River Island menswear director joins Mr Porter

Luxury e-tailer Mr Porter has appointed River Island’s menswear buying director, Fiona Firth, as its new buying director.

Firth, who has also served as menswear head of buying and merchandising at Harvey Nichols, will join Mr Porter in April and will report into Mr Porter’s managing director Toby Bateman, who was previously buying director and was promoted last year.

“Fiona’s key experience comes from her time as Head of Menswear at Harvey Nichols, where she was instrumental in introducing a number of designer and contemporary brands to the UK market,” said Bateman. “In her latest role as menswear buying director at River Island, she is responsible for global sourcing and a fast design and production process. This mix of luxury designer and high street experience makes Fiona a unique talent in the menswear business and we are excited to welcome her to Mr Porter.”

In addition, the luxury online retailer also named Andrew Barker as its new editorial director. He will report to brand and content director Jeremy Langmead and be responsible for Mr Porter's editorial vision across the online weekly magazine, The Journal, and The Mr Porter Post, a broadsheet newspaper published six times a year.

Barker is currently executive editor of The Business of Fashion and joins Mr Porter in May.

Both directors will be based at Mr Porter's London HQ.

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