The House of Jean-Louis Scherrer has announced that it will not show a collection of haute couture at the presentations for spring/summer 2006, which will take place in Paris in January 2006. The company insists, however, that it is not abandoning the couture line. In the context of strategic repositioning, Scherrer will concentrate exclusively on Ready-to-Wear, the next collection to be shown in March 2006.

Layoff notices are soon to go out to the 157 employees of luxury shoe maker Charles Jourdan, recently bought out by the Avendis Capital group. The sale of the four divisions - Charles Jourdan Industrie (production), Charles Jourdan France (marketing and administration) Sodepar (boutiques and factory), CJRCP (three stores) - was made final on August 22. The layoffs concern only Charles Jourdan Industrie and Charles Jourdan France.