Pearl Lowe has collaborated with high street retailer Peacocks to design a collection of party dresses for the Christmas season. Modelled by daughter Daisy, Lowe’s fashion range is available in selected Peacocks stores nationwide from November 2, retailing for £35 to £40. Designing my collection for Peacocks has been a bit of a dream,” Lowe…
Read moreH&M teams up with Coachella for festival line
Swedish fashion retailer H&M is teaming up with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California to launch its first ever co-branded collection, H&M Loves Coachella. H&M has been a sponsor of the Californian music festival for six years and the collection is the two brands “taking their partnership to the next level” according…
Read moreElle searches for Britains best stylist
Fashion magazine Elle UK is making its way around the country in search of fashion-forward shop assistants as part of its Shop Girl To Stylist competition. The X Factor style search will see shop girls – and boys – battle it out as they compete to win an opportunity to style a fashion shoot which…
Read moreAmsterdam celebrates Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Avelon and Edwin Oudshoorn opened the catwalk programme for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam, which took place at de Westergasfabriek in the Dutch capital. Eric Frenken, the designer behind Avelon, found inspiration for the label’s five year anniversary collection in the ‘freedom of the urban nomad and other outsiders who trek across the globe without a…
Read moreFrench Connection charity Ts
Fashion label French Connection designed a T-shirt range in aid of non-profit organisation Magic Bus. The charity works with children living in extreme poverty throughout India, providing them with positive role models in their lives, self-belief and a sense of purpose. The T’s for women and girls feature illustrations that capture the essence of authentic…
Read moreGaleries Lafayette teams up with Airbnb for winter sale
French department store Galeries Lafayette is teaming up with Airbnb to offer shoppers the chance to spend the night in its Parisian store the night before its winter sale starts in January. The event, part of Airbnb’s ‘A Night At’ initiative, will offer six people the opportunity to sleepover at the department store after the…
Read moreThe best 2014 Christmas Campaigns: Debenhams vs House of Fraser
The battle for the best Christmas Campaign for 2014 has kicked off, with a number of UK retailers launching their advertorial holiday campaigns in the hopes of winning over consumers in time for the holiday rush. FashionUnited brings together the top Christmas Campaigns for 2014 to see which retailers are most likely to have tapped…
Read moreHermès and Gaultier part ways
Hermès and Jean Paul Gaultier officially announced they are parting ways, with Lacoste’s Christophe Lemaire replaces Gaultier at the French luxury house. After seven years re-shaping Hermès as artistic director, Jean Paul Gaultier, who followed in the footsteps of Martin Margiele, is “to concentrate on his own projects,” a statement said. He has been replaced…
Read moreDavid Beckham signs deal with Kent and Curwen
London – British menswear brand Kent and Curwen, part of the Trinity Limited group, has signed a deal with David Beckham, which will see the retired football star designing his own line as well as promoting the brand oversees and to expand its appeal to a younger customer. Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape…
Read moreBurberry’s daring lace closes London men’s fashion week
Men dressed in lace by Burberry, Christopher Kane’s colourful tweeds, and 1980s-style footwear by Jimmy Choo: London’s men’s fashion week bowed out Monday with plenty of daring designs. Lace was not just for women at Burberry, where the material leant a romantic feel to white shirts and finished straight-cut, mid-length coats. But Christopher Bailey, the…
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