Tommy Hilfiger and Karl Lagerfeld are parting ways as Hilfiger will drop the Lagerfeld casualwear line and close the label's New York office after this autumn. The move is in accordance with the group's plans to consolidate its Karl Lagerfeld operations into a single Paris headquarters. The Paris office will continue to design, produce and sell the Lagerfeld Collection, while al global licensing will continue to be managed by Tommy Hilfiger's operations in New York.