South Korea’s capital city has told Italian fashion house Fendi to remove all fur items from a show of its fall/winter collection due to complaints from animal rights groups.

“We have received complaints from animal rights activists and saw negative public opinion on the Internet… we can’t let such a controversial thing be staged at a public property,” a spokesman for the city government told AFP.

Fendi has scheduled the show on June 2 at a newly-built floating island on the Han River, which the city wants to promote as a landmark.

Karl Lagerfeld once again takes the role of the photographer for the shoot of the new Fendi advertisement starring top models Anja Rubik and Baptiste Giabiconi.

Italian fashion house Fendi has now joined the seemingly endless list of labels to offer iPhone 4 and iPad cases.

Opting for bold, block colorways, each case is branded using a tonal print created from Fendi’s trademark double-F monogram logo.

Model Baptiste Giabiconi and Anja Rubik are featured in Fendi Fall/Winter 2010 Campaign as an Italian couple on the run in downtown New York.

Photographed by Karl Lagerfeld, Anja Rubik in Fendi Fall 2010 Campaign is dressed in decadent fur and classic suiting.

The Fendi Fall 2010 advertising campaign was inspired by the artwork of the American realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper.

Gucci and Fendi are launching their first full children’s collections, entering a sector that has weathered the global downturn better than others.

Gucci presented its Gucci Kids line at its historical Firenze boutique during the Pitti Bimbo international childrenswear fair last week.

The line, aimed at children from newborn to age eight includes shoes, dresses, accessories and sunglasses created by Gucci star designer Frida Giannini.

Yacht maker Benetti and Fendi Casa, the home-furnishing brand of fashion house Fendi, have collaborated to produce Lady Lara, the 194-foot custom megayacht.

Fendi Casa – under the direction of interior design firm Studio Massari – has provided the furnishings for Lady Lara, which Benetti delivered last summer.

The glamorous touch has been achieved by the use of warm colours, as well as incorporation of gold, silver and mother of pearls.