- As part of a multi-year partnership, Rihanna has been appointed Creative Director for sports brand Puma.
- Luxury fashion website My-Wardrobe closes its virtual doors and has sold its domain name to Net-a-Porter.
- “Normcore” is the most googled fashion trend of 2014, followed by “health goth” and “athleisure”.
- February 2015’s New York Fashion Week will be the last at Lincoln Center.
- A new Pierre Cardin museum has opened in the central Marais district in Paris.
Fun Fashion Fact
Did you know that winkle pickers, sometimes also referred to as “pikes”, got their name from the exaggerated pointy toe, which reminded people of the pin used to extract winkles from their shells.
