A Global Roundup

With few young designers daring to be unorthodox, is the 'avant-garde' becoming old fashioned? (WWD)

Jewelry is taking the worst hit of any retail category, says a new Harrison Group/American Express study showing "planned spending" by the wealthy on jewelry down 15 percent from last year. (WSJ)

British designer and "king of boho chic" Matthew Williamson, who counts Sienna Miller, Keira Knightley, Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow among his top clients, will be the next new H&M collaboration. (Telegraph)

Romeo Gigli, the Italian designer who defined the softer side of the 1980s, is back, but this time under the house name 'io ipse idem.' (International Herald Tribune)

— Staff