Month: November 2019

Danish fashion brand Day Birger et Mikkelsen have opened there first boutique outside Denmark. The Scandinavian lifestyle clothing company, which was founded in 1997 by Keld Mikkelsen in 1997, have settled in comfortably on London’s Sloane Street, where loyal customers can have buy their signature sophisticated bohemian clothes; an ode to vintage glamour from past…

Retail giants Primark and Matalan are latest in a string of businesses to face a court-room showdown over the right to use a brand name they both claim are theirs. The word ‘rebel’ is at the heart of the spat. Primark says it has had the brand name for years, but rival Matalan has started…

The international body fashion fair Interfilière will once again take place during the first weekend of September in Lyon, France. With 480 participating lingerie brands and 450 bathing suit brands from 38 countries and visitors from 95 countries, this event is justified in calling itself one of the most important body fashion fairs in the…

London fashion trade show Pure is looming again and this time it has expanded its range of accessories brands. Pure is offering an entire floor consisting of s/s 07 collections and a smaller a/s 06 range for short order. New brands to be included this August are Coccinelle from Italy with its range of handbags…

Gianni Versace SpA swung back into profitability in the first half of the year, meeting its original break-even target a year and a half early. Pretax profits for the six months ended June 30 totaled 2 million euros, or $2.5 million, compared with a year-earlier loss of 7 million euros, or $9 million. Sales were…

Fashion is oft described as the embodiment of all things glamorous, luxurious, frivolous, superficial and the unattainable. Those not familiar with the industry are apt to think it is not much of a job; whisking to fashion shows, attending parties, looking glamorous, caring about clothes and trends when the rest of the world is seemingly…

Jean Paul Gaultier will be on tour with Madonna. Not in the literal sense, rather she will be wearing his intricate and sexy designs on stage, just as she did sixteen years ago during the Blonde Ambition tour. Madonna’s “Confessions” tour, which starts in America next week before heading to Europe, will see the queen…

Country wear brand Joules has appointed Natalie Fones to design for the label. Fones, 26, previously worked as assistant knitwear designer at Burberry and is expected to lend Joules a bit of glamour. The Central St Martin’s graduate is looking forward to her job with Joules. “It’s good to know that I am working for…

The venerable House of Gucci turns 85 this year with a number of celebrations scheduled around the globe. Guccio Gucci originally started a saddle making business and added leather goods in the 1920’s. He opened his first retail store shop on the Via Condotti in Rome in 1938. Click Here:

Being arrested for crimes against fashion will no longer apply to London’s Metropolitan Police. Their traditional uniform, although unique with its iconic helmet, is hardly the stuff of fashion legends, and hasn’t been refreshed in decades. Thankfully an inspired commissioner brought in the London College of Fashion for a little help in the fashion ranks.…