Valentino's military theme and Haider Ackerman's opulence hit the Paris catwalks

Mr Hare, one of British luxury's new star brands, is aiming to crack the lucrative Asian market through a huge distribution agreement and a first shop in Hong Kong.

The simmering tensions between the Savile Row establishment and the capital's youthful upstarts has suddenly come to the boil

Wear, what, why, when?

The gentleman's outfitter that counts Moonpig.com's founder Nick Jenkins as an investor and pop star Harry Styles as a customer has agreed a deal with John Lewis to sell the brand in a "pop up" shop in London.

London fashion is booming. Statements such as this have been uttered since the mid-Nineties and that Vanity Fair 'Cool Britannia' cover, but by and large they have been directed at London's attention-grabbing womenswear scene.

Symbolically, we all now know that blue isn’t just for boys, but when it comes to a spritz or splash, the hue represents clean, fresh masculinity better than any other – bringing to mind as it does the sea and the sky.

Gant helped to create the preppy look that’s the hallmark of American menswear and is just as popular over here. Now its offshoot, Gant Rugger, has opened its first UK store.

Fashion: Evening, all

Diffusion clothing lines have long been in vogue in the fashion world. But it is unusual when the thing doing the diffusing isn’t some proud fashion megalith but a postal service instead.

It's not every day a letter arrives with 10 Downing Street stamped across the envelope, but just before Christmas that day came.

Fashion Statement

What we love, we're not sure about, we're buying and can't wait for...

A month of international menswear shows begins today in London and there’s plenty to get excited about