As US president Donald Trump targets champagne in an escalating trade tussle with Europe, makers of one of France’s quintessential luxuries are losing support from domestic drinkers.

Fears have been raised that Irish goods could be dragged into

Hugo Boss expects full-year sales and earnings to come in at the lower end of its forecasts due to challenges in the US market, despite strong sales growth in China.

Masculine or feminine? Street wear or couture? At the storied fashion house, designer Kim Jones is transforming the way men dress, writes Thomas Chatterton Williams.

A huge fire has destroyed parts of the famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Here is how the devastating blaze unfolded.

Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest man, got another boost as LVMH shares hit a record, due to better-than-expected sales of Louis Vuitton handbags and leather goods.

Rachel Marie Walsh meets Derry-born Jonathan Anderson, London Fashion Week’s “pride and joy”.

An exhibition celebrating 35 years of fashion by Azzedine Alaïa, couture’s rebellious outsider, opened at London’s Design Museum this week. Rachel Marie Walsh discovers the stories behind the designs on a guided tour from curator Mark Wilson.

International business appeared almost impervious to the huge political tensions in Korea and the Gulf, as global shares soared and the rich got richer, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Christmas is approaching rapidly and it is wise to begin planning a little and thinking about your wines for the season. 

Shares in LVMH climbed towards record highs after the world’s biggest luxury goods company reported stronger-than-forecast revenue growth for the third quarter.

Accumulated losses at the ethical clothing company controlled by Bono and Ali Hewson soared to $80.6m (€68.5m).

UK fashion company Burberry Group is betting on growth in its smaller handbag business and playing up its trademark colours as new chief executive Marco Gobbetti seeks to join the luxury industry’s turnaround.

Daughter comes home from her first day at fashion school, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

Carolyn Moore joins Richard Malone in his studio, as one of the country’s most talked about designers prepares to showcase his collection at London Fashion Week

Burberry gave a boost to new chief executive Marco Gobbetti only a week after he took the helm, saying rebounding sales in China are more than compensating for continued weakness in the US.

Tourism in Spain and the UK will lead a rebound in European luxury spending this year, while Chinese domestic consumption also increases, consultants Bain & Co said, raising its forecast for global growth in 2017.

LVMH shares rose to a record in Paris after the luxury leader’s sales far exceeded estimates on rebounding demand for items from Louis Vuitton bags to Hennessy cognac.

Accumulated losses at the ethical clothing company controlled by Bono and Ali Hewson soared to $74.3m (€67.2m) last year.

Recovery in luxury-goods industry gained pace after handbag maker Hermes International joined LVMH and Gucci parent Kering in saying the Chinese market is improving and pointed to growth in leather goods like its iconic Birkin bag.

French luxury group LVMH, owner of the Louis Vuitton brand, has agreed to buy an 80% stake in high-tech luggage maker Rimowa for €640m, marking its first acquisition in Germany.

Swiss watch exports have posted their biggest quarterly drop since 2009. 

LVMH dragged luxury stocks lower after the maker of Celine handbags reported weaker-than-expected revenue growth, dealing a fresh blow to industry sentiment.

LVMH shares gained the most in a year after results beat estimates on demand for Louis Vuitton bags in Japan and Europe, providing some relief for a beleaguered luxury-goods industry.

Champagne sales are set for a record year, driven by solid demand from export markets, favourable currencies and stabilising sales in France, the fizzy drink’s home market.

Losses continued to mount last year at the ethical clothing company founded by Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson.

Stocks, the dollar, and emerging market currencies around the world remained under pressure for a second day yesterday after China devalued its currency again, boosting the appeal of top-rated government bonds.

Glen Dimplex’s Lochlann Quinn loves wine so much, he bought a vineyard. Roz Crowley talks to Quinn and his winemaker, Stephen Carrier about the Bordeaux, Chateau de Fieuzal    

The Swiss National Bank’s scrapping of its cap on the franc, which rocked foreign exchange and equity markets around the world, is being accepted with resignation by many at home.

Jimmy Choo inched higher on its London stockmarket debut, watched closely by even the least fashion-conscious of bankers after a flurry of cancelled listings across Europe.

Losses continued to mount last year at the ethical clothing company founded by Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson.

Louis Vuitton is to open its new museum in October.

THERE are few wines more iconic than New Zealand’s Cloudy Bay which was founded in 1985 and whose intense pungent Sauvignon Blanc became a benchmark for the varietal in that country.

Mulberry’s French boss has quit the luxury handbags firm today after a testing two years at the helm.

London Fashion Week opened yesterday with up-and-coming designers set to rub shoulders over the next five days with established names such as Vivienne Westwood and Burberry — and Hunter Wellington boots.

Design star Marc Jacobs resigned from Louis Vuitton this month to focus on his namesake label. Rachel Marie Walsh looks back at his transformative tenure with the luxury fashion house.

Losses continued to mount last year at the ethical clothing company founded by Bono and his wife Ali Hewson.

From celeb-filled fundraisers in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to state dinners at the White House, rumours of political aspirations for the Vogue editrix are flying around town.