Articles by Rachel Douglass
Rachel has been with FashionUnited since mid-2021. Descending from the UK, she moved to the Netherlands in 2014 to attend Amsterdam Fashion Institute, where she studied a BA in International Fashion and Branding with a specialisation in Journalism.
At FashionUnited, Rachel covers daily news, from store openings to acquisitions, alongside which she focuses on research-based stories, interviews and on-the-ground event reporting. Her topics of interest include digital fashion, independent retail and current trends.
Emerging meets established: Inmories and LP blur the lines of functionality and fashion
On the second day of Taipei Fashion Week (TPEFW), March 28, crowds shuffled into the event’s home at SCCP Warehouse 4 under dimmed lighting and over a grassy terrain to take their seats for the Inmories show. Even in its short lifespan, the local brand has assembled a sizable community that is young and diverse in comparison to many of its TPEFW...
Fashion |Interview Featured4 Apr 2025
BFC cancels London Fashion Week’s June edition
The British Fashion Council (BFC) has cancelled the June edition of London Fashion Week (LFW) as it looks to pivot towards the provision of “vital commercial opportunities for British designers”. LFW June initially launched under the title ‘London Collections: Men’ in 2012 and by 2024 has assumed its new name, yet still retained a focus on...
Fashion Featured4 Apr 2025
Jigsaw secures five million pound injection from Carphone Warehouse co-founder
British high street retailer Jigsaw is believed to have secured a five million pound funding from an investment vehicle controlled by David Ross, the co-founder of Carphone Warehouse. The move, initially publicised by Sky News, has made Ross a majority shareholder in the business. As such, a source for the media outlet suggested that the...
Business4 Apr 2025
Dsquared2 alleges ‘contractual breaches’ by former licensee Staff International
Days after Dsquared2 terminated its contract with Staff International, the Italian label has now claimed that its former licensing partner had made “several serious contractual breaches” to ultimately prompt the “carefully considered decision”. While the exact breaches in question were not disclosed in a press release issued by the brand,...
BusinessMember3 Apr 2025
URW combines Northern European business, new COO to lead from London
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the parent company of shopping centre chain Westfield, has announced the combination of its Northern European business, which will be led by its new London-based chief operating officer, Vincent Jean-Pierre. The new format will see the company’s UK, Dutch, Danish and Swedish operations combine under one umbrella....
BusinessMember3 Apr 2025
Traceability platform Fairly Made secures 15 million euros in funding
Fairly Made, a French tech firm helping brands to trace their supply chain, has announced the closing of a 15 million euro investment round, which it will use to “accelerate its transformation into a purely technological company”. The funding was led by BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund, GET Fund, ETF Partners and Frenchfounders. In a...
BusinessMember3 Apr 2025
Directors of Hera Clothing become majority shareholders
Holly Beadle and Georgia Streeton, directors of Hera Clothing, have stepped into the position of co-owners of the British fashion brand, snapping up a 66 percent joint share. Beadle, the company’s chief executive officer, and Streeton, chief brand officer, became directors of the company upon its acquisition in October 2021 by Paul Richardson,...
People1 Apr 2025
Boohoo to go forward with Debenhams rebrand despite Frasers backlash
Boohoo Group and its majority shareholder, Frasers Group, are clashing once again. Upon Boohoo revealing plans to rebrand the company to Debenhams Group, the fast fashion giant initiated a general meeting calling on shareholders to vote for or against the proposal. It was here that Frasers, the parent company of Sports Direct and the owner of...
BusinessMember1 Apr 2025
Taipei Fashion Week: Driving sustainability through textile innovation and cross-sector collaboration
Taiwan’s textile manufacturing industry has long been prevalent. The sector is the second largest in the country, only surpassed by technology, yet the combination of the two makes Taiwan an attractive destination for global brands seeking specialised materials and technical textiles. It was therefore apt that for this season of Taipei Fashion...
BusinessFeaturedMember31 Mar 2025
Endless Fashion: Sustainability to take centre stage at Taipei Fashion Week AW25
From March 27 to March 30, Taiwan’s capital will once again be immersed in fashion. Taipei Fashion Week (TPEFW), to be primarily held in its usual location of Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (SCCP), will be returning for its seventh year, for which it will continue building on the foundations and growth moving it towards the goal of...
Fashion Featured21 Mar 2025