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Burberry has teamed up with UK charity Smart Works to offer work wardrobes to women in need for International Women’s Day. The UK luxury label is hosting a dressing session in its London flagship showroom where seven of the charity’s clients had a one-to-one styling session with members of Burberry’s private clients team and received…

British GQ is entering the B2B conference market, with its first event, GQ Heroes, to focus on luxury. In partnership with retail group Flannels, GQ Heroes will explore the helical relationships and leadership values that exist between luxury, media, politics, culture, entertainment, style, health and sport. The publications says it will “join the dots in…

Chiara Boni La Petite Robe is known for their signature cocktail dresses that are suitable for the elegant Italian woman and young socialites the world over. What’s been missing from the fashion industry, however, is a uniform for the jet-setting socialites of today. This fall/winter 2019 season at New York Fashion Week, Boni updated her…

A new report has revealed that British consumers are spending 6 billion pounds a year in a bid to tap into celebrity lifestyles, with one in four adults stating that their spending habits have been influenced indirectly by celebrities. The report for Zopa, conducted by OnePoll surveyed 2,000 consumers, and found that the typical Briton…

Dior went back to the feisty Teddy Girls of 1950s Britain for its vision of a feminist future in its Paris fashion week show Tuesday. With black leather jackets, long nipped-waist Dior “New Look” skirts with leather cumberbunds and tartan a-go-go, designer Maria Grazia Chiuri raided the wardrobes of the rebel girls of the early…

Marc Jacobs has filed for a dismissal of a copyright lawsuit brought up by Nirvana. against the fashion brand back in December over the Redux Grunge collection Marc Jacobs had released last year. Marc Jacobs created its Redux Grunge collection for the Resort 2019 season, basing it off of from its own collection from 1992.…

A new fashion studio assistant apprenticeship has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (the Institute). Coinciding with the opening of this season’s London Fashion Week, the launch of the course marks the 400th new apprenticeship approved for use, and has been developed by employers from across the UK fashion industry, with…

Consumers expect the brands and business where they shop to be responsible, accountable and share their values, according to a survey conducted by Clutch. Whereas once upon a time it was ok for brands to remain indifferent, companies are expected to speak up, with 71 percent of people surveyed feeling it important for businesses to…

There was a finely tuned balance of style and substance at London Fashion Week, as designers used the platform to be vocal about issues prevailing the industry at large. Dame Vivienne Westwood was perhaps the most prolific, with models outfitted as protestors, urging the audience to buy better, buy less, a message Westwood has tireless…

London-based contemporary womenswear label Miló Maria, which launched in the summer of 2017, has become a fixture of the emerging designer market as a brand that fuses menswear tailoring with feminine fluidity. Designer and founder Maria studied at London College of Fashion and later graduated from Istituto Marangoni with a degree in Fashion Design and…