Loft, the younger, hipper sister brand of Ann Taylor, announced its first foray into plus sizes on Monday. It's the latest attempt by Ann Inc. and parent company Ascena Retail Group to reach new consumers and curtail a period of slumping sales.

For five seasons, the men’s week hosted about 65 designers during the months of January and July, including legacy brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Perry Ellis, as well as a crew of emerging designer names. But, less than three years after the first NYFW: Men’s event premiered in July of...

Monday marked the official start of fashion month, the industry's seminal biannual event that convenes fashion professionals and enthusiasts around the world to see the latest designer collections. We took a look at fashion month by the numbers, including everything from the average number of minutes a show is delayed...

Fashion week’s existential crisis continues to splinter the industry, sending designers to new cities, pushing them to off-season schedules, changing the way they do business with retailers and taking them off the runway altogether.

In light of an outpouring of allegations of sexual assault and harassment within the fashion industry, governing boards like the Council of Fashion Designers of America and third-party organizations are taking action to fight abuse, particularly leading into New York Fashion Week.

Perry Ellis is looking to cash in on fashion’s continued fixation on accelerator programs as a method of identifying new talent and cultivating ideas to bolster business strategies.

Farfetch is preparing for a banner year. Its priorities center around growing internationally as fast as possible, building a testing ground for the Farfetch Store of the Future platform that will serve as a template for more stores down the line, and advancing a personalized, customer-focused e-commerce experience that’s concentrated...

While the mid-priced sector of the footwear industry remains fairly saturated, luxury is a largely untapped frontier for rising brands. For one, it’s expensive; higher quality materials can be prohibitively costly for any emerging brand. However, it's been a particularly difficult venture for women trying to push into the industry...

To build business in China, Le Tote is relying on a localized inventory and distribution strategy, one-day (and eventually same-day) shipping, a network of Key Opinion Leaders (China’s equivalent to influencers) and a mobile-only presence. At the centerpiece of the strategy, according to CEO Rakesh Tondon, is WeChat.