Taiwanese-Canadian designer Jason Wu has been appointed artistic director for womenswear at Hugo Boss. Wu, famous for his slick, highly urbane womenswear is to take over design duties at Hugo Boss. Wu is set to take care of all the women's ready-to-wear, shoes and accessories, and his first work for Hugo Boss will appear in the pre-fall 2014 looks.

Hugo Boss is set to open a new design studio in the Big Apple to work in parallel with the label's teams in Metzingen, Germany.