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The Milan fashion house Dolce&Gabbana has filed a defamation suit in an Italian court seeking over $600 million in damages from two U.S. fashion bloggers who reposted anti-Asian comments attributed to one of the designers that led to a boycott by Asian consumers.

French couture house Givenchy, owned by luxury goods giant LVMH (LVMH.PA) and known for once dressing Hollywood stars such as Audrey Hepburn, said on June 15 it had named Matthew Williams as its new creative director.

AGC Equity Partners, the owners of the Astir luxury hotel complex in Vouliagmeni, southern Athens, is close to getting a 51-million-dollar investment project for the construction of 95 luxury residences on Mykonos approved.

Rihanna is the richest lady in the music world. The prestigious Forbes Magazine set up the women who made a fortune.

The wealth of the 31-year-old singer is estimated at $ 600 million. She is followed by Madonna, which has $ 570 million in her bills, and Celine Dion - with 450 million.

"My sister Ana handles the concert season and public relations, my wife handles the administrative duties, and I am a multifunctioning device," he jests.

After attending music high school in Belgrade, Vrbanec went on to receive a degree in piano and a Europiano technical degree.

There are many rags-to-riches success stories involving Albanian immigrants in Switzerland, where four players in the national football team are of Albanian or Kosovo origin - Granit Xhaka, Valon Behrami, Xherdan Shaqiri and Blerim Dzemaili.

Global fashion house Michael Kors said Sept. 25 it had agreed to buy Italian luxury giant Versace, adding a new layer to its offering after buying shoemaker Jimmy Choo last year.

The sixth edition of the Fashion Week in Sofia starts on March 27 and will show over 36 fashionable brands for four nights. Fashion fans will see the most up-to-date models for spring-summer 2018.

For the forthcoming edition of Sofia Fashion Week will arrive the most famous Romanian bloggers Alina and Diana or Fabulous Muses.

Donatella Versace has said her family's luxury fashion label will no longer use real furs in its products, according to an interview with a British magazine, quoted by the Guardian. 

The Italian fashion queen and Versace's creative director told The Economist's 1843 magazine that it would stop the practice, without providing further details on the change.

Hubert de Givenchy, the aristocratic French fashion designer famous for the "little black dress" and styling Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy, has died aged 91, his partner said March 12.