​Luxury department store Harrids has this week announced the launch of its new Harrods own-brand department, “with a focus on timeless style, innovative detail and exceptional quality”.

The American designer’s off-calendar shows continue to cement his design acumen.

There is no more interesting experiment in fashion than the twice-yearly guest couturier collection at Jean-Paul Gaultier, especially this season when Nicolas Di Felice hit a bases-loaded home run. 

Two resolutely independent couturiers - Giorgio Armani and Stephane Rolland - staged couture shows in Paris Tuesday, with collections that were overwhelmingly in black and white; leavened with silver and translucence.

Let the games begin, Christian. As the house he founded dedicated its latest show to Olympians, just barely a month before the real games kick off in Paris.