Luxury brand Celine is about to make a comeback, with Phoebe Philo at its creative Helm. Philo, who took over the reigns from Stella McCartney at Chloe, was rumoured to be considering the formal comeback to the brand, however made no confirmations. Speculation also arose that Philo wanted to start her own label, something she […]
Italian cult brand Brandy & Melville has opened its doors to the UK. The Westfield Centre in London features the first UK Brandy & Melville store. In the 80s, the two independent fashion houses Brandy and Melville became partners. Both businesses were independent and family owned with their manufacturing premises located close to Rome and […]
Primark was at the centre of a storm over allegations that illegal immigrants paid just over half the minimum wage had been employed to make fashionable knitwear for one of the firm’s bestselling ranges. Primark announced yesterday that it had launched an inquiry after an investigation by the Observer and the BBC revealed that Manchester-based […]
Fully dedicated to womenswear, Polo Ralph Lauren first and largest women’s store just opened its doors in Paris. The 600m2 store is the home to the Ralph Lauren’s premier assortment for women including Collection, Black Label and Blue Label. The building, formerly an ‘hôtel particulier’, was built during the 18th century French Rococo period, and […]
Chloe presented ruffled coats, rounded-shoulder blouses, and high-waisted flared shorts, interspersed with dresses and jumpsuits with an eighties kind of gathered swell in the thigh region, certainly had an air of summery freshness about them. The contrast of colours for example beige with apricot and cream with forest green are also typical for Chloe. Click […]
Global lifestyle brand Merrell is pushing its recently launched apparel range, and appoints UK marketing team. Wolverine World Wide has named Jonathan Pennington and Sophie Hickerton, UK Marketing Manager and UK Marketing Executive, respectively. Pennington joins Merrell with four years of solid experience on the marketing team at Puma, and Hickerton from Viyella. Both drawing […]
Fashion retailer Tall Sally selected Eurostop systems for its stores nationwide. Tall Sally known to offer the right garments for taller women invested in IT systems to manage stock and sales across the company’s stores nationwide. Eurostop, a supplier of retail systems to the fashion, footwear and general merchandise sector, supplied Head Office retail management […]
Online shopping is more environmentally friendly than driving to the shops. That’s according to a new report from the Logistics Research Centre at Heriot-Watt University. The team found that, on average, having goods delivered to your home by parcel carrier generates significantly less carbon dioxide than making a special trip to the shops to buy […]
High street shoppers were celebrating yesterday with the news that German avant-garde designer Jil Sander has been named the new creative director of Japanese casualwear brand Uniqlo. Sander’s visionary designs will make it into over 700 of Uniqlo’s stores worldwide, which is to debut this autumn. The deal follows a design agreement between Fast Retailing, […]
Eclat de Mode, the show where trends are revealed, meetings are held and deals are done. Dive into a universe where 450 labels carefully selected display their 2009-2010 autumn/winter creations. 52% of the exhibitors are from outside France, representing 30 countries. Discover the latest collections of your suppliers Draw inspiration from the trends of the […]