Click:n 級 品 後払い GQ has Announced its List of the Top 100 Most Important People in Menswear in the UK. The judges for the GQ Fashion 100 list looked at the activities of all the fashion movers and shakers in the UK in order to decide who the most important trend setters in the…
Read moreComplimentary buyers guide
Fashion organization UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) published a Fashion & Textile Buyers’ Guide to Britain 2010. The buyers’ guide has been produced for several years by UK Fashion Exports, the export division of UKFT. Now with the creation of the new umbrella organisation to represent both the fashion and textile sectors, the concept…
Read moreHarrods not for sale
Harrods, the world-famous luxury, department store is not up for sale, said its Egyptian owner Mohamed Al-Fayed. The tycoon said: “People approach us from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar. Fair enough, but I put two fingers up to them all. It is not for sale. This is not Marks & Spencer or Sainsbury. It is a…
Read moreFashion app raises 1.2 million pounds
Grabble, the mobile shopping app described as the ‘Tinder for fashion’, has secured 1.2 million pounds of funding to assist in strengthening its platform and expansion into the US and Asia. Backers include chairman of Skimlinks Alex Hoye, founder of Miroma Venture Marc Boyan, who previously invested in Pinterest, and Guy Hipwell, head of e-commerce…
Read moreVictoria’s Secret renames its Perfect ‘Body’ campaign after online backlash
US lingerie and lifestyle label has quietly renamed its Perfect ‘Body’ bra range after being hit with an online outcry which saw thousands of people signing a Change.org petition demanding an apology from the brand. The slogan for Victoria’s Secret now reads: “A Body for Every Body,” and can be seen on the label website….
Read moreMoncler to sue tv station after unethical allegations
Moncler is to sue an Italian television station after it aired a report about the outerwear company endorsing the malpractise of using unethical goose feathers for its down jackets. Moncler’s shares fell 4.7 percent after the programme was aired, which further accused the company of not abiding by European laws for extracting the feathers from…
Read moreAmazon struck by recurrent website outages
Amazon customers across the UK and Europe encountered a number of issues on Monday as the Amazon website struggled to remain online for more than a few minutes. It was the second day that the online retail giant website was having intermittent problems running its site, with the platform dropping offline several times. Amazon Prime…
Read moreCopping makes beautiful New York Fashion Week debut for Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta Tuesday unveiled its first collection since the death of its founder with a beautiful debut of Latin-inspired elegance made fresh by British creative director Peter Copping. The de la Renta show was one of the most hotly anticipated of New York Fashion Week, with fashionistas intrigued to see how Copping would…
Read moreTopshop challenges Rihanna in the Court of Appeal
High street retailer Topshop has requested the Court of Appeal to overturn the ruling of an ongoing legal dispute with artist Rihanna, after the fashion retailer was ordered to pay her 200,000 pounds in damages for using an unauthorized image of her on a t-shirt without her consent. After the original hearing, which took place…
Read moreLondon Fashion Week Day 2
Twins sets, over-sized cardigans and knitted dresses, it all felt strangely wearable at the Sibling show, who sent girls down the runway with 80s inspired punk hair to Blondie’s ‘Call Me,’ The look was sophisticated school girls with ripped up tweed, razored hair and cardigans with a punk edge. There was latex, Mongolian fur, cobweb…
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