Month: November 2019

  • Laura Ashley sees growth

    Laura Ashley’s pre-tax profits rose 7.8% to £11m in the 52 weeks to 30 January. Excluding gains from exceptional items, pre-tax profits rose 5.2%% to £10.1m. Total group sales increased […]

  • Christian Louboutin launches new social media initiative: #LouboutinWorld

    The iconic red-soled footwear label Christian Louboutin has announced the launch of a new online project to encourage its growing social media followers to populate its website and boost sales. […]

  • Victoria’s Secret ‘Angels’ take over London

    Top models wearing gold wings and diamond-encrusted bras strutted the London catwalk on Tuesday in the first Victoria’s Secret annual lingerie show to be held in the British capital. The […]

  • London Collections: Men AW15 Day 3

    Margaret Howell’s no frills English sensibility is a staple on the London Collections: Men calendar. Each season Howell transforms her London Wigmore Street boutique into a catwalk and for Autumn/Winter […]

  • Monsoon Accessorize ends use of angora wool

    Monsoon Accessorize, the UK-based fashion retailer which operates three brands, has decided to “end the use of angora in all future production” of its apparel and accessories. The decision to […]

  • Paris gears up for Men’s Fashion Week

    Men’s fashion takes centre-stage in Paris for five days from Wednesday, with Balmain’s first menswear show among the highlights on a packed schedule. Taking over from last week’s menswear extravaganza […]

  • Stampede for clothes kills 27 people in Bangladesh

    A stampede killed 27 people on Friday in Bangladesh while hundreds queued up for free clothes during a Ramadan charity, waiting to receive zakat, a donation for the poor ahead […]

  • Lidl launches new fitness range

    Budget supermarket is expanding its fashion collections with the launch of a new fitness range under the Crivit brand. The collection, which features trainers, trousers and tops for both men […]

  • Arab Fashion Council launches Arab Fashion Week

    London – The newly-founded non-profit fashion organisation Arab Fashion Council, which has been created to promote Arab fashion designers to the international fashion market, is launching its first fashion week […]

  • A model life: from a business perspective – Part III

    With a direct booking, a model is booked based solely on the photographs in her portfolio. Normally, however, a photo shoot is preceded by a go-see or casting. Fashion brands […]