High street retailer Next is expected to deliver a not so rosy outlook for the rest of the year when it reveals its preliminary full-year numbers on Wednesday. The Group’s figures will come during a busy week of reporting for retailers, with Debenhams and Ted Baker issuing trading and full-year announcements. Ian McDougall, retail analyst…
Known for his wasp-wasted Galaxy dress, fashion designer Roland Mouret will be unveiling his new RM Collection this Friday at the pop-up-shop in Selfridges on Oxford Street. Roland Mouret vanished of the fashion scene for two years after a fall out with his business partners. Even thought the collection doesn’t carry the designer’s name, which…
Kate Moss is be the face of Agent Provocateur a second time. The luxurious lingerie brand is featuring Kate as the face of its latest bridal range. Nick Knight will shoot a series of six images for the campaign, which will “portray Moss as a bride who has a last-minute change of heart.” The first…
Ossie Clark, the eponymous British fashion house may soon find its way back to your wardrobe. And not just vintage pieces from its seventies heyday. Ossie Clark was one of Britain’s most successful brands, defining the Swinging Sixties along with designers such as Biba and Mary Quaint. He is also known to be a great…
This autumn will see the launch of luxury shoe brand Jonathan Kelsey for designer label Mulberry. Based on his design background, Mulberry invited Kelsey to create its first line of shoes for women. The collection will be shown at Mulberry’s London Fashion Week presentations in the Bond Street showroom on February 14, 2008. The Jonathan…
The pop-up store concept is regular occurrence these days. However when Dover Street Market announced it was opening a temporary Chanel boutique, it got fashionista’s tongues wagging. Arguably London’s most directional fashion and lifestyle emporium, Dover Street is set to showcase a capsule range of Chanel ready-to-wear, accessores and shoes from its Metiers d’Arts Paris-Londres…
The festival season is upon us, with the iconic Glastonbury music jamboree taking place end of June, where the UK’s music and fashion aficionados come together to listen to some the world’s greatest performing artists. The romantic aspect of spending three days in the field looking the glorious part of a fashionable rock & roll…
Emilio Pucci, the iconic Florentine label , has announced the appointment of Norwegian designer Peter Dundas to the position of Artistic Director beginning October 1st 2008. Peter Dundas, who previously designed at Emanuel Ungaro, is one of the most promising designers of his generation, thought to fit with Pucci’s spirit and with its colourful and…
U.S. magazine publisher Conde Nast Publications Inc. will fold Men’s Vogue into the larger women’s Vogue magazine and cut the number of issues at its Conde Nast Portfolio business title. The decision to shutter Men’s Vogue as a stand-alone title is based on faltering advertising sales. Men’s Vogue had been published 10 times a year….
Tesco was founded in 1919 and originally specialising in food and drink, it is now diversified into areas such as clothing, consumer electronics, consumer financial services, retailing and renting DVDs, CDs, music downloads, Internet service, consumer telecoms, consumer health insurance, consumer dental plans and software. Click here to view the list of the last…