Despite weeks of protestations to the contrary, Chloé announced today that Hannah MacGibbon, who has been creative director since 2008, is leaving the brand. Stepping into the role: Clare Waight Keller, the British-born designer who stepped down from Pringle of Scotland earlier this year. Waight Keller worked under Tom Ford at Gucci and helmed Ralph [...]

There’s another seat open at the designer fashion table. News broke today that Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi (above), creative directors of Gianfranco Ferré, are out at the Italian house (no word on their namesake collection, which presumably will continue for the present). Reports blame dwindling sales for the duo’s departure. But they’re only the [...]

A new chapter in Pringle of Scotland’s near-two-century saga opens with the appointment of Alistair Carr as design director. He follows in the footsteps of Clare Waight Keller, who took the company’s signature knitwear places you barely knew it could go. But if anyone can fill Waight Keller’s quietly iconoclastic boots, it could well be [...]

Pringle of Scotland (founded in 1815!) has been massaging its reputation as a stodgy heritage brand for a few years now. Its new Spring ad campaign starring Pixie Geldof, Lydia Hearst, and Daisy Lowe (at left) is another step in the direction of It-ness and hot-ness. “We wanted it to feel young, fresh, and very [...]

With a stream of dismal news from the British Retail Consortium, it’s official: London’s credit crunch has graduated to a credit crisis. Not only have garment sales plummeted, but art sales have taken a beating, too. No surprise then, that rather than opting for a piece from Sotheby’s or Christie’s, budget-conscious homeowners are choosing a [...]