Italian fashion

Italian designer Sabato De Sarno has been named the new creative director of Gucci and will unveil his first collection during Milan Fashion Week next September, Gucci and parent company Kering announced Saturday.

De Sarno has previously worked for Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and Valentino, where he was most recently fashion director overseeing both men's and women's collections.

The who's who of Italian fashion retakes the runway with the return of Milan women's shows on Feb. 22, which organizers hope will boost an industry stifled by two years of coronavirus.

The taxis and courtesy cars, street style and front row stars are back in Milan on Sept. 21 as fashion week returns with mostly live audiences for the first time in 18 months.

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.

Italian fashion house Armani, owned by fashion designer Giorgio Armani, will retool all its factories in Italy, starting to sew disposable clothing for medical professionals. This was reported by ANSA, citing a statement by Armani.

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.

Italian fashion giant Gucci on Dec. 4 said police raided its offices over suspected tax evasion, confirming a report in the Italian press.

Luxury fashion brand Gucci will go fur-free from next year, the company's chief executive has announced.

Marco Bizzarri told a London College of Fashion event that the move was part of a commitment to "sustainability".

The Italian fashion house will make the changes from the brand's spring-summer 2018 collection and auction off all of its remaining animal fur items.

BELGRADE - An exhibition of Italian high fashion, titled "Passions and Dreams of Italian Fashion: Creativity, Style and Expression" will open at Princess Ljubica's Palace in Belgrade Tuesday.

Visitors will have the chance to enjoy unique creations of famous fashion brands such as Armani, Versace, Valentino, Fendi, Laura Biagioti, Sisters Fontana and many more.

The Russian beauty stripped off for the brand new Givenchy Jeans campaign and posed with half-naked male model Chris Moore.

Irina Shayk posted her new video from the campaign and a photo of her showing off her amazing body as she cuddles up Chris Moore.