Italian-owned luxury outerwear label Moncler has worked with cult Japanese brand White Mountaineering on a new capsule collection called Moncler W.   Set to debut at Tokyo's Olympic stadium on May 24 this year, the Moncler W line is a collaboration between the famous brand and up-and-coming Japanese label White Mountaineering.  Designed by young Japanese creative Yosuke Aizawa, White Mountaineering was founded in 2006 and focuses on design, utility and technology. 

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Here are some resources for those who are interested in buying clothes that are "ethically produced:" —Fair Trade U.S.A. (fairtradeusa.org): The non-profit was founded in 1998 to audit products to make sure workers overseas are paid fair wages and work in safe conditions, and it's hoping to appeal to shoppers who care about where their clothing is made. In 2010, it expanded the list of products that it certifies beyond coffee, sugar and spices to include clothing. Check out its website to find fashions and partners such as PrAna, a yoga-inspired clothing line.

He threw a 70th birthday party in 2008 and a 79th four years later, so fashion followers might be forgiven a little scepticism following Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld's latest pronouncement on the subject of his age. Always a dapper figure in sharply tailored suits, high collared shirts and trademark ponytail and dark glasses, the legendary German couturier says he is in fact 77.

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian luxury house Gucci is banking on reviving centuries-old porcelain maker Richard Ginori to play catch-up with rivals in the global luxury houseware market. Ginori, which went bust in January, will be re-equipped by Gucci which has offered to pay 13 million euros ($17 million) for the company, founded nearly 280 years ago, with the aim of reinvigorating the name and boosting it on overseas markets.