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Burberry has apologised for featuring a hoodie with string ties resembling a noose around the neck on one of its catwalk models at this year’s London Fashion Week, and has removed the item from its collection. “We are deeply sorry for the distress caused by one of the products that featured in our A/W 2019…

Tiba + Marl was launched in 2015 by London duo Anna Tizard and Lydia Barron who saw a gap in the market for trendy, contemporary and cool changing bags for mothers and dads. Their cleverly designed, functional and mostly unisex bags quickly became a hit with style-conscious parents up and down the country and are…

Designer Nicolas Ghesquiere had teased that his Louis Vuitton Paris fashion week show late Tuesday would be a “shock”. He wasn’t kidding. While guests had been invited to the Louvre Museum in the centre of the French capital, when they took their seats they actually found themselves in the Pompidou Centre, a kilometre away to…

Ahead of London Fashion Week, which officially kicks off on February 15, leading vets and #FurFreeBritain campaigners at animal charity Humane Society International UK are warning that any designers who put real fur on the catwalk will breach the British Fashion Council’s ‘Positive Fashion’ guidelines, which includes animal welfare provisions. The guidelines include the ‘Five…

It was just another regular morning. Antonella Bellina woke up, made herself some breakfast and decided she wanted milk in her coffee. But, when she took the first sip, a foul taste took over her mouth: the milk was way past expiration date. What could have been just a ruined breakfast actually sparked a business…

Last year, Nike invited locals from New York, London, Paris, Seoul and Tokyo to design Air Max sneakers inspired by their communities. Six designs (one from each city) were selected by the sportswear brand. After inviting the winners to visit the company’s headquarters to refine their creations alongside professional footwear designers, the company has unveiled…

British designers on Saturday presented fashion collections for two Italian houses at Milan fashion week, with one inspired by shoes as key items, and the other by tiger motifs. Paul Andrew presented Italian fashion label Salvatore Ferragamo’s latest collection, just days after being announced as the group’s creative director. And Paul Surridge, creative director at…

As the fashion industry continues to mourn the death of one of the most famous and beloved designers in the world, Karl Lagerfeld, the genius behind Chanel and Fendi, the world of art and photography is paying their homage to him as well. Zürich-based Galerie Gmurzynska, which has showcased Lagerfeld’s art for over two decades,…

The Centre of Excellence in Textiles in Hawick, which has been developed to help address business critical skills issues in the textiles and knitwear sector in the Scottish Borders, has opened and welcomed its first trainees. The project follows an award of 610,000 pounds from the Scottish Government via the South of Scotland Economic Partnership…

Kids swimwear brand Sunuva was founded by entrepreneurs Emily Cohen and Sabrina Naggar in 2008 after meeting on holiday and discovering by chance that their children knew each other from nursery. Having bonded over their mutual frustration at the lack of stylish and protective swimwear for children, they decided to launch their own brand. Sunuva…