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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…

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…