Fashion

What you need to know about London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week starts on June 12 and runs until June 14, as a digital-first experience. The event will showcase 32 womenswear, menswear, and accessories brands across 28 digital platforms and four physical performances. London Fashion Week will open with a digital show named ‘Everything Is Temporary’. The short film is a mediation on the...

11 Jun 2021

Business

Selfridges owners could sell the business for 4 billion pounds

Department store group Selfridges is reportedly considering selling the business for 4 billion pounds. Various reports revealed the Weston family has consulted advisers from Credit Suisse to explore the potential sale after receiving an unsolicited bid. The sale of Selfridges would include branches located in Manchester and Birmingham along with...

11 Jun 2021

Fashion

UK fast fashion: Half of top brands’ clothes made entirely from virgin plastic

A study looking into the use of plastics in the UK’s fast fashion industry has found that 49 percent of the clothing from four top brands is made entirely using virgin plastics. Boohoo was the biggest culprit with 67 percent of its fashion made entirely from fabrics derived from petrochemicals such as polyester, acrylic, nylon and polyamide....

11 Jun 2021

Fashion

Why re-sale is fashion’s most bankable new market

When Etsy snapped up Depop for 1.6 billion dollars investors took note. Dubbed the “resale home for Gen Z” by Etsy CEO Josh Silverman, the app, which counts over 30 million registered users, has enormous potential to be scaled. Expansion would see the company grow its share in a booming and growing resale market, which according to analytics...

11 Jun 2021

Fashion

Matty Bovan wins 2021 Woolmark Prize and Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation

The International Woolmark Prize, a prize that celebrates fashion talents working with Merino wool, has this year been awarded to British designer Matty Bovan. In what was a double win for Bovan, the designer also bagged The Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation, an award introduced in 2019 in honour of the late iconic fashion designer and...

10 Jun 2021

Business

28 Sustainability efforts of the fashion industry in May 2021

Continuing from April, there were sustainable efforts galore in May too. Now, even rivaling brands like Adidas and Allbirds shake hands when it comes to circular innovations that are best tackled together. Brands and retailers continue offering consumers more sustainable choices and it is heartening to see that young designers have more choices...

10 Jun 2021

Fashion

Copenhagen Fashion Week announces line-up for SS22 show

Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) has announced a line-up of 38 brands and designers attending the upcoming physical show taking place from August 10 to 13. The line-up includes a mix of big names and rising talents, including Ganni, Stine Goya, Holzweiler, Saks Potts, Marimekko, Han Kjøbenhavn, Helmstedt, Brøgger, Hope, Schnayderman’s, (di)vision,...

10 Jun 2021

Business

Sergio Rossi acquired by the Fosun Fashion Group

China’s Fosun Fashion Group, which owns Lanvin, has acquired 100 percent of the Italian luxury shoemaker Sergio Rossi from Absolute Luxury Holding S.r.l., an independently-managed investment subsidiary of Investindustrial. In a statement, Fosun Fashion Group (FFG) said that it was commented to continuing the growth of Sergio Rossi as “one of the...

10 Jun 2021

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Fashion

Fashion for Good launches the Renewable Carbon Textiles Project

Sustainable fashion initiative Fashion for Good has launched a project to accelerate the development of Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHA polymer fibres, a biosynthetic alternative to fossil-based fibres. The production of virgin fossil-based polyester fibres contributes to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Biosynthetics made from renewable...

11 Jun 2021

Retail

Netflix launches shopping experience

Popular streaming service Netflix has launched Netflix.shop - a new way for the company to extend its storytelling. Netflix.shop will stock exclusive limited editions of high-quality apparel and lifestyle products related to its shows. Josh Simon, VP consumer products at Netflix said on the company’s blog: “We’re thrilled to give fans a new way...

11 Jun 2021

People

Crocs appoints Tracy Gardner to its board of directors

Crocs has announced that Tracy Gardner has been appointed to its board of directors, effective June 9, 2021. Gardner has been a principal of the Tracy Gardner Consultancy for over ten years and has extensive experience in leading growth and strategy for fashion brands including Gap, J.Crew, and Lands End. During her time at J.Crew, she...

10 Jun 2021

Fashion

Anna Sui launches limited capsule collection with Neiman Marcus

New York-based designer Anna Sui has launched a mesh collection in partnership with Neiman Marcus. The limited-edition mesh capsule collection is inspired by summer florals with a tribute to 90’s grunge. The pieces are made in the New York City garment district and are the perfect breathable, layering pieces for the season. The collaboration is...

10 Jun 2021