Luxury department store Harrods has just opened a new Louis Vuitton store situated in The Central Hall on the Ground Floor.

The impressive space houses a wide selection of luggage and scarves, in addition to areas devoted to exotic skins and a much-increased selection of handbags and accessories.

Lindsey Wixson returns for her third season as the face of Mulberry with the label’s fall 2012 campaign, lensed by Tim Walker.

The campaign was shot in Surrey’s Blackheath Forest, and plays on the ‘dark fairytales’ theme that Emma Hill introduced back in February.

It’s been a big week for the all-encompassing Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide group, with a celebration of the fact the brand now oversees more than 100 hotels in China — and the release of news that it has 100 more planned.

A first look at Gucci’s pre-fall 2012 campaign staring Karmen Pedaru and Nadja Bender alongside male model Staffan Lindstrom photographed by Mert & Marcus.

Internationally renowned British artist Damien Hirst has created an art piece for a London restaurant in which a whole Hereford cow and cockerel are preserved in formaldehyde in a steel and glass tank, smack dab in the middle of the dining room.

Called “Cock and Bull,” the showpiece towers four meters above diners at Tramshed which –  surprise — serves only steak and whole roasted chicken.

Hedi Slimane’s first big move as creative director of Yves Saint Laurent will be to change the brand’s name to Saint Laurent Paris.

Founded in 1962 by late creator Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé, it is reported that the label’s rebranding is part of new creative director Hedi Slimane‘s makeover of the fashion house.