Helmut Lang (fashion brand) weeks after Prada had sold the Jil Sander label to British equity firm Change Capital Partners (CCP). Already in spring 2005, it had been rumored that Prada was trying to sell the label. Prada Group was said to want to concentrate on its core labels, Prada and Miu Miu, again. The Japanese holding company LTH, developer of the theory fashion label in Japan and the US, re-launched the Helmut Lang collections under the direction of a "suitable" designer for the spring/summer 2007 season (presented in fall 2006), in select boutiques worldwide as a "contemporary brand". The new label is based
Scappino (fashion house) Scappino (fashion house) Scappino () is an Italian luxury fashion house created in 1914 by Domenico Scappino in Turin, Italy, specializing in silk products like ready-to-wear, ties, shoes, watches, jewellery, accessories, sunglasses, and fragrances. It is known as one of the best fine silk producers in the world. Scappino was founded in 1914 in Turin, when World War I started. Within few years the brand started getting recognized in Europe, eventually opening boutiques across the continent. During the 1930s, the Prince of Piemont, Umberto II, designated Scappino as the official supplier of the Royal House. The company later expanded operations