-quarter results, offering clues as to how broad and how deep the downturn is going to get.

Brands including LVMH’s Fred, TAG Heuer and Prada, whose lab-grown diamond supplier Snow speaks for the first time, have all unveiled products with man-made stones as they look to technology for new creative possibilities.

This week, designers, collectors and major fashion brands will flock to Milan’s design fair. Also, LVMH reports first-quarter sales.