George Davies, the founder of Next, has invest £20m of his own money into a new fashion chain called Give, reported The Times. Give aims to offer affordable luxury on the high street offer in-store style advisers and tailors to help customers create individual looks. Davies, who also founded George at Asda and Per Una…
Retailer Next has warned that consumer spending is likely to slow after the election as the new government tackles the UK’s budget deficit. The company said in an interim management statement that it expected sales and profits to grow in 2010. But the UK’s second largest fashion outlet added: “We remain very cautious in our…
Making name with its controversial advertisements featuring provocative photography, American Apparel is now available from department store Selfridges. The LA retailer just opened a shop-in-shop on the ground floor features 700 sq. and sits next to other top international brands. This is the first and only permanent American Apparel store of its kind, and will…
Style and trend forecaster WGSN announced it has created the Global Fashion Awards, the first awards program to recognize and reward those businesses and individuals who are pushing the boundaries of fashion and setting the style agenda on a global scale. The Global Fashion Award categories cover all the major business and creative disciplines of…
As a welcoming and inspirational venue for both French and foreign designers, Paris was ideally equipped to host Fashion Week. The capital of design welcomed 89 prêt-à-porter fashion shows, an average of ten shows a day. On the Parisian podiums, unlike in Milan and New York, personality comes before marketing, which is driven by the…
As a study in disconnect, Paris’s haute couture fashion week — which came to a close on Thursday — is hard to beat. The outside world might be suffering economic austerity, or the fear of Islamist attacks, or simply a winter to chill the bones. But inside the warm, gilded bubble offered to the jet…
Less than a fortnight ago Ralph Rucci announced he would leave the label he founded in 1994. Insiders suggested a clash with a new board and CEO, who were appointed to help the struggling label emerge victorious. At the time the house of Rucci stated its Fall 2015 collection would be designed in-house, however on…
With revenues sliding steadily since 2012, there is a limit to how long investors will wait. Euromonitor International ponders whether the troubles of teenage fashion brands Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle and Aéropostale will bring private equity firms on the prowl. It is of no surprise that many teen clothing brands are having a hard…
The Court of Appeal has upheld the legal claim filed by artist Rihanna against Topshop owner Arcadia Group, after the group requested to overturn the previous ruling in which the highstreet retailer was ordered to pay her 200,000 pounds in damages for using an unauthorised image of her on a T-shirt, without her permission. The…
London – Red carpet designer Christian Siriano is teaming up with plus-size retailer Lane Bryant on a limited-edition ready-to-wear collection, following in the footsteps of designers Isabel Toledo, Sophie Theallet and Lela Rose, who have all launched successful collaborations with the retailer. Click Here: Putters Set to hit stores for spring 2016, the collection will…