'We have to change, but we have to be aware of our past,' says artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas (son of Jean-Louis and Rena). 'That's our strategy - to reinvent ourselves and not forget our roots.'

Meanwhile, Altfield in Hong Kong has started stocking classic fabrics from the Loro Piana Interiors Collection that are made using the same exclusive fibres and select materials that characterise Loro Piana clothing and accessories.

Loro Piana co-chairman Pier Luigi Loro Piana says the Loro Piana Interiors fabrics were created to enable customers to 'furnish and 'dress' interiors with the same refined quality and attention to detail as they dress themselves'.

Fabrics such as cashmere, the finest linens and wools and vicuna - a relative of the llama and considered the rarest and most precious fibre in the world - bring the Italian brand's characteristic focus on fabric feel and finish to interiors.

Some of the fashion fabrics have been re-worked especially for interiors. For instance, the Elegance and Style collection draws inspiration from the great classics of the male wardrobe for sophisticated interiors and uses a combination of tradition and technology. Prince of Wales checks, pinstripes and over-checks are enlarged and expanded to the sizes and shapes of padded furniture and decorating accessories.

Lane Crawford is stocking the new Missoni outdoor furniture range. Rosita Missoni says she draws much of her inspiration from the Missoni fashion collection. 'I'm free to pick whatever I think can be added or emphasised or worked out into the home collection. Then there are patterns, like the protea pattern, that I do expressly for the home collection,' she says.

Also launched at Lane Crawford this year is Karl Lagerfeld's collaboration with Orrefors. Lagerfeld's first glassware collection features glasses, bowls and vases with clean, contemporary lines that reflect the longtime Chanel designer's signature elegance.